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Tipped workers need a pay raise

April 1, 2016
How long has it been since you’ve had a raise? For some workers, it has been entirely too long. Today – Friday, April 1, 2016 – marks the 25 th anniversary since the minimum wage for tipped workers has been increased. For 25 years now, the minimum wage for an estimated 5.3 million workers in the U...
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David Elliot
Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care Politics & Policy

Hey Congress: Opioid Abuse is Still an Emergency

April 1, 2016
More Americans die every year from drug overdoses than they do in car crashes. That’s one of the reasons President Obama was in Atlanta this Tuesday speaking at the National Rx Drug Abuse & Heroin Summit, the largest national collaboration of local, state and federal agencies, business, academia, treatment providers, counselors and advocates impacted by prescription drug abuse and heroin use.
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Lecia Imbery
Politics & Policy

The Time is Always Right to Do Right

April 1, 2016
March 31 is the anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s last Sunday sermon at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. in 1968 before his assassination four days later: “Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution”. Dr. King said he believed a triple revolution was taking place in the world...
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Marian Wright Edelman
Childcare & Early Education Environmental Health Families & The Federal Budget Health Care Politics & Policy

Flint and Beyond

March 31, 2016
Members of Congress like to talk about securing the future for our children and grandchildren. Instead, Congress has foreclosed opportunity for many thousands of children because of its irresponsible failure to protect them from lead poison. Congress needs to come back and ensure that all children now threatened by such toxic inaction have the protection and services they need.
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Debbie Weinstein
Immigration

Incensed. Disappointed. Heartbroken.

March 31, 2016
Incensed. Disappointed. Heartbroken. These are just a few words that come to mind when I think of Congress’s latest move against immigration policy reform , which is leaving millions of children and families vulnerable. It’s outrageous. The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed what members...
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Elisa Batista
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Food!

Let's Help Latino Children Start Kindergarten at a Healthy Weight. Join #FoodFri to Chat!

March 31, 2016
Studies have shown that children entering kindergarten at a healthy weight are least likely to develop diabetes, asthma, cancer, and other health issues. They're also more likely to become healthy adults. And that's something to aspire to! Join #FoodFri on April 1, 2016, between 1 and 2pm, Eastern...
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Migdalia Rivera
Food!

We did it! But we still need your help...

March 30, 2016
It looks like we've already won that one - but thank you for trying to take action! And we still need your help speaking out in support of healthy kids and communities. Please join us to take action around the following ongoing campaigns -> Demand Justice for Flint Everyone deserves access to...
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Karen Showalter
Food!

Tell Companies: Stop Marketing Junk Food to Kids!

March 30, 2016
Parents, schools, companies, public spaces ... we all have a role to play when it comes to promoting the health of our kids. This year MomsRising is paying special attention to the role of marketing on kids. Ads regularly target our kids when we're not around. While many companies have taken steps...
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Karen Showalter
Family Economic Security Food!

They are forgotten: Hunger and homelessness in South Dakota

March 30, 2016
Do poverty, hunger and homelessness exist when there is no one around to see? A tiny South Dakota town that probably 99.99 percent of Americans have never heard of is living testimony that the answer to that question is an emphatic yes. Located in the poorest county in America , the enclave of...
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David Elliot
Blog Carnivals

3 Myths About Halal Food

March 29, 2016
Note from author : O ne of the reasons I wrote this post was to dispel myths about Muslims since halal is our dietary guideline and the myths or untruths negatively impact the way people view us and perpetuate stereotypes about us. -Yvonne Maffei, My Halal Kitchen It’s not too often that I receive...
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