All Blog Posts

Childcare & Early Education Environmental Health Family Economic Security Health Care Politics & Policy Realistic & Fair Wages

05/26/15

It's a revelation that hits every parent at some point in the Goldfish-cracker and Cheerio years: I cannot protect her from everything. For me, it was in the bathroom of a Greek restaurant in Greenville, South Carolina, when she looked up at me from her toilet perch and began a conversation that...

MomsRising Together

Simon Greer

Environmental Health

05/26/15

Gov. Cuomo introduced two new pieces of legislation to increase the State’s ability to crack down on unsafe and exploitative working conditions in nail salons and expand access to licensing for nail salon workers, and announced new regulations addressing safety and wage and hour issues in nail...

MomsRising Together

Miriam Yeung

Health Care

05/26/15

The Obama Administration gave expectant moms a belated mother’s day gift. Guidance issued recently clarifies that new insurance plans must cover preventive prenatal services without cost sharing for all dependents — including expectant mothers enrolled on a parent’s plan. This is great news for...

MomsRising Together

Dania Palanker

Podcast

05/26/15

This week the radio show covers how powerful women are boosting our families and our economy. Check out our amazing guests! It's a can't-miss episode: *Special guests include: U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand ; Monifa Bandele, MomsRising; Washington State Senator Pramila Jayapal ; and Vivien Labaton...

MomsRising Together

Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Health Care

05/26/15

Last week, the National Women’s Law Center issued the third report in a series examining insurance plan compliance with the Affordable Care Act, State of Breastfeeding Coverage: Health Plan Violations of the Affordable Care Act . Previous reports on women’s health coverage and birth control...

MomsRising Together

Anna Benyo

Family Economic Security Open Flexible Work Paid Family Leave

05/23/15

"It’s always hard for Maui kids to go to the mainland for school—especially that far. It’s a big change, geographically and culturally, and these students had the additional challenges that women in math and science face. I ended up communicating with both of them a lot for the four years they were going to school—counseling them to basically hang in there. And they did!"

MomsRising Together

Shay Chan Hodges

Food!

05/22/15

With Memorial Weekend ahead of us, I'm gearing up to visit family, enjoy a BBQ or two, and spend some time creating foods that scream warm weather and fun. It's the perfect time to introduce the kiddos and their friends to healthy foods. It's also a great time to swap recipes! Join #FoodFri at 1pm...

MomsRising Together

Migdalia Rivera

Food!

05/22/15

The Smart Snacks in School rule went into effect this past year, and ensures snacks foods and beverages sold in schools are healthy. Together with our partners, MomsRising submitted over 200,000 signatures from people like you who support these healthy changes to the school day. Now, snacks sold...

MomsRising Together

Karen Showalter

Family Economic Security Military Families

05/22/15

1 in 4 current or former armed forces families with children make ends meet and avoid falling into poverty by using the EITC and Child Tax Credit. Congress can really support the military this Memorial Day by strengthening and supporting these important working family tax breaks.

MomsRising Together

Elyssa Schmier

Food!

05/21/15

Break ups are hard. But sometimes, it needs to happen in order to move on to a brighter future. And according to the American Heart Association, it’s time to break up with our salt shaker. That’s right—it’s time to end our love affair with salt. no-salt-breaking-up_momsrising.org(1).jpg Most...

MomsRising Together