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The Human Needs Report: SNAP Cuts Defeated, Spending Cuts on Deck, Immigration and the Census, and More

05/21/18
The Coalition on Human Needs just released another edition of the Human Needs Report. Read on for pieces on defeating harmful cuts to SNAP, a spending cuts package in the House, one win and one loss for consumer protections, and more.
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Lecia Imbery
Food! Gun Safety Immigration

#5Actions of the Week: May 19, 2018

05/19/18
This week, we find our hearts broken again, this time for the victims of the shooting at Santa Fe High School, their loved ones and their community. It is not even summer and already there have been 22 shootings at schools in our country this year. One school shooting would be horrifying; 22 is...
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Karen Showalter
Families & The Federal Budget Food!

MomsRising Celebrates Overcoming the Terrible-For-Families House Farm Bill

05/18/18
The moms of America can breathe a sigh of relief now that the Republican Farm Bill failed on the floor of the House of Representatives. The rejection of this bill is a victory for America’s families, because it includes callous, new requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (...
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Gun Safety

America’s Leaders Must Face Catastrophe of 22 School Shootings and Take Action Now

05/18/18
It is not even summer and already there have been 22 shootings at schools in our country this year. One school shooting would be horrifying; 22 is catastrophic and absolutely unacceptable. Our children deserve better than growing up in fear that they will be shot at the place they go to learn. Ten...
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Childcare & Early Education Social & Emotional Development

Help Us Keep Dr. King’s Promise

05/18/18
In a few weeks . . . we are coming to Washington in a Poor People’s Campaign. Yes, we are going to bring the tired, the poor, the huddled masses. We are going to bring those who have known long years of hurt and neglect. We are going to bring those who have come to feel that life is a long and...
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Marian Wright Edelman
SNAP cuts are sinful
Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Food! Politics & Policy

Success in defeating harsh cuts to SNAP in the House!

05/18/18
The defeat of the farm bill is a great victory, because it is a rejection of mean-spirited and wrong-headed cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly called food stamps).
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Debbie Weinstein
Immigration

Join Us to Say NO to Trump Calling Undocumented Immigrants "animals"

05/17/18
Donald Trump just said that undocumented immigrants “aren't people,” that they are “animals." We didn't think it was possible, but things have just taken a turn for the worse. Enough is enough. This isn't just offensive. History shows this particular dehumanizing language can lead to genocide ...
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Khadija Gurnah
Immigration

‘Our Hearts Break for These Children and Families:’ On U.S. Plan to Hold Children of Asylum-Seekers

05/16/18
On reports that the Trump administration plans to hold children it forcibly separates from their asylum-seeking parents at military bases: America’s moms are horrified by the Trump administration’s destructive immigration policy that hurts women and children in particular. The policy reported late...
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MomsRising Politics & Policy

Senate Net Neutrality Vote a Step Forward for Fairness, Free Speech, Consumers and Advocates

05/16/18
We commend every United States Senator who voted to repeal the Federal Communications Commission’s changes to net neutrality rules today. This vote is an essential step forward for fairness, free speech, consumers and advocacy groups like MomsRising, which rely on a free Internet to fight for...
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Maternal Justice

March for Moms Reflection

05/15/18
This was MomsRising’s second year as a co-sponsoring organization of March for Moms, an event that brings together organizations, experts and activists from around the nation to converge in Washington DC to uplift our nations maternal mortality and morbidity crisis. Out of all the developing...
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Tasmiha Khan

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