Politics & Policy

Families & The Federal Budget Politics & Policy

April 15, 2015

Today is Tax Day, and millions of Americans are trying to get their taxes doen before the deadline. As you send in that check to the IRS or eagerly await your tax refund, have you stopped to think about what the federal government is doing with that money? Many Americans don’t, and for good reason...

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Jasmine Tucker

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

April 14, 2015

This week, the House will vote on a measure to repeal the estate tax, which would shower the wealthiest 0.2 percent of estates in the country with an average tax cut of $2.5 million. Meanwhile, the House has already passed a budget proposal that would convert the nation’s bedrock nutrition...

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Melissa Boteach

Environmental Health Politics & Policy

April 14, 2015

My apartment in central Denver is charming, slightly overpriced, and within walking distance of shops, parks, and... chemical facilities. I wasn't expecting that. I'm also not unique. Over 100 million Americans live around dangerous chemical plants and refineries. We live, work, play, and go to...

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Anya Vanecek

Environmental Health Food! Politics & Policy

April 9, 2015

Right now, we’re celebrating National Public Health Week , which is focused on how we can become the healthiest nation possible by 2030. Fifteen years from now, my daughter will be beginning her adult life—that feels like a long way off, but it’ll be here before I know it. As a public health...

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Ellie Gladstone

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Politics & Policy

April 8, 2015

On Thursday, April 9, 2015 at 1pm ET, national organizations will answer critical questions surrounding the budget and share ways to take action with #StopTheCuts.

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Lecia Imbery

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Politics & Policy

April 6, 2015

Tax cuts for lower- and middle-income folks are more effective than tax cuts for the wealthy at spurring economic growth. Why won't Congress take note?

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Lecia Imbery

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care Politics & Policy Realistic & Fair Wages

April 5, 2015

I dashed straight from a lap swim into Heather’s salon recently, sporting, what my husband calls, a fright wig. When I first got to know Heather, now 29, she was working at someone else's salon. Her unfailing ability to restore calm to my unruly locks has stood the test of many, many lap swims. In...

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Roberta Riley

Politics & Policy

April 3, 2015

Many children and families eagerly look forward to the end of the school year and the carefree days of summer, playing outside in the warm sun, splashing and swimming in pools and at beaches, and gathering with family and friends for backyard barbeques. But for more than 17 million children the end...

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Marian Wright Edelman

Food! Health Care Politics & Policy

March 27, 2015

Last year, President Obama formed the 'National Task Force for Combating Resistant Bacteria' to put together a 5-year plan to prevent what many experts see as the public health crisis of our time: antibiotic-resistant superbugs. Its members released their plan this morning. It isn't bad, but it...

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Anya Vanecek

Politics & Policy

March 27, 2015

Co-written by Melanie Hartzog Executive Director, Children's Defense Fund-New York Under New York’s juvenile justice system a child as young as seven can be arrested for a crime, and a 16-year-old is automatically charged as an adult. These laws are shockingly behind the times — bad for children...

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Marian Wright Edelman