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May 13, 2016

When Andrew Carnegie was a seventeen-year-old immigrant “working boy” in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania (now Pittsburgh’s North Side) in 1853, he wanted to be able to borrow books to improve himself – but in the era of predominantly private libraries he was stopped by an annual $2.00 library subscription fee.

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Marian Wright Edelman

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Food!

May 13, 2016

MomsRising is hosting a #FoodFri tweetchat on May 13, 2016 at 1 pm Eastern , to share the work of Foodstand (a community of eaters helping each other stay in the know about how to shop, cook, and eat better) and Jamie Oliver Food Foundation on Food Revolution Day. This year, the focus of Food...

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Migdalia Rivera

Childcare & Early Education Family Economic Security

May 13, 2016

Recently I had an opportunity to share my family’s story with the talented writer, Judith Warner. Judith is a New York Times bestselling author who wrote the book Perfect Madness: Motherhood in the Age of Anxiety. A version of my family’s story is included in her recent report for the Center for...

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Sarah Sadowski

Politics & Policy

May 12, 2016

Este artículo apareció en el blog Mamá Especial Cuenta Conmigo . No quiero ser Princesa, Quiero ser Presidente. Cuando me quedé embarazada por quinta vez pensé que ya lo había visto todo, cuando supe que era una niña estaba segura de estar preparada. Qué ingenua era, mi quinta hija me dió lecciones...

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Laura Rodriguez

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Environmental Health Food!

May 11, 2016

What young kid hasn't splashed herself in the face trying to drink from a water fountain? My two-year old always misfires just a bit when trying to get a drink, often leaving both of us chuckling. But I love that she drinks water, and she does too. Indeed we've made lots of progress when it comes...

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Karen Showalter

Family Economic Security Food! Health Care Open Flexible Work Paid Family Leave Politics & Policy

May 11, 2016

Hearing a woman’s voice come over the intercom before takeoff, “this is your captain speaking,” can be a moving experience, even today: She made it! She beat the odds! A stirring sense of admiration as you check that your seatbelt is indeed securely fastened for takeoff. But women who work in roles...

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Liz Morris

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget

May 11, 2016

VHS tapes, 8-tracks, a computer bigger than your car. Some things are better left in the past. Huge Pentagon budgets should be one of them. Although we are supposed to be ramping down efforts in Afghanistan, Congress continues funding the U.S. military at historically high levels: In 2016 we will...

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Lindsay Koshgarian

Food!

May 11, 2016

Great news, friends. Restaurants, supermarkets, coffee shops and other similar establishments will soon be required to display calorie counts on menus and menu boards. Translation: no more guessing about how many calories are in that soup, sandwich, cookie. Menu labeling is a HUGE help, am I right...

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Karen Showalter

Health Care

May 10, 2016

This past Sunday evening on Mother’s Day, I returned home from an amazing retreat feeling euphoric and transformed. My husband and son picked me up from the airport. My teen had just returned from a late-night sleepover so my expectations for the evening were low: a quick bite out at our favorite...

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Renee Trudeau

Paid Family Leave Politics & Policy

May 10, 2016

I’m a commercial airline pilot, and I love my job. As a kid, I was obsessed with airplanes. My parents encouraged my passion for flying, and in spite of the odds — women currently make up only six percent of commercial pilots — I became a pilot. I spent many years chasing my flying career. In 2002...

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Shannon Kiedrowski

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Child Watch® Column: Welcome to Everyone

Sugar and Our Quest to Build a Food System that Keeps Our Communities and Families Healthy #FoodFri

"The reality of our life - we spend a third of our monthly income on childcare."

"No quiero ser princesa, quiero ser Presidente"

Take Urgent Action On Lead in Water Fountains!

Pumping Milk at 40,000 Feet: Four Women Pilots Are Navigating a Course toward Fairness

Cellphones Bigger than a Backpack (Or Why Universal Preschool Isn’t a Priority)

From One Busy Parent to Another: Menu Labeling will Make Your Life Easier...

Are you choosing love ... or fear?

Airline Pilots Should Not Have to Choose Between Their Jobs and Breastfeeding Their Babies

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