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Healthy Food from India to the Farmer's Market

March 20, 2013
I am Mukti Banerjee, a first-generation immigrant-turned-citizen from India. I decided to start Mukti's Kitchen when a few good friends insisted that I did something to let others know about my Indian cooking and the variety and uniqueness of it. Deep inside, I am a social activist and believe in a...
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Childcare & Early Education MomsVote Family Economic Security Health Care

Congresswomen Hold Press Conference on How the Ryan Budget Would Impact Women

March 20, 2013
Yesterday I had the opportunity to take part in a press conference held by several Congresswomen on what the budget proposed by House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) would do to women and their families (that’s me standing in front of the flag!). We’ve previously highlighted the ways the Ryan...
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Food! Blog Carnivals

Black Children At Greater Risk for Health Problems Because of Obesity

March 20, 2013
African-American children suffer from obesity at a greater rate than any other group of children in the United States . There are many complex factors that contribute to this epidemic. But one factor, junk foods sold in schools, is being tackled by moms and dads nationwide. The USDA recently...
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Food!

Who's Keeping Our Kids Unhealthy?

March 20, 2013
At a conference last weekend , I spoke at length about the daily realities families face in my community when presented with little to no healthy food options. I spoke about the difficulties of getting my children to chose a banana over Cheetos and water over soda----during a conference that had a...
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Tanya Fields
Childcare & Early Education Health Care MomsVote Family Economic Security

Why I Like Paul Ryan, But Not His Budget

March 20, 2013
Years ago, I attended an event on economic policy where now-Chairman of the House Budget Committee, Representative Paul Ryan (R-WI), was speaking. After the event, I introduced myself to him and shared that I was a former Hill staffer. I told him that, while I disagreed with nearly everything he...
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Randi Schmidt

Tax credits, insurance pools, oh my!

March 19, 2013
Lesson from this week - there's always more to learn! Five years into my work on health reform, I learned that the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) has much more to offer small business owners and the self-employed than I had realized. Welcome news! This Monday, MomsRising co-hosted a webinar...
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Ashley Boyd
Gun Safety

Tears and Prayers at the NRA

March 19, 2013
I have thought a lot about what happened to/with me at the vigil at the NRA on March 14 —and how my story might help inform and move people. I’m offer here a little more detail for what I hope is a contribution to the issue of the price families pay for America’s approach to guns, which is oddly...
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Louisa Davis
Paid Sick Days Family Economic Security Health Care

HERVotes on protecting families from the "Ryan budget": A MomsRising.org blog carnival

March 19, 2013
Tomorrow the House of Representatives will vote on the Ryan Budget. It is devastating to women’s advancement and to programs that women want and need. It is the budget that women overwhelming voted against in the 2012 election with a decisive gender gap. HERvotes , with its 52 women’s organizations...
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Eleanor Smeal
Childcare & Early Education Family Economic Security

A Single Mother With a Childcare Subsidy Writes to Paul Ryan

March 19, 2013
To Whom It May Concern: I'm a single mother with two kids under 3, a full-time student, and working, so I don't have much time to write. But I have to tell whoever is willing to listen that the daycare subsidy I receive has saved my life. I'm able to go back to school to get the kind of job that...
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Nan Mooney
Family Economic Security Blog Carnivals

Americans Want a Fair Budget Now! We Demand Congress Stop Giving Tax Breaks to the Richest 2%

March 19, 2013
The phrase “Let them eat cake,” supposedly uttered by Marie Antoinette reflecting her obliviousness to the plight of the people, could be attributed to some members of Congress. Blind to the real hardships faced by millions of Americans and ignoring what the majority of voters in this country want...
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Linda Meric

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