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08/25/22

Every August, the lactation community joins together to celebrate and uplift this natural (and sometimes incredibly hard) journey of infant feeding. The month is kicked off with a World Breastfeeding Week Celebration and and follows with weekly celebrations centering historically underrepresented...

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Selina Maldonado

Health Care

08/25/22

HHS recently released a new report showing that we have reached the lowest uninsured rate in American history in 2022 – just 8 percent ! So how did this happen? This progress didn’t happen by accident. More than 35 million Americans are enrolled in Affordable Care Act related coverage – the highest...

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Tasmiha Khan

Health Care

08/25/22

With passage of the Inflation Reduction Act , there has been an historic breakthrough to begin to lower prescription drug prices for Americans! The provisions of the new law help ensure patients will get the innovative new drugs they need at affordable prices. For the first time, Medicare will be...

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Tasmiha Khan

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08/24/22

Women’s Equality Day celebrates the 19th Amendment, which among other things, guaranteed women the right to vote in the United States. Not all women though; it would be another 45 years before Black women were allowed to participate in our civic duty, as granted under the 1965 Voting Rights Act...

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Taylor Austin

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08/24/22

On the radio show this week, we cover democracy on the line, Unity 22, and the campaign to increase Black voter turnout ahead of the midterm elections; we hear about the just-passed Inflation Reduction Act and how it can lower your prescription drug and healthcare costs; we find out how to combat...

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Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days

08/18/22

MomsRising is a network of people just like you, united by the goal of building a more family-friendly in West Virginia and across America. Ruth and Tracy share their stories about the importance of paid family leave.

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Taylor Austin

Childcare & Early Education

08/17/22

Good news for families across New York State: expanded eligibility for child care subsidies is here! In simple terms, this means that the income eligibility for child care subsidies has expanded! As of August 1st, in New York, families of 2 earning up to $54,930 and families of four earning up to $...

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Diana Limongi

Sometimes we as moms don’t realize just how important our role is – the seriousness of keeping another mammal alive.

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08/17/22

I live (and work) with a herd of animals – horses, dogs, chickens and more. I spend long hours with them, learning their way of life, their state of being, and their patterns in relationships – including motherhood. In June, we welcomed a beautiful litter of six healthy Border Collie pups. (That...

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Beth Anstandig

Health Care MomsRising Politics & Policy Reproductive Justice

08/16/22

On Tuesday in Kansas, 59% to 41% of people of all genders came together in record numbers to protect their communities and abortion access in the state to reject anti-abortion extremism and the dangerous post-Roe world the U.S. Supreme Court created. The fight for abortion rights in Kansas is years...

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Diarra Diouf

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

08/10/22

Last Friday was my daughter’s last day in her pre-k program. We found the program when we bought our house in 2019, a much simpler time, pre-pandemic. We toured a couple local centers, but ultimately fell in love with this one because of their play-based learning curriculum, the inclusion of nature in the program, and the amazing teachers.

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