Family Economic Security

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Social & Emotional Development

March 1, 2019

“Someone had to break the pattern, and very often the civil rights revolution was initiated by the most vulnerable Black persons. Many of them were women and many of them were children—tough, resilient, hopeful, beautiful children. The greatest experience of my life was standing with them as they...

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Marian Wright Edelman

[IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Mother and son look at camera, smiling, holding sign for paid family and medical leave in New Hampshire.]

Family Economic Security Paid Family Leave

February 27, 2019

During the recent Polar Vortex of 2019, I loaded myself and my son Vinny into the Resistance Mobile (my terrible minivan bedecked with political and justice related stickers) and for the first time in my life drove to the State House in Concord, New Hampshire to rally and testify in support of...

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Marcella Termini

Childcare & Early Education Family Economic Security Politics & Policy Social & Emotional Development

February 27, 2019

I’m newly back in the office after having my baby and I have one thing on my mind—we HAVE TO solve the childcare crisis in this country. At my neighborhood meetup for new parents not a week goes by that childcare doesn’t come up as a major issue for families. Moms with no choice but to quit jobs...

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Jeannina Perez

Childcare & Early Education Family Economic Security Politics & Policy

February 25, 2019

Today, the White House Council of Economic Advisors released a paper on work and the cost of child care. This is yet another example of the Trump Administration white-washing its record on supporting families’ access to affordable child care. During the 2016 presidential election, then candidate...

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Katie Hamm

Speak out for SNAP!

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Food! Politics & Policy

February 22, 2019

The Trump Administration is at it again, trying to take away SNAP (food stamps) from workers and families that are already struggling! Yes, you read that right. Ugh. You’re probably thinking, “Wait, didn’t Congress just pass the Farm Bill a few months ago that was very clear about protecting SNAP...

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Abbie Gately

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Food! Gun Safety

February 22, 2019

We're back with this week's round-up of top actions, featuring urgent campaigns around tax credits for working families, protecting SNAP (food stamps), passing universal background checks, and keeping the drumbeat going around ending the #FakeNationalEmergency. We know it's a busy time, but your...

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Karen Showalter

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Gun Safety Immigration

February 15, 2019

Greetings! It's been a really big week. Most urgently right now : we're pushing back against Trump's declaration of a national emergency, and need your help to call members of Congress (see below for more info). This week also marked the first anniversary of the Parkland shooting, and we're urging...

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Karen Showalter

Childcare & Early Education Family Economic Security

February 15, 2019

By Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) and Chairman Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (D-VA) If there’s one thing that voters across the country have made very clear, it’s that they want big, bold solutions to the serious challenges facing them and their families. While the wealthiest Americans and biggest...

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U.S. Senator Patty Murray

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Politics & Policy

February 14, 2019

The Coalition on Human Needs just released another edition of the Human Needs Report. Read on for the latest on the deal to fund the government and avert another shutdown, a lack of nutrition assistance for Puerto Rico, the President’s FY20 budget, bills to help workers and working families, and more.

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Lecia Imbery

[IMAGE DESCRIPTION: A person with shoulder length blond hair and a blue jacket sits before a House committee, providing witness testimony on the need for equal pay for equal work.]

Family Economic Security Paid Family Leave Realistic & Fair Wages

February 13, 2019

This is the testimony of Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, CEO/Executive Director and Co-Founder of MomsRising, given today before the U.S. House Committee on Education & Labor, Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Human Services and Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, for the Joint Subcommittee Hearing...

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