Families & The Federal Budget

Health Care Over Shutdown

NEWS UPDATE! President Trump and Republicans in Congress just shut down the government as they continue to push a partisan spending bill that will cause Americans’ health care costs to soar. SIGN to tell Republican leaders in Congress: Reopen the government by passing a funding bill that reverses...

RFK Jr’s Vaccine Policy Changes–Unsound Science and Uncalled for Costs

Over the course of the last six months, I have watched and listened with bewilderment as Robert F. Kennedy Jr, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, a vaccine skeptic, has made increasingly scientifically unsound statements and policy proposals. As a parent who looks to science for sound...

Free To Be, Saving WIC, #Trumpflation, GOP Burning Down Reproductive Health Care

On the radio show this week, we dive into Dr. Jack Turban’s new book Free To Be and how to bust the myths and disinformation about the trans community. We hear about what is happening with the Women, Infants, and Children nutrition program WIC and how you can help make sure that does not sunset. We...

The Urgent Importance of Gun Safety Policies, Overcoming Polarization, Rising Prices, Why Fascists Fear Teachers

On the radio show this week we cover the urgent importance of advancing gun safety policies. We cover tips for talking across political points of disagreement, building trust, overcoming polarization, and how these efforts can help strengthen democracy. We hear from an economist about why the...