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Going hungry in the month of Thanksgiving? If Congress fails to fund the government, here's what families lose:

October 8, 2013
Congress has failed to pass a continuing resolution (CR) funding the government. While critical nutrition assistance programs like SNAP, WIC and school meals are expected to have the resources to continue providing benefits through October, should the government shutdown continue into November,...
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Niche Parents '13 (Pics Included!)

October 8, 2013
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. -- Let's call September the Month of the Conference, shall we? For three out of four weeks in September, various MomsRising staff members, including myself, traveled all over the country to talk about food and healthcare. Both of these campaigns are timely as the USDA passed new...
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This Is The Face… #StoptheStigma

October 8, 2013
This is the face of depression. And this: Pretty hard to believe, right? Not really. People expect depression to look a certain way, to sound a certain way. And it doesn’t. It’s taken me a LONG time to write this. I have known it was necessary but I have been hesitant. Because I did not know where...
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#RADIO this week! – Government shutdown. DC shenanigans. Time to stand up and make our voices heard.

October 7, 2013
This show covers the government shutdown and the rippling repercussions on real people across the nation, featuring special guests including: Jennifer Ngandu, National Council of La Raza (NCLR); Lisa Maatz, American Association of University Women (AAUW); Ashley Boyd, MomsRising; Rev. Douglas...
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Football, football, and more football...

October 7, 2013
Fall marks the beginning of football season, and fans come together to enjoy the thrill of watching their favorite teams battle it out on the field. There is no more popular sport in America, consistently the highest-rated on television and the first thing many of us look for in our local paper...
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Signing of TRUST Act makes 2013 "Year of the Immigrant" in CA

October 7, 2013
Today marks the dawn of a new era in California's immigrant communities. This victory belongs first and foremost to the brave undocumented Californians facing deportation after minor or wrongful arrests who came forward from the shadows and told their stories in hopes that other community members...
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Why Are There So Few Women in Science, Continued

October 4, 2013
Kudos to The New York Times for commissioning an article on why there are so few women in science. Author Eileen Pollack suggests two reasons. Citing her own experience as an undergraduate at Yale, she argues that women doubt themselves, and need to be encouraged more to pursue science careers: “...
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Listen to Mary: "Our lives depend on ending the government shutdown."

October 4, 2013
In 2006, I was diagnosed with Stage I breast cancer. After surgery and six rounds of chemotherapy, I returned to normal life. Early detection should have kept me cancer free, but after four years, I was diagnosed with advanced breast cancer with tumors now growing in my lymph nodes, liver, bones...
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7 Reasons to Avoid Toxic Fragrances

October 4, 2013
Did you know that many personal use product such as cosmetics, shampoos, and body washes contain chemical fragrances that could be harmful to you and your family's health? Not many people do. It's also a secret that companies do not have to disclose which chemicals they are using as fragrance. They...
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Playing Games with the Health of Our Moms and Kids

October 3, 2013
Some members in the U.S. House of Representatives want to deny or delay healthcare access for our nation’s uninsured before they pass a continuing resolution (CR) to keep the federal government funded and open. Their willingness to allow a government shutdown to continue places already vulnerable...
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