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03/23/16

One time my husband was headed out of town to attend a national conference. As I was driving him to the airport, he casually mentioned he would be making a key presentation to his colleagues and asked if I had any quick tips. This really triggered me; in my former life as a highly sought-after...

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Renee Trudeau

Food!

03/21/16

Happy St. Patricks Day! Happy daylight savings time. March is a whirlwind on every front, and we hope you're weathering it all with gusto. This week we're talking about junk food marketing to kids, DIY yogurts and more. This is all information we hope you take and use in your own work, social media...

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Karen Showalter

Childcare & Early Education Food! MomsRising Near You Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days

03/21/16

DYK MomsRising is on the ground in Pennsylvania? It's no exaggeration to say there is much to do. But parents know better than anyone: a little patience and a lot of perseverance can go a long, long way. Check out this inspiring profile of Ray, one of our fabulous Pennsylvania State Moms Force...

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Karen Showalter

Radio!

Podcast

03/21/16

The radio show this week starts out discussing love, divorce, Trump and authoritarianism; moves on to discuss all of the “should” that come with motherhood and why that’s gotta change; then we hear about the power of Latina bloggers and how you can get involved; and we close the show talking about...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Politics & Policy

03/21/16

President Obama’s got a handful of great ideas in his budget proposal: free community college, universal preschool, and more. But he still proposes to spend more than half of our federal discretionary budget on the Pentagon and military – and only a small fraction of that actually goes to our...

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Lindsay Koshgarian

Blog Carnivals

03/21/16

When I converted to Islam back in August of 2000, I knew it would be a transition adding prayer 5 times a day to my daily routine, fasting from sun up to sundown during the month of Ramadan, and exchanging my revealing clothes for more conservative threads and a headscarf. However, these changes...

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Wendy Diaz

Environmental Health Politics & Policy

03/18/16

I had to have a plumber fix a few leaky faucets at my house today and he needed to shut off the water for two hours. I had time to prepare and made sure I wouldn’t need to use any water. The crisis in Flint, Michigan has been on my mind for months. But today, during the meager two hours when I used...

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Anna Benyo

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Politics & Policy

03/18/16

The same members of Congress who pushed for corporate tax breaks without offsets are now the ones calling for cuts to low-income programs to reduce the debt.

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Lecia Imbery

Food!

03/17/16

It's clear that when parents talk, companies listen. We can apply pressure in the public sphere (social media, blogs, etc.) and at the register, and it works. We got soda out of kids meals at Burger King, Wendy's, Applebee's and more. And industry bodies like the Corporate Food and Beverage...

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Karen Showalter

Take Action!

Family Economic Security Paid Sick Days

03/17/16

Whether it’s walking pneumonia or the flu, germs happen and kids and parents get sick. It’s just a fact. This is why allowing people to earn paid sick days as they work is pure common sense! Join me in calling on the U.S. Department of Labor to move paid sick days forward for over 800,000 employees...

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