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08/30/18

It’s been twenty years since the release of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and at thirty-two I’m ecstatic that J.K Rowling's amazing magical world is still alive and well for our kids with the re-release of all Harry Potter movies this Friday on August 31st (time to pull out my Gryffindor...

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Jeannina Perez

A sign on a business in downtown Charlottesville, Virginia.

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08/30/18

To say that this school year feels a little different than last year is a total understatement. Think pink elephant in your kids’ kindergarten class — different. Yes, we did the usual shopping trips to pick up supplies, getting back into school days bedtime routines and rituals all while mourning...

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Beatriz Beckford

Breastfeeding Paid Family Leave

08/29/18

Throughout the month of August, MomsRising has been celebrating National Breastfeeding Month and this week (August 25-31) we are delighted to celebrate Black Breastfeeding Week . Black Breastfeeding Week is a national awareness campaign promoting and celebrating Black breastfeeding families. This...

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Tina Sherman

Immigration Politics & Policy

08/28/18

10 states suing to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program stand to lose billions of dollars if they “win” their lawsuit.

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Lecia Imbery

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08/28/18

In today’s installment of We Are MomsRising, we talked to Nina in Arizona about how being able to access affordable health insurance (thanks to the Affordable Care Act/Obamacare!) helped her and her son. Read her story below. To learn more about the We Are MomsRising campaign, check out this blog...

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Abbie Gately

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08/28/18

Welcome to our new #KeepMarching blog series! The new book, Keep Marching: How Every Woman Can Change Our World, has been out for a few weeks, and this blog series is part of what we’re doing to keep it moving out in the world in order to help build an even stronger movement for change. This blog...

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Childcare & Early Education Immigration Social & Emotional Development

08/27/18

On the #radio show this week we cover the new “As You Are” campaign; the Kavanaugh nomination to the US Supreme Court and what's at stake for women; the latest on the #FamiliesBelongTogether fight; and how to help revolutionize education and end the school to prison pipeline. *Special guests on the...

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Environmental Health Family Economic Security Gun Safety Immigration

08/24/18

Children are already back to school in many parts of the country... wow! Summer has flown by. It's a busy time of year, so we'll get right to the point: We need all hands on deck to fight the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court, oppose guns in schools, demand Congress do...

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Karen Showalter

Childcare & Early Education Social & Emotional Development

08/24/18

I wrote recently about a few of the brave children who helped change our nation during the Civil Rights Movement. There are many, many others whose examples should inspire us today. Claudette Colvin – sometimes called “The First Rosa Parks” – was a 15-year-old Black girl who challenged bus...

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Marian Wright Edelman

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Judge Kavanaugh and family stand to the right of a podium, behind which Pres. Trump stands in mid clap looking at Kavanuagh

Gun Safety Health Care Immigration Politics & Policy

08/23/18

Right now, the Trump Administration and Republicans in the U.S. Senate are hoping you’re too distracted to notice their attempt at an extreme political takeover of the Supreme Court of the United States. If confirmed, Judge Brett Kavanaugh, Trump’s pick to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy on the...

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