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MomsRising Radio this week: #ElectionDay2014 #CriminalJusticeReform #VeteransDay #NetNeutrality

November 15, 2014
You may have missed it: There was just an election debate on criminal justice reform — and change happened. We talk about it on the #RADIO show this week. Don’t miss out. Our next segment takes a close look at children and healthcare—and why kids health is being used as a political football. Again...
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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner
Health Care

Open enrollment for the health insurance marketplace is here!

November 15, 2014
If you’ve been eagerly awaiting your chance to switch health plans or enroll in health coverage for the first time, now is your chance! The health insurance marketplace is open again from November 15, 2014 until February 15, 2014.
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Jeannina Perez
Food!

Grocery Shopping Nightmare

November 14, 2014
From the moment I step out my door the nightmare begins. My Big Boy, who is six, asks where we are going and I answer ‘the grocery store.’ Immediately the nagging begins from the Little Tike, now 3, asking for candy and bargaining good behavior for a lollipop. Mind you, he had a big lunch right...
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Sarene Alsharif
Take Action!
Health Care

Take Action: Our Nation's Kids Need Your Voice!

November 14, 2014
Reflecting on last week’s election results, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand said the American public wants “ members of Congress who will listen and they want things to get done. ” Getting things done sounds…. refreshing! Why not? :) We’ve got a hugely popular, bipartisan issue that Congress can...
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Sili Recio
Family Economic Security Paid Family Leave Politics & Policy

La Respuesta de un Padre Trabajador

November 14, 2014
Tengo tres hijos. Los míos son un poco mayores que los de usted – la mayor se acaba de ir a la universidad – y por eso me necesitan un poco menos que su bebe la necesita a usted. Pero se bien el remordimiento que siente. Y le puedo asegurar que sus hijos no la culparan por trabajar y mantener un techo sobre sus cabezas.
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US Secretary of Labor Tom Perez
Politics & Policy

Embracing Who You Are

November 14, 2014
For many years I've been blessed by my friendship with Pamela Ferrell, one of the country's leading experts on natural Black hair. Pamela and her husband Taalib-Din Uqdah co-founded the Washington, D.C. hair salon Cornrows & Co. in 1980, pioneering the natural hair care movement with African-...
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Marian Wright Edelman
Childcare & Early Education Family Economic Security

Three Steps to a Two-Generation Approach

November 14, 2014
Lecia Imbery wrote this (she's the Coalition on Human Needs' Senior Policy Writer). Pretty interesting, and as a mom and grandma, I think it makes a whole lot of sense. To ensure that kids thrive and succeed from birth onward, we must simultaneously address the obstacles facing their parents. The...
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Debbie Weinstein
Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Open Flexible Work Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days

Raising the Minimum Wage and Affordable Child Care Go Hand in Hand

November 13, 2014
This post, authored by Traci Donnelly, originally appeared on TalkPoverty.org . A minimum wage increase will not help families exit poverty by itself – we need other work supports that ease the economic strain on families. TalkPoverty.org is dedicated to demonstrating that we know how to...
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Alyssa Peterson
Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Food! Politics & Policy

Banking on Health: Improving the Inventory at Food Banks

November 13, 2014
“I have the audacity to believe that peoples everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies, education and culture for their minds, and dignity, equality and freedom for their spirits,” explained Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1964. Fast-forward to today, and for too many families, the idea of having three meals a day remains an audacious, out-of-reach goal.
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Manel Kappagoda
Family Economic Security Paid Family Leave

Speaking out as a working father

November 13, 2014
We don't do nearly enough in this country to help working families balance all the competing demands on their time. It's as shocking to me as it is to you that we're the only industrialized country without paid family leave. I was just in Germany where I met a young American working for an IT company there -- he doesn't want to return to the U.S. because he and his wife have started a family and they need the paid leave.
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US Secretary of Labor Tom Perez

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