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12/11/19

What do rising maternal mortality rates and restrictive abortion laws have in common, women of color are disproportionately impacted. The National Partnership for Women & Families and In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Justice Agenda examine the connections in a new issue brief.

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National Partnership for Women & Families

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Families & The Federal Budget

12/10/19

After two years, the evidence is in. President Trump’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (aka the Trump Tax Scam) has made things much worse by exacerbating income and wealth inequality with the vast majority of the tax cuts going to the richest 1% and big corporations. ***SIGN OUR LETTER calling on the U.S...

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Elyssa Schmier

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Families & The Federal Budget Immigration

12/09/19

We want our tax dollars to go to programs that boost our families, not the incarceration of immigrant children and families! Send a letter to your local newspaper NOW speaking out against the funding of Trump's cruel immigration policies!

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Elyssa Schmier

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Food! Health Care Realistic & Fair Wages

12/09/19

It's the last month of the year, and of the decade. Wow. While time may go quickly, our movement to demand an economy that works for women and families will have lasting, enduring impact. And it's built by the individual actions of fired-up people like you. Please scroll down for our latest list of...

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Karen Showalter

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care

12/09/19

State policymakers can do more to ensure that low-income women and young children participate in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). Just over half of those eligible currently participate, despite WIC’s well-documented role in improving birth, diet,...

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Zoe Neuberger

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Politics & Policy

12/06/19

[This is a guest blog post by Aaron Carrillo, a RESULTS advocate in Lawrence, Kansas.] Some kids look forward to their birthdays, or holidays. When I was young, my brother and I looked forward to tax time. It meant we could finally buy a second pair of shoes, or pants that fit. My mom would worry...

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Deborah Lash

Maternal Justice

12/05/19

On Monday, November 25th at 8pm EST , we hosted our monthly #MaternalJustice tweetchat where we discussed the current state of Native American Maternal Health and the disparities that Native women face. A new analysis conducted by the Center for American Progress found that, "the experience of...

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Diarra Diouf

MomsRising

12/03/19

We’re ready for a day of unity and kindness for women and families — it’s finally Giving Tuesday! We’ve been waiting for this day. And we’re celebrating this beautiful day of generosity the MomsRising way, with ACTION. To create the brighter future for women, moms and families that we know is...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

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Food!

12/03/19

When your relatives live five states over, why shell out for airfare when you can cram the whole crew in the van and hop on the interstate instead? At least that was my family’s thinking. As a child, these holiday road trips were the only times I ever ate fast food because it was the quickest and...

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Curtis Morris

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Health Care Maternal Justice MomsRising MomsVote Realistic & Fair Wages

11/30/19

This month, we are thankful for supporters like YOU! MomsRising supporters turned up in record numbers to host MomsRising’s super voter treasure boxes at polling locations across Virginia, and to get out the vote across the nation! That’s not all — in November, MomsRising/MamásconPoder supporters...

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