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Take Action! The DOJ just deleted the National Police Accountability Database!

March 3, 2025
In response to President Trump rescinding an executive order that created a national database for police misconduct, the Department of Justice (DOJ) shut down the National Law Enforcement Accountability Database. [1] Why is this important? This database helped ensure that officers with a history of...
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MomsRising members and staff with Rep. Pramila Jayapal at Mombassador storybook delivery event

“Don't Be Disco-nnected From Families" Mombassador Program Reflections

January 30, 2026
When you are raising young kids who learn at the speed of light, you have to do what you can to keep up with them. You have to evolve, and you have to adapt. You learn very quickly as a parent that taking the weight of the world on your own is not an option. Parents roll up their sleeves, they...
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Breaking Through: Trump’s Health Care Shutdown, Head Start, We Heart Portland, Gun Violence Prevention

October 6, 2025
On the radio show this week we dive into Trump’s Health Care Shutdown, with Republicans refusing to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits that make health insurance affordable for millions of families. We also hear about Head Start, and what recent attacks, delayed grants, and reduced staff means...
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Breaking Through: The Urgent Importance of Gun Safety Policies, Overcoming Polarization, Rising Prices, Why Fascists Fear Teachers

September 1, 2025
On the radio show this week we cover the urgent importance of advancing gun safety policies. We cover tips for talking across political points of disagreement, building trust, overcoming polarization, and how these efforts can help strengthen democracy. We hear from an economist about why the...
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RECAP: Supporting Immigrant Students and Families in Hostile School Environments Webinar

June 26, 2025
As national debates around immigration grow increasingly heated, schools, which should be sanctuaries of learning and belonging, can unintentionally mirror the hostility, fear, and discrimination seen in broader society. As parents, caregivers, and protectors of our children, we have a...
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Breaking Through: Medicaid. Maternal Health. How Trump’s Policies Are Hurting All of Us, Including His Voters

March 17, 2025
On the radio show this week we discuss the single largest program for maternity care in the United States, Medicaid, and why we’re fighting to protect it. Next, we dive into the many ways the Trump administration’s “cost-cutting” measures will actually end up costing all of our families and our...
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Top Actions of the Past Week: Friday, March 7, 2025

March 7, 2025
SIGN NOW! Families Over Billionaires! Last week the far-right House Republicans' plans became crystal clear when they passed by the narrowest of margins their budget resolution. In it they started the process to pass a law that will give massive ($4.5 TRILLION) tax breaks to billionaires and to...
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Kamala Harris, Democracy, End Gun Violence, Food Is Key, End Climate Change

September 9, 2024
On the radio show this week we dive into the excellent leadership track record of Vice President Kamala Harris, culture change and voting; then we move to discussing how each of us can help end gun violence; after that we hear how food is medicine and get info on how to get access to healthy foods...
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MomsRising Community Safety Coloring Challenge

June 25, 2024
Are you an artist or creative? Do you have ideas on what our communities need to thrive and build a sense of safety and belonging? If so, we invite you to join the MomsRising coloring/drawing for a community safety challenge! MomsRising has been working at the local, state, and federal levels to...
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Bill of Rights with an orange filter that reads: Guns make us less equal and less free

Guns Make Us Less Equal and Less Free

June 6, 2024
June is Gun Violence Awareness month, when it is time to wear orange to help build public awareness of gun violence in our nation. But at a time when shootings regularly dominate the headlines, when one in five Americans have direct experience of gun violence, and when guns have become the leading cause of child death, is any effort to build additional public awareness even necessary?
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