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Trump Budget Continues Squeezing NDD Programs with Unmet Needs

June 7, 2017
As our recent paper shows, tight annual appropriations caps and sequestration budget cuts on top of them for the last seven years have caused a considerable decline in non-defense discretionary (NDD) programs, which range from education and scientific research to public health, housing assistance,...
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Chloe Cho
Health Care

Speak out to protect Medicaid now!

June 6, 2017
Powerful. Today, we stood with thousands of advocates and leaders in Washington, D.C. and across the country in support of Medicaid. A diverse group of disability rights organizations, health care advocates, parents, and individuals came together to tell Congress, “Don’t Cap My Care!” Now we need...
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Felicia Burnett
Health Care

Save Medicaid Rally & National Day of Action - June 6th

June 5, 2017
Our health care coverage is in a state of emergency—especially for people with disabilities. Join us—and thousands of people across the nation—June 6th, in taking action to #SaveMedicaid! We’ll join with other advocates and leaders on Capitol Hill from 11:30am-12:30pm to tell Congress: “Don’t Cap...
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Felicia Burnett
Families & The Federal Budget Food! Realistic & Fair Wages

#5Actions To Fight For Our Democracy! Week of June 5, 2017

June 5, 2017
Happy Monday! We're back with five new and important actions for this week, from protecting the Women's Bureau, to demanding equal pay, to organizing a fun meet up in your community. You are powerful! Take all 5 actions at once, or do one a day. Your choice. What matters most is that you continue...
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Karen Showalter
Families & The Federal Budget

The Nation's Most Recognized Children’s Groups Call Trump’s FY 18 Budget Harmful to Kids

June 4, 2017
When 57 of the biggest, most recognizable children’s organizations in the country say the President’s proposed budget is going to harm America’s kids, it would be a good idea to pay attention. According to the Children’s Budget Coalition (CBC)—which includes dozens of children’s groups across the...
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John Monsif
Environmental Health Gun Safety Health Care Politics & Policy Social & Emotional Development

Time For Some Action: Six Things You Should Do Now To Challenge This Moment

June 4, 2017
BLM co-founder suggests some action items.
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Patrisse Cullors
Radio!
Breastfeeding Gun Safety Politics & Policy Podcast

Tips & Tactics for Tackling The Top Topics Facing Our Nation

June 3, 2017
On the radio show this week we hear from US Representative Rosa DeLauro about what’s going on in Congress, what you can do, and about her new book The Least Among Us ; we also discuss gun violence and how to stop it; address hunger in America; and reveal a new, high powered campaign to make sure...
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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner
Environmental Health Politics & Policy

Senator Gillibrand: Statement on Pres. Trump's Decision to Withdraw from Paris Accord

June 3, 2017
This decision by President Trump to leave the Paris Accord is irresponsibly shortsighted and harmful to the United States. There is no credible doubt that climate change is real and is caused by human activity. We have irrefutable data that temperatures are rising, Arctic ice is melting, sea levels...
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Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
Environmental Health Food! Health Care

Fue como estar en una película de terror, pero real

June 2, 2017
“Siempre he estado consiente de lo peligroso que los pesticidas pueden ser…pero nunca pensé que algún día tendría que ir a la sala de emergencia a causa de eso”. - Aylin, trabajadora de la col (repollo). Esto fue lo que le sucedió a Aylin de 19 años de edad, y a más de 50 trabajadores de la col,...
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Jocelyn Sherman
Childcare & Early Education Immigration Politics & Policy

5 Reasons Why Xenophobic “English-Only” Biases Undermine Our Kids’ Education, Job Prospects

June 2, 2017
Donald Trump’s openly anti-Hispanic rhetoric – for which he has never apologized -- has only fueled anti-Latino sentiment and racist acts in the country. Take for instance, the verbal abuse of Hispanics who speak Spanish in public. In one recent incident, a white woman verbally assaulted a Hispanic...
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Elisa Batista

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