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11/07/16

Tomorrow, millions will cast their vote for not only the next President, but for representatives down the ballot who will make the decisions that impact their lives and the lives of their communities. But there are many who, despite being citizens, will have their voices silenced. These are the 6.1...

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S. Nadia Hussain

Podcast

11/07/16

On the #RADIO show this week we discuss the election, sexism, racism, and xenophobia, as well as how to stop the spread of hate---and YOUR VOTE! *Special guests include: John Neffinger, Franklin Forum, @Neffinger ; Mark Potok, Southern Poverty Law Center, @ splcenter ; Ashley Boyd, @ MomsRising...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

MomsVote

11/05/16

I am voting on behalf of a 25-year-old battered woman and single mother who didn’t have a prayer. She was me. This is my story: In 1980 I met and married the most beautiful boy I’d ever seen and I thought my life would be a fairy tale. Within a week of marriage I learned it was a nightmare instead...

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Tracy McDermott

Politics & Policy

11/04/16

“You know, it was pretty staggering. It put an end to essentially something that the Civil War was unable to end.” -Legal Defense Fund Attorney Jack Greenberg, describing his reaction after the Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education I was heartbroken by the recent death of Jack...

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Marian Wright Edelman

Tweetchat

Food!

11/03/16

From birth to age 2 children form healthy eating habits that can prevent childhood obesity. Expert health professionals have provided recommendations for feeding babies and toddlers, yet baby and toddler food and drink companies and their marketing messages do not always support these...

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Migdalia Rivera

Gun Safety Politics & Policy

11/02/16

While the Presidential election has been dominating the headlines, unjust tragedies are happening in our nation that need our attention. Losing a child is the most devastating experience a family can go through. Yet imagine losing them to the actions of the very people who are sworn to protect and...

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S. Nadia Hussain

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Maternal Justice MomsRising MomsVote Politics & Policy

11/02/16

I was embarrassed that I had welled up to the point where my nose and my eyes could no longer function properly. I attempted not to take a huge breath or blink since tears were going to pour. From the stage I listened to Heather C. McGhee tell all of us that we needed to listen and understand one...

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Lina Acosta Sandaal

MomsVote

11/02/16

There’s a nagging suspicion inside you that something is wrong. He calls you names. He denies your feelings. He talks over you; yells at you; humiliates you; and re-writes reality, including the reality of what happened to you. Maybe you wouldn’t call it abuse, or can’t. Maybe he’s never lifted a...

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Alison Stine

MomsVote

11/02/16

Yesterday, I got out my vintage orange pantsuit, turned up the volume on RESPECT by Aretha Franklin, put pen to ballot, affixed stamp to envelope, and inserted mail into mailbox to vote! (And I confess to feeling oddly giddy and empowered while voting in my bright orange pantsuit.) It’s really...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Health Care

11/02/16

I’ve been traveling and speaking a lot over the past six weeks about stress management. As I move through airports, workshops, community centers, companies and gathering places I’ve noticed a buzzy, low-grade anxiety and palpable stress in the air. No doubt you’ve been feeling it, too. Before you...

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