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The federal budget campaign champions the priorities of women, moms, and families in the federal budget. This campaign includes work on taxes/revenues, SNAP, WIC, Earned Income Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit, Medicaid, CHIP, healthy school lunches, and more.

People are often surprised to hear that even a physician can end up on Medicaid...but I’m a great example that it can happen to anyone. I’m 32 years old, married, with two small children and I am a family physician. In January of this year, right at the beginning of a new plan year and new...Read more
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Justice for Epstein Survivors, Protecting Our Care, How Art Can Save Lives, Ongoing Congressional Budget Battles

07/28/25
On the radio show this week, we cover what is happening with Trump’s nefarious actions to deny the Epstein survivors justice to save his own political career, and why we must believe women. We dive into how catastrophic health care cuts will hurt moms, seniors, and hardworking families to line the...
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Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care Maternal Justice MomsRising Open Flexible Work Paid Family Leave Parenting & Families Podcast Politics & Policy Reproductive Justice

Pride Month Every Month, The Value of Unpaid Care, Families First Activations, and Narrative Power

07/21/25
On the radio show this week, we dive into the power of Pride and its roots in protest, plus get tips on how to continue to learn and grow as an LGBTQIA+ ally. We also hear about the massive economic value of unpaid care work, totaling $1.1 trillion annually. We cover how you can be a part of the...
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Project 2025’s Plan to Eliminate Public Schools Has Already Started 

07/18/25
As movement lawyers at Advancement Project , w e support grassroots organizers around the country fighting for community con trol and a liberatory education in schools. Last summe r, we wrote an op-ed in TIME to sound the alarm of a dist urbing trend —we were hear ing from the ground that once...
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Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care Maternal Justice MomsRising Paid Family Leave Parenting & Families Podcast Politics & Policy Reproductive Justice

Congresswoman Suzan DelBene, Planned Parenthood Fights Back, Grassroots Victories in North Carolina, Families First Now Activations

07/14/25
On the radio show this week, we hear from Congresswoman Suzan DelBene about the devastating impacts of Trump's Big Bad Betrayal Bill on families, on our economy, and on health care access. Then we cover the legal battle against the Medicaid cuts targeting Planned Parenthood, and how your personal...
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WHAT just happened in DC? Health Care, Child Care, Taxes, Equal Pay, and Paid Family & Medical Leave

07/07/25
On the radio show this week, we cover the negative repercussions from gutting healthcare through the passage of the Trump and Republican leadership’s recent reconciliation bill; we cover what happened in Washington DC this last week and how it impacts you; we dive into Black Women’s Equal Pay Day;...
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Stopping the Big Budget Betrayal Bill: Fighting for Families, the Economy, and Medicaid

06/30/25
On the radio show this week, we highlight a buzzing bee activation at the US Capitol where parents and kids protested the "Big Bad Betrayal Bill," a Republican budget proposal which could kick 16 million people off health care and lead to an estimated tens of thousands more deaths per year. We...
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Tell Republicans in Congress “Shame on you!”

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SIGN our letter now to Congressional Republicans telling them that we are outraged by their “yes” vote on the Big Bad Betrayal Bill – and will continue to speak out against the policies they are pushing.

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Congress! STOP the dismantling of the U.S. Department of Education!

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/50130/?source=action">Congress! STOP the dismantling of the U.S. Department of Education!</a>

Education isn’t just a local issue. Every child in America deserves a fair chance, no matter their zip code, race, ability, or background. That’s what the Department of Education helps protect. We must not let it be erased.

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Congress! STOP the dismantling of the U.S. Department of Education!

Tell Congress: We Need Childcare & Healthcare, Not Menstrual Education!

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/47211/?source=action">Tell Congress: We Need Childcare & Healthcare, Not Menstrual Education!</a>

This week, President Trump proposed we support moms and increase birth rates through menstrual education, as he continues to gut essential programs like Medicaid and Head Start. Sign on and tell Congress: we need childcare & healthcare, not menstrual education.

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Tell Congress: We Need Childcare & Healthcare, Not Menstrual Education!

Tell Congress: Pass the Ultra-Millionaire Tax Act now!

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/38777/?source=action">Tell Congress: Pass the Ultra-Millionaire Tax Act now!</a>

SIGN MomsRising’s letter calling on the U.S. Congress to pass the Ultra-Millionaire Tax Act and make the wealthy pay their fair share in taxes!

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Tell Congress: #TaxtheRich!