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Shameful Arpaio Pardon Signals Support for Bigotry, Contempt for Rule of Law

August 26, 2017
In pardoning disgraced former Maricopa County sheriff Joe Arpaio, President Trump has signaled to bigots and white supremacists that they need not worry about being held accountable for vicious, racist actions. This pardon demonstrates contempt for the real American values of inclusion, diversity...
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Immigration

‘Heartless and Devastating to Our Youth:’ MomsRising On Reports Pres. Trump About to End DACA

August 25, 2017
It would be heartless and devastating to our youth and our country if President Trump were to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which since 2012 has provided some 800,000 young adults who were brought to this country as children with opportunities to live, learn, work...
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Welcome to America

August 25, 2017
I recently had the privilege of meeting five outstanding high school students the Children’s Defense Fund-Ohio’s Beat the Odds® program was honoring for overcoming tremendous adversity, demonstrating academic excellence and giving back to their communities. One of these inspiring young people was...
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Marian Wright Edelman
Breastfeeding

Let's empower breastfeeding moms!

August 25, 2017
It’s National Breastfeeding Month and today, August 25th, kicks off Black Breastfeeding Week . It is a time for celebration, as well as an important moment to take stock of what work still needs to be done to ensure that more moms, particularly moms of color, are able to meet their breastfeeding...
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Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care

#ProtectOurCare: Meet Suzanne in Washington

August 24, 2017
Quality, affordable healthcare coverage is incredibly important to families in the U.S. MomsRising receives thousands of messages from our volunteers with stories about why the Affordable Care Act (a.k.a. Obamacare), Medicaid, CHIP, and Medicare matter for the health of their families. This #...
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Environmental Health Family Economic Security Food! Maternal Justice Politics & Policy

How a Group of Indigenous Women Runners Triggered a Global Seismic Shift

August 24, 2017
"Whether you were present at Standing Rock or watched on electronic screens around the world, we all felt that energy— we experienced our oneness”
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Anita Sanchez, Ph.D.
Environmental Health Food!

This Is How Chlorpyrifos, a Toxic Pesticide, Gets Into Our Bodies and Why It's VERY Dangerous for Kids and Pregnant Women

August 24, 2017
Chlorpyrifos is a toxic pesticide that is commonly used in conventional agriculture and widely found on fruits and vegetables. Pediatricians and children’s health experts worry about exposure to chlorpyrifos (and other chemicals in the pesticide class known as organophosphates) because it is a...
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Miriam Rotkin-Ellman
MomsVote Politics & Policy

Voting Rights and Women

August 23, 2017
When Margie Mueller, 85, went to her local Plymouth, Wis., polling site last Election Day, she was turned away because her driver’s license had expired. She was told she could go to the Department of Motor Vehicles in Sheboygan, Wis., to get a new, valid ID. That wasn’t going to happen; Sheboygan...
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Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care Politics & Policy

Tell leaders: Make our health care system better, don't sabotage it!

August 22, 2017
In the deluge of awfulness of the last week, you may have missed this critical story in the news. As threatened, President Trump is trying his best to “let Obamacare implode.” Indeed, through deliberate acts of sabotage, the Trump administration is purposefully driving up health insurance premiums...
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#MilitaryMonday: Postpartum Depression, Putting the Pieces Back Together

August 21, 2017
Recently I went to a local Modern Quilt Guild’s meeting. It was a “sit’n’sew” meeting, meaning women can sew together for 5 hours, with no other distractions. Boy, did I love the sound of that, just me, my sewing machine, and new quilting friends. As I sat and listened at the beginning of the...
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