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11/20/14

In the spring of 2006, I received two phone calls while away from home at a conference. The first call informed me that my mother of 92 years would require a second amputation. The second call informed me that my younger son, a senior in high school, had been diagnosed with non-hodgkin’s lymphoma…cancer.

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Blue Carreker

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Food!

11/20/14

Heeding the advice of medical authorities, I took my 6 1/2 year old son to the pediatrician about a week before Halloween, to get him the flu vaccine early in the season. When I turned around after I checked in, I saw my son sneaking away from the lollipop bowl to "hide" some artificially dyed...

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Rivka Seeman

Recipe

Food!

11/20/14

Thanksgiving makes me think of family and comfort food. Gathering with the people you love the most to eat a meal that you’ve prepared together is priceless. One of the foods I love to use throughout the fall and on Thanksgiving is winter squash. There are so many different ways you can prepare and...

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Trina O'Boyle

Family Economic Security Health Care

11/20/14

Show your support for a brave mom, Peggy Young, who is taking her pregnancy discrimination case to the U.S. Supreme Court on December 3rd with this fun action! (Selfies involved).

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Sara Alcid

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Politics & Policy

11/19/14

For a long time, we’ve assumed there was one path to success for America’s kids: College prep courses in high school followed by four or more years of a college education. But that formula leaves a lot of people out...

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Liz Shuler

Immigration

11/19/14

By Amelia Bell On Behalf of the Women’s Refugee Commission In September, I had the opportunity to observe immigration court proceedings for asylum seekers detained in the family detention facility in Artesia, New Mexico.

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Jennifer Podkul

Food!

11/18/14

The above photos say it all. The jovialness, the going back and forth between Spanish and English, the food and the conversations (more on that below) all remind me of...home. No matter the language you speak or how passionate you are on a topic, you are always welcomed home like familia.

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Elisa Batista

Health Care

11/17/14

The U.S. Senate is currently considering the Children’s Health Insurance Program Extension Act of 2014 which would extend CHIP through 2019, and incentivizes states to work to enroll uninsured (but CHIP-eligible) children. I have the privilege of being one of the Risers taking your signatures (over...

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Sili Recio

Family Economic Security Paid Sick Days

11/17/14

It's time for a celebratory fist bump! Paid sick days WON BIG at the polls on Election Day. Now, it’s time for the next step: Taking paid sick days to Congress. This is a boost for families, our economy, and... our leaders.

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Sara Alcid

Podcast

11/15/14

You may have missed it: There was just an election debate on criminal justice reform — and change happened. We talk about it on the #RADIO show this week. Don’t miss out. Our next segment takes a close look at children and healthcare—and why kids health is being used as a political football. Again...

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