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We Applaud Department of Labor Rule Expanding Eligibility for Overtime Pay

05/18/16
MomsRising and our more than a million members are pleased to see the U.S. Department of Labor take important action to ensure that workers are fairly compensated for the hours they put in at work. For too long, too many workers have not been able to qualify for overtime, forcing many families to...
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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner
Health Care

Men need self-care, too

05/17/16
This past Sunday afternoon everyone in our family had competing desires: my son wanted to have a friend over, I wanted to get a massage and my husband wanted to play at a house concert with his band. We juggled and all ended up getting our needs met, but the person who returned home most...
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Renee Trudeau
Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Food! Politics & Policy

A Hug from Paul Ryan

05/17/16
Hugs are nice. But hunger advocates such as Tianna Gaines-Turner want policy-makers and members of Congress to know that as nice as a hug is, it does not put food on the table, workers in good-paying jobs, or families in affordable, secure housing. On Monday, Gaines-Turner, who lives in...
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David Elliot
Tweetchat
Food!

Faith Communities are Advocating for Health, Wellness, and Food Justice. Learn More at #FoodFri!

05/17/16
This week at #FoodFri we are going to explore the ways that faith communities are advocating for health, wellness, and food justice. We'll talk about the steps that people of faith are taking to improve their own health and that of their community, as well as explore the theology and practice...
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Migdalia Rivera
Family Economic Security MomsRising Politics & Policy

Corporate culture and working parents – The struggle is real

05/16/16
Ever since becoming a full time working mother, I cringe at how we have let corporate culture consume us. I wonder why we all do not rebel against it, take a stand, talk about it, dispel it and instead join forces to establish a corporate culture that focuses on productivity within the business...
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Jehanara Haider
Food!

Good Food Force Update: Lead, menu labeling, turnips, water, more!

05/16/16
Greetings! This week we're unpacking the new menu labeling rule. Over 7,000 of us spoke out in support of the final rule - well done, we did it! We're also sharing an urgent call-to-action around lead, resources from two of our fab Good Food Force bloggers, our new bumper sticker and more. As...
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Karen Showalter
Tweetchat
Food!

Sugar and Our Quest to Build a Food System that Keeps Our Communities and Families Healthy #FoodFri

05/13/16
MomsRising is hosting a #FoodFri tweetchat on May 13, 2016 at 1 pm Eastern , to share the work of Foodstand (a community of eaters helping each other stay in the know about how to shop, cook, and eat better) and Jamie Oliver Food Foundation on Food Revolution Day. This year, the focus of Food...
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Migdalia Rivera
Childcare & Early Education Family Economic Security

"The reality of our life - we spend a third of our monthly income on childcare."

05/13/16
Recently I had an opportunity to share my family’s story with the talented writer, Judith Warner. Judith is a New York Times bestselling author who wrote the book Perfect Madness: Motherhood in the Age of Anxiety. A version of my family’s story is included in her recent report for the Center for...
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Sarah Sadowski
Childcare & Early Education

Child Watch® Column: Welcome to Everyone

05/13/16
When Andrew Carnegie was a seventeen-year-old immigrant “working boy” in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania (now Pittsburgh’s North Side) in 1853, he wanted to be able to borrow books to improve himself – but in the era of predominantly private libraries he was stopped by an annual $2.00 library subscription fee.
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Marian Wright Edelman
Family Economic Security Food! Health Care Open Flexible Work Paid Family Leave Politics & Policy

Pumping Milk at 40,000 Feet: Four Women Pilots Are Navigating a Course toward Fairness

05/11/16
Hearing a woman’s voice come over the intercom before takeoff, “this is your captain speaking,” can be a moving experience, even today: She made it! She beat the odds! A stirring sense of admiration as you check that your seatbelt is indeed securely fastened for takeoff. But women who work in roles...
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Liz Morris

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