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Stories from Moms Working Overtime

August 10, 2015
Millions of moms are working overtime but not getting paid because of a glitch in our country's overtime rules. Here are four stories from moms who would be given a boost if we change these overtime rules!
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Elyssa Schmier
Food!

Good Food Force Update: Latest on salty & sweet!

August 10, 2015
Greetings! Check out the latest on sugar and salt, as well as a great shot of some future leaders in the food justice movement, below! Got some great content you'd like to feature in a future Good Food Force update? Please email karen@momsrising.org. As always, the conversation continues online...
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Karen Showalter
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#FoodFri Tweetchat: Healthy Summer Fun

August 7, 2015
Author's Note: Although this chat ended you can click to read the August 7, 2015 #FoodFri STORIFY - a curated list of said chat's tweets compiled into a story format, to learn more about the topic, review chat resources and engage with chat panelist(s) and participants . Please join @MomsRising and...
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Migdalia Rivera
Politics & Policy

Helping Black Boys Survive: What a Difference a Smile Makes

August 7, 2015
It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men. – Frederick Douglass “If I tell you a smile could save a life, would you believe me? A smile can save a life. There was a gentleman, a young gentleman … named Kevin. Kevin was one of those children who did well in school and had great...
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Marian Wright Edelman
Food!

Food Is Love

August 6, 2015
One way I show my children love is through food, like when I prepare their favorite dish, or give them the last bite of dinner off my plate. I literally can’t stand it when they are hungry, and will go to ridiculous lengths to feed them. Every one of my friends who has children, or is regularly...
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Gloria Pan
Health Care

Wellness Wednesday Recap: Breastfeeding At Work

August 6, 2015
And we are off to a great start to National Breastfeeding Month! Anayah kicked things off on the blog by chatting with us about breastfeeding and paid leave . On Wednesday, we had a very informative chat about breastfeeding and work. Here's the Storify with all of the great tweets that were shared...
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Sili Recio
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12 Reasons Why We Do the Work We Do Together

August 5, 2015
Congress wants to cut spending on programs that help low-income children and families. These 12 reasons show why we need more investments in these programs, not less.
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Lecia Imbery
Family Economic Security

I'm a Man Who Supports the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

August 5, 2015
Standing in the shade of the United States Capitol, I scanned those who had assembled from a broad coalition: MomsRising , National Women's Law Center , NARAL Pro-Choice America , URGE: Unite for Reproductive and Gender Equality . Most were young, energetic women. Some of them mothers who came with...
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Chett Pritchett
Find the Clues!
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Do the Presidential Candidates Have A Clue? - Debate One!

August 5, 2015
“Clueless!!!” Confession: I’ve wanted to actually shout that at my TV a time or two recently while Presidential candidates were talking—and I’m not a shouter. (Not naming any names, but moments of Presidential candidate cluelessness about what’s really going on with real working families, moms,...
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Got All the Way to the Final Tournament--But Disqualified Because a Player's A GIRL?!

August 5, 2015
The Charlottesville Cavaliers youth basketball team was knocked out of the annual National Travel Basketball Association (NTBA) annual tournament this past weekend in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, not because they lost, but because one player is a girl . In previous years, 10-year-old Kymora...
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