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Childcare & Early Education Family Economic Security

02/25/14

Fact: There are more households with working parents than ever before. Fewer than 1 in 3 children today have a full-time, stay-at-home parent . Fact: Child care is incredibly expensive—disproportionately so for low-income families. The average cost of full-time care ranges from $3,900 to $15,000 a...

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Susanna Birdsong

Family Economic Security MomsRising Near You Politics & Policy

02/25/14

AUSTIN, Texas -- For the first time ever, a Latin@ Tech Pre-Conference bringing together social entrepreneurs and tech visionaries will precede the prestigious South by Southwest Interactive Conference in Austin, Texas next month. And MomsRising will be a part of it! I will present in a session on...

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Elisa Batista

Family Economic Security

02/25/14

Today, a federal district court in Michigan begins hearing testimony challenging the state’s ban on allowing same-sex couples to marry. Opponents of marriage equality are, yet again, dragging out the same tired arguments and the same discredited “studies” that attempt to disprove what we all know...

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Emily Hecht-McGowan

Paid Family Leave

02/24/14

"The greatest gift that we have as human beings is our ability to empathize." These words are attributed to Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and filmmaker Jose Antonio Vargas. Empathy is just one of the big topics covered in the MomsRising blog posts this past week. Check out the top five blogs...

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Anita Sarah Jackson

Immigration

02/24/14

Last week, I had the honor of going to the We Belong Together Immigration Reform Summit in Washington, DC. The intent of this summit was to come together to plan and strategize how the We Belong Together community would organize to make immigration reform happen in 2014! From celebrating our...

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Jeannina Perez

02/24/14

I loved the visibility of mothers in the Sochi Olympics. I appreciated the fact that the commentators mentioned whether a particular athlete had children. Even the sometimes corny P&G commercials about moms were significant. The athletes don't achieve their current status on their own. Many...

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Valerie Young

02/24/14

Moms for Moms Day will be Tuesday, March 4th and will celebrate judgment free motherhood.

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Health Care

02/23/14

This cartoon was inspired by a conversation with a colleague of mine, a really great person. Unfortunately, he had gotten most of his info about the ACA from a certain animal named news source. I shared my story about getting affordable health coverage and told him the truth about how the ACA is...

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Paulette Rich Long

Paid Family Leave Open Flexible Work Family Economic Security MomsRising Near You Politics & Policy

02/23/14

Last November I uploaded my ebook, Lean On and Lead, Mothering and Work in the 21st Century Economy, to the iBooks Store. In addition to the next-gen interactivity within the book, Apple allows authors to update publications, with readers automatically receiving free updates. So I designed a new...

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Shay Chan Hodges

Environmental Health

02/22/14

Scientists issued yet another wake up call last week, adding more chemicals to the list of those known to harm our children's brains. These neurotoxicants — including the common pesticide chlorpyrifos — are linked to falling IQs, increased risk of ADHD and other developmental disorders. Now here's...

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