Together

December 8, 2017

Atención madres de Nueva York! Nueva York ha aprobado una fantástica ley de licencia familiar pagada que comienza el 1 de enero de 2018. Para obtener más información, visite A Better Balance o llame al 1-833-633-3222. ¿Qué hace la ley de licencia familiar pagada para las nuevas mamás? La ley...

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Molly Weston Williamson

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

December 8, 2017

…They have become great and rich; they have grown fat and sleek…. they judge not with justice the cause of the fatherless… and they do not defend the rights of the needy. --Jeremiah 5:27-28 Woe to those who make unjust laws, to those who issue oppressive decrees, to deprive the poor of their rights...

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Marian Wright Edelman

Family Economic Security

December 7, 2017

Last month I was part of a community Living Room Conversation event about affordable housing at the Peninsula JCC in Silicon Valley, a community that is severely housing cost burdened. According to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, housing is considered affordable when a person...

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Joan Blades

Environmental Health

December 6, 2017

This week, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt is testifying before members of Congress in a hearing entitled “The Mission of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.” Although the official mission of the EPA is to “protect human health and the environment,” Scott Pruitt and President Trump have...

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Melanie Donnell

Family Economic Security MomsRising Paid Sick Days

December 5, 2017

MomsRising statement on the deceptively-named "Workflex in the 21st Century Act."

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MomsRising

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security MomsRising

December 5, 2017

Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, House Democrats and MomsRising advocates will hold a press conference tomorrow in the H-207, the Rayburn Room at 10:30 a.m. E.T. on the negative impact of the #GOPTaxScam on children and families. Who: Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi House Democrats MomsRising...

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Childcare & Early Education Social & Emotional Development

December 4, 2017

"Mommy, what's sexual harassment?" You were hoping that the daily news reports of famous and powerful men being accused of sexual misconduct would fly right past your kid's radar. But like other unfortunate events you've had to explain far before your kid was ready , the news -- especially bad news...

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Caroline Knorr

Health Care Maternal Justice MomsRising

December 4, 2017

A conversation where we discuss ACA/Medicaid and Maternal Health with a focus on the impact on black women.

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Tasmiha Khan

Maternal Justice MomsRising

December 4, 2017

It’s been five years since 18 year old Ramarley Graham was followed and killed in his own home by NYPD Officer Haste. To this day, there has been no justice, even when police actions after the shooting pointed to a cover up. MomsRising, Ramarley Graham’s mother, Constance Malcolm, and The Justice...

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Tasmiha Khan