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Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Politics & Policy

10/18/16

Both the Clinton and Trump campaigns have released tax plans. For those of us who care about making the economy work better for all, there are three central questions to ask about tax proposals: How much do they cost, who benefits/who pays more, and will they result in broadly shared economic growth. Today, we’ll answer the first two questions, and take up the third in our Part 2 of this series.

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Debbie Weinstein

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Politics & Policy

10/18/16

Both the Clinton and Trump campaigns have released tax proposals. We previously looked at the winners and losers under each plan, as well as the cost of each plan. Today we look at what the evidence says about how they are likely to affect broadly shared economic growth.

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Debbie Weinstein

MomsRising MomsVote Politics & Policy

10/18/16

Does this election season have you stressed out? I’ve got a solution for you! Let’s Gourd Out The Vote and carve some electoral pumpkins! What the what? What is “Gourd Out the Vote” and what is an electoral pumpkin? A weird band? A polling firm? Nope! Gourd out the vote is a seasonal play on “get...

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Ruth Martin

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days Politics & Policy Realistic & Fair Wages

10/18/16

Partners in 13 states have been working with the Coalition on Human Needs to release reports on high cost of being poor and policies to reduce poverty. See what's happening in your state.

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Lecia Imbery

Childcare & Early Education

10/18/16

Can I get a Roar! A Neigh! A Woof! A Meow! Say Whaaaaat? You heard that right! Animal noises and early learning- a match made in heaven, and two weeks ago, close to 75 of California’s littlest learners roared, whinnied, meowed and neighed in support of high-quality, affordable early learning,...

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Donna Hoffman Cullinan

Breastfeeding MomsRising

10/18/16

No mother should ever be shamed, humiliated, or harassed while breastfeeding her baby! Unfortunately, recently, two mothers were asked to stop breastfeeding their babies in North Carolina courtrooms; one by a judge , one by a law enforcement officer . Breastfeeding in public, and that includes...

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Tina Sherman

Food!

10/18/16

DYK October 10-14 was National School Lunch Week! To celebrate and promote healthy school lunches and healthy schools, we have an amazing reading assignment for the decision makers at your schools. It's full of stories from parents and tips from experts on how to make all schools as healthy as they...

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Karen Showalter

Family Economic Security Paid Family Leave Politics & Policy

10/17/16

This fall, more than just the leaves on DC trees are going to change. The leaves that working families take from work to fight cancer, take care of a newborn, or care for an aging parent are overdue for change – they need to be PAID! The DC Council is back in session, the clock is ticking, and we must make sure the Council does the right thing by passing the Universal Paid Leave Act.

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Sara Alcid

Family Economic Security

10/17/16

Whoa. It’s hard to even know what to expect in the upcoming 3rd presidential debate next Wednesday. There’s one thing we know for sure - some of the issues of greatest concern to women and our economy are not getting their due attention in these debates. Three hours and two debates later, none of...

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Ruth Martin

Radio!

Podcast

10/17/16

On the radio show we talk about the awful push on Twitter for women’s right to vote to end (what!?!) and about the still needed push for equal pay for equal work: next up we cover Trump’s body language during the debate and how to make sure your kids behave responsibly toward all genders; and in...

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