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What is the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and How Does It Support Children with Disabilities?

June 25, 2021
Do I have to pay to get my child evaluated? What kind of services are available for children ages birth to 3 under IDEA? Learn more about this important special education law.
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Wear Orange

Wear Orange 2021: We’ve Kept Our Distance, but Bullets Have Not

June 1, 2021
This June, we’ll wear orange and continue our fight against gun violence. But we must also fight the white supremacy that finds the devastation of gun violence an acceptable tradeoff for white men continuing to have unfettered access to firearms.
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Unsafe infant sleep products have been linked to at least 100 infant deaths.  It's time to ban these products from the market.

Protect babies and ban unsafe sleepers

May 27, 2021
We need more parents to speak out! Next week, a vote will quietly take place on the outskirts of Washington, D.C. that pits babies’ lives against manufacturers’ profits.
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At 56 Head Start Remains Most Effective Tool to Increase Equity

May 27, 2021
Expanding access to Head Start and Early Head Start within new federal investments in early care education will ensure that we advance equity.
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Community Program Teaches D.C. Residents How to Be Their Own Best Advocates

May 26, 2021
Where there’s a will, there’s a way. And if by chance there isn’t a way, there’s Beatrice Evans.
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TFK Report: Tobacco's Harms on Women and Girls

Tobacco’s Devastating Impact on Women & Girls

May 26, 2021
The tobacco industry has long understood the importance of recruiting women and girls as customers and has a long history of targeting them.
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Girl with headphones looking at a computer (source: FCC)

Families need accessible broadband in the pandemic

May 19, 2021
This month, people everywhere were collectively asking the same question: what should we get for mom? Take it from this mom—a card and flowers are always nice, but, this Mother’s Day, broadband access is what millions of moms really need. Here’s why.
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Spread the word this Tax Day: Tax the rich!

May 13, 2021
Our cool tool makes it super easy to send a letter to the editor outlining the types of tax policies we need Congress to pass in the next recovery package.
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Robyn Boyles with her daughter

Member Spotlight: Robyn Boyles on The Importance of Filing Taxes by May 17th!

May 13, 2021
“The stimulus checks helped a lot, and it would be nice to continue to get help since we’re still in debt from last year.”
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Seven Years of Lyme

May 13, 2021
I'm not a layperson. I wasn't lost in the healthcare system. I know healthcare from the inside out. I have been a nurse for 17 years. I researched every doctor before scheduling an appointment. I prepared a list of questions and concerns for each doctor's visit. Yet the outcome was the same as any other patient's story that results in misdiagnosis.
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