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06/19/17

Last week, my wife and I were overjoyed to welcome our second child into this world. Our older son is 2, and our baby son is just nine days old. Being a dad is my crowning achievement in life. I treasure taking our older son to play in the creek near our house, being in the water with him at swim...

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Derek Rotondo

Family Economic Security Health Care Maternal Justice Paid Family Leave Politics & Policy

06/19/17

Summer is in full swing and things are heating up! From presidential accountability, to healthcare, to maternal health.... we need YOUR superhero action powers this week to help make our nation a place where all families can thrive. And you don't need Wonder Woman’s golden lasso or magical...

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Families & The Federal Budget Health Care

06/19/17

This is an urgent SOS. Right now Republican Senators are working behind closed doors on their own version of the terrible American Health Care Act (AHCA) passed by the House of Representatives in early May that would rip away health coverage from 23 million people. They plan to vote on a Senate...

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Marian Wright Edelman

Families & The Federal Budget Food! Health Care

06/16/17

We are sounding the alarm! We need your mom superhero powers—stat! A storm is brewing on Capitol Hill and we need to stand up for Medicaid and SNAP! It’s clear that many of our leaders are unaware of how many families turn to these programs to keep their families afloat. We want YOU (and your...

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Elyssa Schmier

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Food!

06/16/17

The summer season has started. Children are excited to be out and about, enjoying friends and sunshine. Yet, for some children summer is not a happy time. For some children, summer brings hunger. During the school year children are offered two meals a day: breakfast and lunch. They may also receive...

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Migdalia Rivera

Immigration Politics & Policy

06/15/17

UPDATED 6/19/2017: A young Muslim teenager lost her life after being attacked. Read on to learn how to best support Muslim kids across the country who will be feeling unsafe. Nabra.jpg We remember 17 year old Nabra Hassanen, killed last Friday. *** In the current political climate, American Muslims...

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Khadija Gurnah

Health Care

06/15/17

Today my car almost ran out of gas. So I coasted into the gas station & tried pumping gas, balancing by bouncing around on my one unbroken foot, only to learn that gas hoses can be cranky and throw off your balance in a big way. There were all women at the gas pumps today. All moms. So we had a...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Gun Safety MomsRising

06/14/17

We are sending comfort, healing, and peace to all those hurt and affected by this morning's shooting at the GOP congressional baseball practice. The moms of America once again mourn that yet more people were added to the ranks of those victimized by our country’s gun violence epidemic.

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Health Care

06/14/17

The time to take action to protect healthcare is now! The Senate is moving quickly to bring its version of American Health Care Act (AHCA) to a vote in the next two weeks, with no hearings or public input. One of the most devastating – and least discussed – proposals being considered by the Senate...

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Alison Barkoff

MomsRising

06/14/17

In the last few months, we've had a growing number of influencers ask about how you can help and want to get more involved in the work that MomsRising does to increase family economic security, decrease discrimination against women and moms, and to build a nation where businesses and families can...

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