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07/01/14

“I had to drive the school bus with the H1N1 virus. I am the sole provider for a family of four, so losing that one week of income was horrible.” – Wanda, Connecticut “As a union stewardess I saw a manager tell a bus monitor that she "didn’t care that she’d have to find another family member to...

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Michelle Noehren

Open Flexible Work

06/30/14

All the statistics in the world can’t make change if people aren't talking about what they need, asking for it—and even clamoring for it. And that’s where moms come in.

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Emma Plumb

Health Care Immigration Politics & Policy

06/30/14

“Sister, you and your fellow nuns have clearly gone rogue!" -- Stephen Colbert Sister Simone Campbell was 18 years old when she joined the convent and 21 when she took her nun vows of poverty, chastity and obedience. Her younger sister and best friend was dying of Hodgkin’s disease. It was the 1960...

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Melissa Regan

Health Care Immigration Politics & Policy

06/30/14

Today the Supreme Court voted in favor of Hobby Lobby's "religious freedom" to decide not to abide by the Affordable Care Act and deny contraception coverage to their employees.

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Melissa Regan

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Health Care Politics & Policy

06/30/14

Whoa. Did you see the terrible news today? The U.S. Supreme Court just ruled today that some bosses can make your birth control decisions for you.

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Health Care MomsRising Near You Politics & Policy

06/30/14

Pennsylvania babies need your help today! Please call your Pennsylvania legislator today asking for a concurrence vote on HB 1420 before they recess for the summer. You will be saving lives.

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Mary E. Mannix

Health Care

06/29/14

Just imagine, if you were in a fire and the Paramedics came to your assistance, would you turn that help and rescue away...tell them, "We don't need you?"

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Cindy Hutch

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Immigration Media Library MomsRising Near You MomsVote Politics & Policy

06/27/14

I never thought sending a Facebook “Friend Request” could impact me they way it did. One day on my Facebook wall, I noticed an organization called “DREAMers Moms”, so I sent them a friend request. I quickly received a response that they wanted me to come to a meeting in Miami, Florida. I was...

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Jose Antonio Vargas

Politics & Policy

06/27/14

We were shocked. We are still shocked. As employees of T-Mobile US, we were deeply disturbed to watch our CEO John Legere launch an expletive-laden presentation about how rival telecommunications companies are “raping” consumers. "These high and mighty duopolists that are raping you for every penny...

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Carolina Figueroa

Politics & Policy

06/26/14

To raise a child with the freedom of self-expression is to question the status quo, to raise the general anxiety level at any given moment, to have our parenting - and our child's choices - examined even more minutely than they would be otherwise.

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