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Lucy Durr Hackney

January 11, 2019
When Lucy Durr married Sheldon Hackney in 1957, the custom alterations to her beautiful gown were done for her by a family friend–Mrs. Rosa Parks. This wonderful detail opens a small window into my dear friend and former Children’s Defense Fund board and volunteer staff member Lucy Durr Hackney’s...
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Marian Wright Edelman
Families & The Federal Budget

Day 20: The Trump Shutdown's forgotten workers

January 10, 2019
Donna Kelly has bills to not pay. $386 for her car note. $198.26 for her car insurance. $52.50 for her cellphone service. $119.75 for Pepco. But Kelly, a security guard at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art, the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and the Freer Gallery of Art, won’t be paying...
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David Elliot
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¡Ven a Celebrar la Vida y el Legado del Dr. Martin Luther King!

January 10, 2019
Por noveno año consecutivo, MomsRising/MamásConPoder y sus colaboradores han organizado un evento GRATUITO para honrar y celebrar el nacimiento del Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. y recordar los esfuerzos de todos los que impulsaron el movimiento de los derechos civiles. El Día de Martin Luther King es...
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Linda Stone
Families & The Federal Budget Immigration

The Trump Wall: A Monument to Cynical Deception

January 9, 2019
Steel or concrete, President Trump’s wall is a useless, wasteful and increasingly tired ploy. The President once again chose to mislead and to sow fear. The vast majority of families with children or children alone who seek asylum in the United States are fleeing dangerous conditions in their home...
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Debbie Weinstein
Families & The Federal Budget

Voices From The Trump Shutdown

January 9, 2019
Today is Day 19. Some 800,000 federal employees are affected by the Trump Government Shutdown. These include approximately 420,000 workers deemed essential and working without pay, and about 380,000 workers who have been furloughed without pay. These numbers do not include workers employed by...
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David Elliot
Guest Post
Paid Family Leave

WA legislative champions: Paid leave will benefit workers and businesses alike!

January 9, 2019
Family is at the heart of every small business! That’s why it’s exciting that the stork is making a delivery to Main Streets across Washington State... Paid Family and Medical Leave! Beginning January 2020, Paid Family and Medical Leave will provide workers with the financial stability to care for...
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Casey Osborn-Hinman
Breastfeeding Maternal Justice MomsRising MomsVote Politics & Policy Podcast

Risers Radio: When Women Win Our Communities Win

January 8, 2019
On the #RADIO show this week we talk about the many reasons to celebrate that historic numbers of women and people of color just took office in the U.S. House and what it could mean to our daily lives. Join us and get the inside scoop on when, where, and why to march this January 19th from the co-...
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Amber Dorsey
Los Permisos Familiares y Médicos Pagados
MomsRising Paid Family Leave

Es la época más mágica del año para las familias

January 8, 2019
Es temporada de cascabeles, luces navideñas y reuniones familiares. Es mi época del año favorita, pero este año es incluso más especial porque nuestro estado se prepara para implementar los permisos familiares y médicos pagados para todos. En el 2017, representé a MomsRising en la mesa de...
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Maggie Humphreys
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Gun Safety Immigration Politics & Policy

Letter to my son (and the rest of us) on what would have been his 21st birthday

January 8, 2019
Oscar, I am sorry we couldn’t keep you for longer. We tried so hard. You worked your ass off. I always believed in you, and I always will. It’s nice to tell the stories of your many talents and achievements, of your good looks and charm, of your loving spirit and the joy you brought into every room...
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Rebekah Spicuglia
MomsRising Politics & Policy

At Last! Tennessee Governor Frees Cyntoia Brown, Victim of Trafficking Who Was Unjustly Convicted

January 7, 2019
Fair-minded people across the country are celebrating today’s long overdue move by Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam to grant clemency to Cyntoia Brown, a victim of sex trafficking who has already served 15 years in prison. We applaud Gov. Haslam for taking this step. Cyntoia deserves to be free. Our...
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Beatriz Beckford

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