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7 ways to stay connected to your partner

April 12, 2016
Everywhere I turn my friends are navigating choppy waters in their most intimate relationships. This makes my heart hurt, but I can relate. Lately, my husband and I have been feeling out of sync and stressed out from parenting our wonderful, passionate, intense teenager (wow, can the “adolescent...
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Renee Trudeau
Childcare & Early Education Paid Family Leave Politics & Policy

Our Voices for Our Issues

April 11, 2016
You would think a first time mother’s reaction to “congratulations, you are pregnant” would be happiness and not an anxiety ridden look of utter confusion. We had been trying for quite some time and I even went on a dose of Clomid so yes, we were hoping and expecting this news, but what I was not...
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Jehanara Haider
Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Military Families

#MilitaryMonday: How filing your taxes can boost your military family!

April 11, 2016
Tax Day is coming up! Is your #milfamily prepared?
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Elyssa Schmier
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The National WIC Association Is Doing MORE In the Community! Learn More At #FoodFri!

April 8, 2016
The National WIC Association has been working with local WIC agencies around the country through the Community Partnerships for Healthy Mothers and Children project to improve health. The focus of the project has been on policy, systems and environmental change, which is slightly different than WIC...
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Migdalia Rivera
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Realistic & Fair Wages

Pay the #USWNT world champs already, dammit!

April 8, 2016
Q: When do WORLD CHAMPS get paid far less than LOSERS? A: When they're women playing World Cup Soccer. That's right, the U.S. Women’s Soccer Team — which recently won the World Cup in a final that was the most watched soccer game in American TV history with approximately 23 million viewers — is...
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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner
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Politics & Policy

Kids with disabilities need support, not suspensions.

April 8, 2016
The stories are unbelievable! A Queens first grader with learning disabilities was handcuffed by police and suspended from school when he became upset while painting an easter egg in class. Alexa Gonzalez, a 12-year-old Queens girl was suspended from school and hauled off in handcuffs for doodling...
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Beatriz Beckford
Family Economic Security Food! Politics & Policy

Income Inequality: The Housing Struggle

April 8, 2016
“I was in Newark and Harlem just this week. And I walked into the homes of welfare mothers. I saw them in conditions—no, not with wall-to-wall carpet, but wall-to-wall rats and roaches. . . . [One mother] pointed out the walls with all the ceiling falling through. She showed me the holes where the...
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Marian Wright Edelman
Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care Politics & Policy Realistic & Fair Wages

Fact of the Week: Lower-Income Renters Spend Nearly Half of Income on Rent

April 7, 2016
Investing in housing and renters' assistance improves the health outcomes of infants and children and lowers healthcare spending.
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Lecia Imbery
Food!

All Salads are NOT the Same: Why Menu Labeling Matters

April 7, 2016
Guessing games are fun, but not when it comes to knowing what's in the food I give my kids. DYK that a pecan roll at a popular coffee shop has almost DOUBLE the calories of a chocolate pastry? Or that a turkey sandwich at a popular convenience store has nearly TWICE the calories as a beef burrito...
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Karen Showalter
Immigration

Indignada. Decepcionada. Con el corazón roto.

April 7, 2016
Indignada. Decepcionada. Con el corazón roto. Así me siento después de escuchar que el Congreso de EE.UU. ha votado otra vez en contra de una reforma migratoria que ha dejado a millones de niños y familias vulnerables. ¡Es ridículo! La Cámara de Representantes de EE.UU. recientemente aprobó una...
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Elisa Batista

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