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03/09/18

Last night, the Washington legislature passed Initiative 940, a ballot measure brought by the De-Escalate Washington Coalition. Legislators also passed a clarifying bill, HB 3003, the result of months of deliberations between families affected by police violence, the De-Escalate Washington...

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Gun Safety

03/09/18

On February 15th, the day after seventeen lives were snuffed out in a matter of minutes in Parkland, I was still feeling numb, tearful, angry, and outraged. I thought about how it seems we cannot protect our children from gun violence, even in their schools, where they should be safely learning -...

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Terry Ciulla

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Realistic & Fair Wages

03/07/18

WE DID IT! After years of hard work and advocacy, the Equal Pay Opportunity Act has passed the Washington State Legislature. In a strong, bipartisan vote the State House and Senate sent a strong equal pay bill to Governor Inslee's desk and he is expected to sign it quickly into law. Sign our thank...

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Maggie Humphreys

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Paid Family Leave

03/06/18

The fight for paid family and medical leave in Massachusetts is on fire in Boston right now! We have a real chance of winning in Massachusetts this year, but only lawmakers keep hearing from you. → Sign here to ask your state legislator to make enact paid family and medical leave for Massachusetts...

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Tina Sherman

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Health Care

03/06/18

President Trump is playing political football with gun safety policy, with health care, and with our lives. The Trump Administration is up to it again with their underhanded, secret, back-door tactics—and I'm not talking about Russia! Recently, President Trump bragged at the Conservative Political...

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Felicia Burnett

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Gun Safety Immigration Politics & Policy

03/05/18

The Coalition on Human Needs just released another edition of the Human Needs Report, with the latest on Congress’s spending and budget work, immigration proposals, gun control measures, and much more.

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Lecia Imbery

Gun Safety Health Care Immigration Paid Sick Days Realistic & Fair Wages

03/04/18

Happy Sunday! We hope you've had a good week — and have weathered all the storms that may have come your way okay! This week's #5Actions roundup keeps the drumbeat going around gun safety, immigration, and SNAP (food stamps). Gun safety is top of our actions list this week because we all know...

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Karen Showalter

Politics & Policy Social & Emotional Development

03/02/18

“In 1968, the Kerner Commission concluded that America was heading toward ‘two societies, one black, one white—separate and unequal.’ Today, America’s communities are experiencing increasing racial tensions and inequality, working-class resentment over the unfulfilled American Dream, white...

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Marian Wright Edelman

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02/28/18

Those of us who live in the DC area know what a struggle it can be to find high-quality yet affordable early learning options, like childcare and pre-k, for our little learners. That’s why we were so thrilled this past fall when Senator Patty Murray (WA) and Representative Bobby Scott (VA)...

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