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04/07/14

On Friday, April 4, the Maryland Senate voted unanimously to limit the use of restraints on pregnant women in prison and jail. The legislature must now reconcile the Senate version with the House version passed last month before the governor can sign the bill into law. Among the differences to be...

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Rachel Roth

Food!

04/07/14

Genetically Modified Organisms, better known as GMOs, have been labeled or banned in almost 64 countries , including Russia, China, all of Europe, India and Saudi Arabia. Yet, this is not the case in the United States. Research has shown that GMOs cause diseases like cancer , obesity , and...

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Migdalia Rivera

04/04/14

What won’t we do for our children? Rocio is a mother of two. She is originally from Mexico and has lived in the U.S. with a green card for almost five years. Her husband is a migrant worker in LakeCounty and Rocio and her children recently moved to Florida to be reunited with him. Although Rocio...

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Sili Recio

Paid Family Leave Childcare & Early Education Paid Sick Days Family Economic Security

04/04/14

The idea to write a play about motherhood came to me when I was writing my last play, Flipside and nursing my second child. Actually, it had been gestating since the day I was nursing my first child and complaining to my HartBeat Co-Artistic Director Greg Tate that the intersecting struggles of...

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Julia B. Rosenblatt

Immigration

04/04/14

Soy Ines Lazarte. Soy miembra de la Colectiva de Mujeres desde hace más de 14 años y trabajo en limpieza de casas y también como “care giver” o en el cuidado de personas mayores. Mañana estamos entrando en huelga de hambre por una causa justa que es LA REFORMA MIGRATORIA. Exigimos al presidente...

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Ines Lazarte

Immigration Gun Safety

04/04/14

Editor’s Note: More than 1,200 women from 70 organizations are fasting in 35 states for immigration reform that keeps families together and treats women fairly this month. The month of fasting will culminate April 7-9th, 2014 when 100 women will fast in DC for 48 hours. Click here to sign the...

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Pramila Jayapal

Food!

04/04/14

Another Friday is almost upon us and we can't wait to tell you about this week's #FoodFri tweetchat topic! Join us as we discuss how to eat clean, by focusing on fresh, local produce, and whole grains, with Yoli Ouiya the “Queen of Green”. Feel free to ask questions, share ideas and resources, and...

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Migdalia Rivera

Paid Family Leave

04/04/14

What’s more important than the birth of your child? Baseball. Obviously. Just kidding. April Fools' Day is over! But apparently New York sports radio hosts Craig Carton and Boomer Esiason -- who is also a legendary NFL quarterback -- didn’t get the memo when they lambasted Mets' second baseman...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Family Economic Security Families & The Federal Budget

04/03/14

On Tuesday we at the National Priorities Project released our fourth annual, one-of a kind Competing Visions analysis , which compares the president’s fiscal year 2015 budget proposal to two significantly different visions – the House Republican budget resolution, introduced by Rep. Paul Ryan, and...

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Jasmine Tucker

Childcare & Early Education Family Economic Security Families & The Federal Budget

04/03/14

I remember sitting down with my mom doing my math homework almost every night. One night I was tasked with creating a budget for a family of four -- I remember my mom being elated that I was learning the importance of budgeting from such a young age. I’ll admit at first the purpose was a little...

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