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Paid Family & Medical Leave

03/12/18

Nothing should keep you from caring for a loved one battling cancer, being with a parent nearing their final days, or bonding with a new baby. But that is exactly the case for far too many U.S. workers because our leave laws are out of date and haven’t evolved to meet the needs of working families...

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Ruth Martin

Immigration Podcast

03/12/18

On the radio show this week we cover the how and why to end mass incarceration — and the increased impact on women and children of mass incarceration; we also cover what’s happening with media and reporting; how you can get involved to protect the DREAMers and to fight for fair treatment of all...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Food! Gun Safety Health Care

03/10/18

Friends: Greetings. Well, another week has flown by like a toddler who's gotten her hands on a bag of cookies. We hope it's been a good one, and that you have plans for some rest and rejuvenation this weekend. Please see this week's list of top #5Actions below, including hot actions around...

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Karen Showalter

Maternal Justice Politics & Policy

03/09/18

Last night, the Washington legislature passed Initiative 940, a ballot measure brought by the De-Escalate Washington Coalition. Legislators also passed a clarifying bill, HB 3003, the result of months of deliberations between families affected by police violence, the De-Escalate Washington...

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Gun Safety

03/09/18

On February 15th, the day after seventeen lives were snuffed out in a matter of minutes in Parkland, I was still feeling numb, tearful, angry, and outraged. I thought about how it seems we cannot protect our children from gun violence, even in their schools, where they should be safely learning -...

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Terry Ciulla

Families & The Federal Budget Immigration Politics & Policy

03/09/18

Daniela Gonzalez is a mother of two who lives in Jackson, Mississippi. She graduated from middle and high school in Jackson and is now enrolled in paralegal training classes and pursuing her college degree. Daniela is deeply engaged with the Mississippi Immigrant Rights Alliance (MIRA) fighting for...

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Marian Wright Edelman

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Realistic & Fair Wages

03/07/18

WE DID IT! After years of hard work and advocacy, the Equal Pay Opportunity Act has passed the Washington State Legislature. In a strong, bipartisan vote the State House and Senate sent a strong equal pay bill to Governor Inslee's desk and he is expected to sign it quickly into law. Sign our thank...

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Maggie Humphreys

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Paid Family Leave

03/06/18

The fight for paid family and medical leave in Massachusetts is on fire in Boston right now! We have a real chance of winning in Massachusetts this year, but only lawmakers keep hearing from you. → Sign here to ask your state legislator to make enact paid family and medical leave for Massachusetts...

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Tina Sherman

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Health Care

03/06/18

President Trump is playing political football with gun safety policy, with health care, and with our lives. The Trump Administration is up to it again with their underhanded, secret, back-door tactics—and I'm not talking about Russia! Recently, President Trump bragged at the Conservative Political...

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Felicia Burnett

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Gun Safety Immigration Politics & Policy

03/05/18

The Coalition on Human Needs just released another edition of the Human Needs Report, with the latest on Congress’s spending and budget work, immigration proposals, gun control measures, and much more.

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