Family Economic Security

November 21, 2013

Social security!!! I know, I know, you will be tempted to stop reading this post as soon as you realize I'm going to talk about retirement - AGAIN!. But wait. Maybe it feels too far away. Maybe the problems you are solving today seem so much more important. Maybe you are too maxed out with the here...

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Valerie Young

Family Economic Security Families & The Federal Budget

November 7, 2013

Some folks in Congress are ready to close up offshore corporate tax loopholes. Others still need convincing. A total of 538 organizations – representing tens of millions of people – came together to tell the Senate to close up the loopholes that encourage big corporations to move jobs, profits and...

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Margarida Jorge

Family Economic Security

November 6, 2013

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced on Monday that Bank of America will pay $45,000 as part of Conciliation Agreements resolving allegations the lender discriminated against pregnant women seeking mortgage loans. HUD had alleged that the Bank of America refused to...

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Bryan Green, HUD Acting Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity

Paid Family Leave Family Economic Security

October 22, 2013

This blog post originally appeared in the Huffington Post . After eight years of friendship and mutual support on the phone and online, I finally met Kiki Peppard last month! Kiki's experiences moving to Pennsylvania as a working single mom of two children is the first story in The Motherhood...

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Joan Blades

Family Economic Security Families & The Federal Budget Health Care

October 4, 2013

In 2006, I was diagnosed with Stage I breast cancer. After surgery and six rounds of chemotherapy, I returned to normal life. Early detection should have kept me cancer free, but after four years, I was diagnosed with advanced breast cancer with tumors now growing in my lymph nodes, liver, bones...

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Mary Gugich

Family Economic Security

September 30, 2013

For English, click here . Muchos vivimos o supimos de alguien quien por la imposibilidad de pagar altas primas de seguro médico, había deteriorado su salud, arruinado sus finanzas o perdido la oportunidad de prevenir una enfermedad mortal. Después de las leyes migratorias, si algo había mermado la...

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Ruth Vasquez

Family Economic Security Health Care

September 30, 2013

Para leer este artículo en español, haga clic aquí . Many people go through or know someone who is unable to pay their high health insurance premiums, impacting their health, ruining their finances or avoiding the opportunity of preventing a life-threatening illness. After immigration policies, the...

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Ruth Vasquez

Family Economic Security Health Care

September 25, 2013

How badly do some in Congress want to stop healthcare reform from rolling out? So badly that on the eve of implementation they’re ready to tank our nation’s credit rating—significantly damaging our economy—by holding the debt limit hostage in an attempt to stop affordable healthcare options from...

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Elyssa Schmier

Childcare & Early Education Family Economic Security Politics & Policy

September 25, 2013

Last week Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) introduced the Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act, S. 1533. It might not seem obvious, but Sen. Levin’s bill, which would close corporate tax loopholes and eliminate incentives for shipping jobs and profits overseas, would be a HUGE help for families and children in America...

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Margarida Jorge

Childcare & Early Education Family Economic Security Food!

September 22, 2013

Officially, the Great Recession ended in 2009. But after three years of “recovery,” there were 6.7 million more people living in poverty than in 2008, a recession year. We’ve been stuck with 15 percent of our people in poverty for three years. In the 2008 recession year, 13.2 percent were poor...

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