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Winter Squash Custard and Homemade Whip Topping Recipe

November 20, 2014
Thanksgiving makes me think of family and comfort food. Gathering with the people you love the most to eat a meal that you’ve prepared together is priceless. One of the foods I love to use throughout the fall and on Thanksgiving is winter squash. There are so many different ways you can prepare and...
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Trina O'Boyle
Family Economic Security Health Care

Take a Selfie to Stand with Peggy Young!

November 20, 2014
Show your support for a brave mom, Peggy Young, who is taking her pregnancy discrimination case to the U.S. Supreme Court on December 3rd with this fun action! (Selfies involved).
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Sara Alcid
Family Economic Security Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days

Showing Thanks for Family Caregivers This Month

November 20, 2014
It’s November – a month many associate with Thanksgiving, the day next week when families and friends across the country will come together to celebrate the things they’re grateful for. But November is also National Family Caregivers Month, and tens of millions of women and men in this country who...
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Debra L. Ness
Paid Sick Days

Paid Sick Days Needs to Cover Everyone

November 20, 2014
There’s an old saying: “For want of a nail, a shoe was lost, For want of a shoe, a horse was lost, For want of a horse, a battle was lost, For want of a battle, a kingdom was lost, And all for the want of a horseshoe nail.” One small thing can lead to big consequences.
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Ellen Bravo
Food!

Estar a Gusto En Mi Casa: LATISM 2014

November 19, 2014
TopBlogueras.png ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Las fotos anteriores capturan exactamente como me sentí en la conferencia de LATISM este año: como estar a gusto en mi casa. Me encantó la alegria, el hablar el Inglés, el Español o el "Spanglish", la comida y las conversaciones. Todo me recordaba a mi infancia...
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Elisa Batista
Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Politics & Policy

Many Paths to Succeed

November 19, 2014
For a long time, we’ve assumed there was one path to success for America’s kids: College prep courses in high school followed by four or more years of a college education. But that formula leaves a lot of people out...
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Liz Shuler
Immigration

Children in Detention: Observations from Immigration Court

November 19, 2014
By Amelia Bell On Behalf of the Women’s Refugee Commission In September, I had the opportunity to observe immigration court proceedings for asylum seekers detained in the family detention facility in Artesia, New Mexico.
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Jennifer Podkul
Food!

Like Being At Home: LATISM 2014

November 18, 2014
The above photos say it all. The jovialness, the going back and forth between Spanish and English, the food and the conversations (more on that below) all remind me of...home. No matter the language you speak or how passionate you are on a topic, you are always welcomed home like familia.
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Elisa Batista
Family Economic Security Paid Sick Days

Fist Bump for Paid Sick Days!

November 17, 2014
It's time for a celebratory fist bump! Paid sick days WON BIG at the polls on Election Day. Now, it’s time for the next step: Taking paid sick days to Congress. This is a boost for families, our economy, and... our leaders.
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Sara Alcid
Health Care

Putting the Chips On the Table

November 17, 2014
The U.S. Senate is currently considering the Children’s Health Insurance Program Extension Act of 2014 which would extend CHIP through 2019, and incentivizes states to work to enroll uninsured (but CHIP-eligible) children. I have the privilege of being one of the Risers taking your signatures (over...
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Sili Recio

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