Together

Work/Life Balance? Time to Lighten the Caregiving Load

(This piece is part of the Fem2.0 blog carnival : For Women, the Other Side of Work Isn't Play, It's Caregiving. ) I’m tired. My job and two kids take it out of me both physically and mentally, every day. The husband, a most loving partner and doting father, is happy to help, eager for instruction...

Gillibrand: Make Child Care Affordable and Take the Burden Off Working Parents

More parents than ever are balancing work and raising children. When I was growing up, just over one-third of mothers with young children worked outside the home. Today, it’s nearly two-thirds. The cost of quality child care is steadily increasing across New York. families across New York are...

Declare Your Independence From Toxic Chemicals!

This July 4, MomsRising is urging our members to declare independence from toxic chemicals and become part of the Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families campaign! At MomsRising, we hear from members all the time who are deeply concerned about dangerous chemicals in the environment and in the products we...

Like taking candy from a baby?

You know the drill: A baby has something in her hand that's incredibly appealing like a chocolate bar, or say, real healthcare reform, and you slyly remove it from her grasp and offer her melba toast, or in this case, a broken healthcare system. Yes, the insurance industry is trying to beat us at...