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Child looking down at a bowl with text that says "One in five U.S. children faced hunger in 2023!"

09/10/24

Every family deserves access to high-quality, nutritious food to keep our children healthy and happy. The USDA recently released data on U.S. household food security from 2023 , finding one in SEVEN households (13.5 percent) in America struggled with hunger. The rates of food insecurity were higher...

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Hanna Addis

Environmental Health Food! Gun Safety Podcast

09/09/24

On the radio show this week we dive into the excellent leadership track record of Vice President Kamala Harris, culture change and voting; then we move to discussing how each of us can help end gun violence; after that we hear how food is medicine and get info on how to get access to healthy foods...

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A photo of a family with a dad, two tween kids, and a mom walking hand in hand outdoors.]

Immigration

08/19/24

On August 19 the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services published the application for Parole in Place for undocumented immigrant spouses, and stepchildren, of U.S. citizens. This is part of a June announcement by the Biden Administration to keep families together . Under this policy announcement...

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Claudia Tristán

Childcare & Early Education MomsVote Parenting & Families Politics & Policy Social & Emotional Development

08/13/24

En Español Our Child Care 101 Blog Series focuses on informing and educating voters who want to support child care When it comes to fixing our nation’s broken child care system, our leaders must address the worsening pay gap and low wages of Early Childhood Educators along with issues of child care...

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S. Nadia Hussain

Childcare & Early Education Family Economic Security MomsRising MomsVote Politics & Policy Social & Emotional Development

08/13/24

En Español Our Child Care 101 Blog Series focuses on informing and educating voters who want to support child care. Families could have had child care decades ago… Video of Families could have had child care decades ago… Today, as moms, children and families struggle to access and afford quality...

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S. Nadia Hussain

Childcare & Early Education Family Economic Security MomsVote Parenting & Families Politics & Policy Social & Emotional Development

08/12/24

En Español Our Child Care 101 Blog Series focuses on informing and educating voters who want to support child care What designates an area as a child care desert, what even is a child care desert? According to our friends at the Center for American Progress, a child care desert is “any census tract...

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S. Nadia Hussain

MomsRising

08/09/24

Thanks to donors like you, we began amping up the full power of the Mom Vote.

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Kerri Karvetski

Breastfeeding Maternal Justice Paid Family Leave

08/01/24

This August we are celebrating National Breastfeeding Month and this year's theme is - Nourish, Sustain, Thrive! We're still on top of the world celebrating the the rights that pregnant and pumping workers have in the workplace. You can learn (and share) about the legal protections for pregnant and...

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Tina Sherman

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Health Care

08/01/24

Two-weeks ago, I got a panicked call from my teen son. He had dislocated his knee at Judo practice, couldn’t get up, and didn’t know what to do. I told him to call an ambulance, then I hopped in the car to go to him. As I drove there, I was—of course—extremely worried about my son, but, if I’m...

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Felicia Burnett

Text written “COVID-19 Mitigation = Community Care!” with a group of moms and children wearing masks

Health Care Politics & Policy

07/31/24

[This blog post was updated the week of August 5, 2024.] As we approach the end of Disability Pride Month today, we want to give you a COVID-19 crash course on everything you need to know and more! The United States is currently seeing massive increases of COVID-19 cases , with one report...

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Hanna Addis