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Girls Rule.

November 15, 2012
Ladies, we are having a very good year. This election, a record number of women—binders and binders full of them—ran for office, and…best of all… won . In the new Congress, we will have 20 female Senators, up from 17. We will have the first openly gay senator, Tammy Baldwin, in Wisconsin. We will...
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Katrina Alcorn
Childcare & Early Education MomsVote

Federal Cuts to Education? We Say Kids, Not Cuts

November 15, 2012
My home state is California, and we just successfully survived our own state version of the "fiscal cliff" when it comes to education. Here, they were called the "trigger cuts." If Proposition 30 -- essentially part of the June 30, 2012 budget passed by the legislature that needed the people's...
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Cynthia Liu
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Post-Election 2012– Teaching Kids How to Respectfully Disagree

November 7, 2012
This morning, amidst the windy chill before the season’s first snow, the children standing in line at our neighborhood bus stop kept warm as they kicked around one topic of banter among them: politics. It started when one very vocal boy said “I’m so mad Romney lost. I hate Obama.” Then a girl...
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Homa Tavangar
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What was that about pools and polls?

November 6, 2012
"Voting makes a better world!" - Anna, age 13. "Parents vote so that their children can have good leaders, and a good president, and better laws." - Adasa, age 10. "It's important for parents to vote because it's our future." - Connor, age 16. "If people didn't vote, there would be no president...
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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner
Paid Family Leave Childcare & Early Education Environmental Health Paid Sick Days Immigration MomsVote

Your Guide to Avoiding Election Day Snafus

November 6, 2012
IT’S HERE! Election Day is today (November 6th!) and it's time to get out there and vote! It can be enough of a challenge just getting to the polls today, but it’s so important. Make sure that you have everything you need this election day to make your voting experience go smoothly. Find out: What'...
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Claire Moshenberg
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GMO: why you owe your kids a Yes vote on Prop. 37

November 5, 2012
Let's cut to the chase: 1/ there's no such thing as a scientific consensus on GMO ( genetically modified organisms ) safety—but a battle of opinions supported by studies that each side unsurprisingly deems irrefutable or deeply flawed 2/ GMO benefit nobody today but the IP owners of the patented...
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Laetitia Mailhes
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Four Key Policy Priorities for Women Missing from Election Debate

November 5, 2012
By Caroline Dobuzinskis and Mallory Mpare As we head into the elections, and looking forward, what are some of the less-talked about issues that will be important to women after November 6? Women are often those making family decisions on education, child care, and health care. They are also more...
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Caroline Dobuzinskis
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Find out where to go to vote

November 5, 2012
So you think you can dance, er, vote!? YOU CAN! But do you know WHERE you need to go to vote tomorrow? We do! And we can help you! *Get the latest information on where you need to go to vote tomorrow sent directly to your cell phone (where you need it most!) by clicking here: http://www.momsrising...
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Ashley Boyd
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Juggling

November 5, 2012
It's all over the news. Polls are showing that the elections are close. Huge numbers of people are expected to vote on Tuesday, with friends, family, neighbors and others casting their ballots. But…with an unprecedented number of moms juggling work and family on Election Day, extreme weather, and...
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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner
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November 6: The Time to Take a Stand

November 5, 2012
As the fastest-growing group of voters in the country, Latinos could make the difference in several key battleground states in the closest presidential election in years. An estimated 12.2 million Hispanics are expected to go the polls on Tuesday. As the largest nonpartisan national Latino voter...
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Janet Murguia

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