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07/29/19

Private for-profit prisons are a key component of President Trump’s plan to incarcerate immigrant children and families, and are also part of the system of mass incarceration that has particularly devastated communities of color.

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S. Nadia Hussain

Immigration Politics & Policy

07/26/19

Happy Friday. Summer is racing by, and we hope you've had some time to relax and recharge. To make your action-taking as smooth and easy as possible we're sharing our latest list of top actions in urgent need of your support. This week we're talking about financing private prisons, immigration, tax...

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Karen Showalter

Health Care

07/25/19

I’ve never forgotten my family’s sadness over the senseless death of my childhood neighbor little Johnny Harrington, who lived three houses down from our church parsonage in segregated Bennettsville, South Carolina. Johnny stepped on a rusted nail and died of the resulting tetanus infection because...

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Marian Wright Edelman

Breastfeeding

07/25/19

August is National Breastfeeding Month. My colleagues at the Asian Breastfeeding Task Force of Los Angeles are hosting photo exhibits in the San Gabriel Valley and downtown Los Angeles, in which 17 local moms joined this movement. Los Angeles is home to the largest Asian American population in the...

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To-wen Tseng

Family Economic Security Paid Family Leave

07/24/19

On a recent tour of Europe, our Czech guide told me about the family-friendly policies in her country. Mothers (or fathers; families can choose) get two years of paid family leave when a child is born. If the next child comes along before those two years are up, they start all over again. Then...

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Mary Sisson

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care Immigration Politics & Policy Realistic & Fair Wages

07/22/19

Check out the Human Needs Report for the latest on Congress's spending deal, a victory for minimum wage workers, a new attack on migrants, and more.

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Lecia Imbery

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Politics & Policy

07/22/19

The first week of June, David Jay of the Center for Humane Technology and I co-hosted a Living Room Conversation about how technology is impacting our relationships, a conversation titled Digital Dialogue . Conversation participants were two teens, a leader in the world of mindfulness, a new father...

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Joan Blades

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Family Economic Security Immigration Paid Family Leave Realistic & Fair Wages

07/19/19

Check out three top posts from the MomsRising blog in the last week: Read our statement on raising the minimum wage, check out a small business owner's perspective on WA paid leave, and take action on the Trump administration's inhumane immigration policies-->

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Anita Sarah Jackson

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Immigration

07/19/19

We're back with this week's list of top #5Actions from the past week, including hot items on taxes, family separation, childcare, and more. Your voice is urgently needed; please scroll through to be sure you've signed them all. Then share with friends and family, too! 1. Speak Out: Every Member of...

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Karen Showalter

Social & Emotional Development

07/19/19

I was devastated by the loss earlier this year of Dr. Donald Stewart. He and his wife Isabel Carter Stewart have been among my dearest, dearest friends. Donald served as president of my alma mater Spelman College from 1976 to 1986, overlapping with my own tenure on Spelman’s Board of Trustees and...

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Marian Wright Edelman