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Family Economic Security Realistic & Fair Wages

06/18/13

Yesterday was the 50th anniversary of the Equal Pay Act, but we are still fighting for equal pay for equal work for all. Right now the wage gap is kind of like the faces on US money… only white men earn full dollars. Everyone else is left with pocket change. The graphic above shows the average wage...

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Charlie Rose

06/17/13

In what feels like another lifetime… It was summer and we decided to take the kids and my mom fishing. My son wanted to bring his new bike with the training wheels. As soon as his dad took it out of the truck, he was off. Happy to have a big place to ride, he had a smile from ear to ear. A little...

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Grace Bauer

06/17/13

In 2006, the mother of a teenage daughter involved in the juvenile justice system, in Hawaii, contacted a small, non-profit in Lake Charles, Louisiana, over 4000 miles away. The mother was seeking support from someone who could understand her plight in navigating the juvenile justice system and...

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Grace Bauer

Gun Safety

06/17/13

Guns killed more preschoolers in one year than they did law-enforcement officers in the line of duty. Ask yourself if this is really what we as Americans meant by putting our children first? American companies manufacture enough bullets each year to fire 31 rounds into every one of our citizens...

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Marian Wright Edelman

Environmental Health

06/17/13

There's a new toxics bill in town. A few weeks ago, a draft law emerged in the Senate to overhaul the dramatically outdated national rules that govern "industrial chemicals" — aka the thousands of impossible-to-pronounce ingredients in everyday products, from household cleaners to couches, water...

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Kristin Schafer

Realistic & Fair Wages

06/17/13

That was the mantra my almost-4-year-old-daughter chanted over and over again last week when we went to Capitol Hill to deliver a message to Congress: 50 years ago the Equal Pay Act was passed but it’s not working. Women still earn, on average 77 to the dollar for the same work – it’s time to...

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Ruth Martin

Environmental Health

06/17/13

I'm thrilled to announce that I recently started working with MomsRising on the issue of reducing toxic chemicals in our world. I've been a member of MomsRising since it began, and since I took my first action with a tiny infant asleep on my lap. That activism spurred another birth--my blog, Non-...

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Katy Farber

Podcast

06/16/13

#RADIO - Addressing rape culture. Moving forward gun policy reform. Exploring the fact that motherhood is now a bigger predictor of wage discrimination than gender. Talking with a new dad about paternity leave. And a DIY moment: How to make the dads in your life a boo-boo kit for Father's Day to...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Paid Family Leave

06/14/13

The annual June Father's day shopping binge is at its zenith. Stores are touting the latest gizmos and geegaws, and everybody loves Dad. All except corporate America, that is. Just count the number of companies giving paid leave to men with newborns. While some employers offer time off with pay to...

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Martha Burk

Paid Family Leave Family Economic Security

06/14/13

Policies such as family and medical leave programs and earned sick days make it easier for fathers to bear their responsibilities. On this Father's Day, too many fathers have to choose between the family they love and the job they need. That's a choice no one should ever have to make. If we want...

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