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Native American Women’s Equal Pay Day Underscores Terrible Toll Wage Gap Takes

September 25, 2017
Today marks Native American Women’s Equal Pay Day, the day to which the average Native American woman working full-time has to work until her earnings match the average pay for a white man from the previous year. Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders earned just 59 cents for every dollar...
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Gun Safety Military Families

#MilitaryMonday: PTSD + Guns= A Deadly Combo

September 25, 2017
As the wife of a former U.S. Naval Aviator who flew jets over Iraq and was shot at with surface to air missiles, I understand the trauma of combat. Before he deployed, I asked my husband to write letters to our daughters in case he didn’t make it back. He thought I was being morbid – until the...
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Martina Leinz
Immigration

On Trump’s Expanded ‘Muslim Ban’ Travel Order: "A Discriminatory Attack"

September 25, 2017
Last night, President Donald Trump signed a new executive order indefinitely banning almost all travel to the United States from seven countries. Starting next month, most citizens of Iran, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Somalia, Chad and North Korea will be banned from entering the United States...
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Families & The Federal Budget Gun Safety Health Care

#5Actions of the Week: September 25, 2017

September 25, 2017
Almost there! We’re gaining MOMentum protecting healthcare, but make no mistake: We haven't won yet. It's still go time for health care! We need everyone (including YOU!) to keep the pressure on. And we're making it super easy to do just that. Scroll down for easy ways to both call and write...
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Karen Showalter
Health Care

Moms! We need to defeat Graham-Cassidy-Heller, a cruel attempt to take our families' care away

September 22, 2017
Every mom knows that the list of things to worry about when it comes to raising our kids is long. Did the kids get to school on time? Are they settled as I head to work? Is it OK for my family to have Frosted Flakes for dinner 3 nights this week? From the admittedly absurd, to the quite serious,...
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Connie Munk
Health Care

THANK YOU Senator McCain for Putting Health of Moms, Families Ahead of Partisan Interests

September 22, 2017
We thank and commend U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) for his principled decision, announced today, to vote against the Graham-Cassidy-Heller-Johnson health care repeal bill, which would do tremendous harm to women, mothers, children and our economy. Senator McCain is right that health care is too...
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Health Care

Your weekend to-do list

September 22, 2017
If you are like me, your weekend to-do lists are just as formidable as your to-do lists during the week. Here is a sample of mine: Make caterpillar cake for my son’s birthday (the only craft I have mastered) Figure out what that fuzzy thing is growing in my bathroom shower Save America’s health...
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Donna Norton
Health Care

The Continuing Mean Assault on Our Children’s Health

September 22, 2017
It’s back. The assault on our children’s health coverage has been resurrected for a final last-minute attempt at passage and is even more dangerous and cruel than ever. The latest Graham (R-SC)-Cassidy (R-LA) revision of the health repeal bill feels like a Halloween movie cliché with a zombie-like...
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Marian Wright Edelman
Environmental Health

Kids Deserve Toxic-Free Shoes!

September 22, 2017
Kids shoes shouldn't have toxic lead! Here's one pair to avoid.
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Caroline Cox
Childcare & Early Education Social & Emotional Development

CommuniKids new free Pre-k Spanish Immersion Program in D.C.

September 22, 2017
Congratulations to our friends at CommuniKids for the opening of their new free Spanish immersion Pre-k seats the District of Columbia! For more information on this new program, see the full press release below or visit CommuniKids main free pre-k website with information on details on how to apply...
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