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The Nation's Most Recognized Children’s Groups Call Trump’s FY 18 Budget Harmful to Kids

06/04/17
When 57 of the biggest, most recognizable children’s organizations in the country say the President’s proposed budget is going to harm America’s kids, it would be a good idea to pay attention. According to the Children’s Budget Coalition (CBC)—which includes dozens of children’s groups across the...
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John Monsif
Environmental Health Gun Safety Health Care Politics & Policy Social & Emotional Development

Time For Some Action: Six Things You Should Do Now To Challenge This Moment

06/04/17
BLM co-founder suggests some action items.
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Patrisse Cullors
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Breastfeeding Gun Safety Politics & Policy Podcast

Tips & Tactics for Tackling The Top Topics Facing Our Nation

06/03/17
On the radio show this week we hear from US Representative Rosa DeLauro about what’s going on in Congress, what you can do, and about her new book The Least Among Us ; we also discuss gun violence and how to stop it; address hunger in America; and reveal a new, high powered campaign to make sure...
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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner
Environmental Health Politics & Policy

Senator Gillibrand: Statement on Pres. Trump's Decision to Withdraw from Paris Accord

06/03/17
This decision by President Trump to leave the Paris Accord is irresponsibly shortsighted and harmful to the United States. There is no credible doubt that climate change is real and is caused by human activity. We have irrefutable data that temperatures are rising, Arctic ice is melting, sea levels...
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Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Food! Health Care

Trump’s Budget Cuts Will Harm Young Children and Families

06/02/17
At 1,000 Days, we believe that children are the foundation of a country’s greatness . When young children thrive, so do nations. It is why we are deeply concerned by the Trump Administration’s proposal to slash funding for basic nutrition, health and anti-poverty programs that give children here in...
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Lucy Sullivan
Environmental Health Food! Health Care

Fue como estar en una película de terror, pero real

06/02/17
“Siempre he estado consiente de lo peligroso que los pesticidas pueden ser…pero nunca pensé que algún día tendría que ir a la sala de emergencia a causa de eso”. - Aylin, trabajadora de la col (repollo). Esto fue lo que le sucedió a Aylin de 19 años de edad, y a más de 50 trabajadores de la col,...
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Jocelyn Sherman
Childcare & Early Education Immigration Politics & Policy

5 Reasons Why Xenophobic “English-Only” Biases Undermine Our Kids’ Education, Job Prospects

06/02/17
Donald Trump’s openly anti-Hispanic rhetoric – for which he has never apologized -- has only fueled anti-Latino sentiment and racist acts in the country. Take for instance, the verbal abuse of Hispanics who speak Spanish in public. In one recent incident, a white woman verbally assaulted a Hispanic...
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Elisa Batista
Environmental Health Families & The Federal Budget Politics & Policy

It's called 'having a country'

06/02/17
Shouldn’t we all have a stake in ensuring all residents of our nation have safe water to drink, clean air to breath, food on the table, a place to call home, a good education, and quality, affordable health care? Public investments to ensure basic living standards for all Americans should be what we do. It's called “having a country.” President Trump's budget would end that.
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Lecia Imbery
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Quick signature to stand against gun violence and the hate and racism too often behind it!

06/02/17
TODAY is National Gun Violence Awareness Day , and MomsRising joins the gun safety community in #WearingOrange to remember the countless lives lost and communities devastated by gun violence. Why orange? Because it’s the color of safety. #WearOrange 2017 comes at a particularly fraught moment in...
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Gloria Pan
Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security

Moving Forward for Children in California and Nationally

06/02/17
Alameda County in California straddles the San Francisco Bay area and stretches from Silicon Valley north to Oakland and Berkeley. A major branch of the San Andreas Fault lies beneath the most densely populated part of the county. That’s where Betty lives. She was hard at work full time in the...
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Marian Wright Edelman

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