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Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care Immigration Politics & Policy

10/27/17

Sustained economic gains and strong federal programs have led to welcome progress in the fight against poverty over the last several years. This is good news. But actions from Congress and the Trump administration, including the recently passed budget resolution, threaten to weaken the very programs that contribute to this progress. Read CHN's new report and use our social media toolkit and infographics to share the report widely.

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Lecia Imbery

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care

10/27/17

The Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) ensures that we always give our kids a winning hand of lifelong health! Republicans and Democrats created this critically important program in 1997 because it was a low-cost, sound investment in our children's health and future—and they were right !...

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Isabella Higgins

Gun Safety MomsRising

10/26/17

“I hope my kids are okay.” This is the last thought that Angela Peters (1) , mother of two, had before she lost consciousness. Her husband had just shot her. In 2014, Peters’ husband, who had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, forced Peters to chain herself to a pipe in their basement. When she...

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Dorie Klein

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care

10/26/17

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Isabella Higgins

Childcare & Early Education Social & Emotional Development

10/25/17

*** Want more information on raising multilingual children? Visit MomsRising's bilingual parenting resource site: http://action.momsrising.org/survey/bilingual_baby/?source=blog Yes, Si, Oui! My daughter is currently on a unique language journey that she has unknowingly embarked on since birth. The...

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Marysol Perez

Breastfeeding Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security

10/25/17

The U.S. Congress is just weeks away from unveiling a tax bill that would give 80% of tax cuts to the top 1%. Meanwhile, low and middle-income families across the country will be left footing the bill through higher taxes and cuts to vital health care, nutrition, and education programs. Concerned...

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Abbie Gately

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care

10/25/17

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Isabella Higgins

Maternal Justice Politics & Policy

10/24/17

Considering our nation’s merciless criminal justice policies, it comes as no surprise that the United States has the largest prison population and highest incarceration rate in the world. What you may not know, however, is that women are a fast growing demographic of the prison population. There...

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Monifa Bandele

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Health Care

10/24/17

Over the next few weeks, the U.S. Congress will try to pass a tax package. While the promise was to make changes that would help families like yours and mine, the current track outlined in the budget would give $1.5 trillion in tax cuts to millionaires, billionaires, and giant corporations. Yes,...

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Abbie Gately

Breastfeeding MomsRising

10/24/17

MomsRising, VoteRunLead, & Emerge WI reprimand Eau Claire City Council for denying Catherine Emmanuelle access to her legislative seat and right to breastfeed.

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