Family Economic Security

October 23, 2014

Earlier this week Chris Christie said he was "tired of hearing about the minimum wage." Governor Christie needs to wake up and hear what actual moms working low-wages are tired of!

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Elyssa Schmier

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care Paid Sick Days Politics & Policy

October 23, 2014

This post originally appeared on TalkPoverty.org . We cannot separate support for domestic violence survivors from support for a robust safety net. TalkPoverty.org is dedicated to demonstrating that we know how to dramatically reduce poverty; we just need to build the political will. Make sure to...

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Alyssa Peterson

Family Economic Security Paid Family Leave

October 22, 2014

Celebrate National Work & Family Month with a Facebook chat about the need for paid family and medical leave!

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Sara Alcid

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Open Flexible Work Politics & Policy

October 22, 2014

Quality improvements are indeed important—important enough to warrant the additional investment required. But we cannot keep pretending that these improvements can be paid for out of the current pool of meager resources. If we do, then even fewer children will be served. Child care centers serving low-income families will either opt-out if the quality improvements are voluntary, or be priced-out of existence if they are mandatory. Either of these outcomes will exacerbate the struggles of the working poor.

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Alyssa Peterson

Family Economic Security Open Flexible Work Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days Politics & Policy

October 20, 2014

So you have an important job interview. Your sitter cancels. What do you do? When it happened to First Lady Michelle Obama, she packed up baby Malia, carted her into that job interview, and was completely surprised when she still landed the job.   The First Family's efforts to make sure our...

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Megan Beyer

Family Economic Security

October 20, 2014

El mes pasado, la Oficina del Censo de los Estados Unidos publicó nuevas cifras que dan a conocer cuál fue la situación de pobreza en el país en el 2013 . Los datos muestran que la tasa de pobreza, de 14.5 por ciento, disminuyó por primera vez desde el 2006, y que el número de personas viviendo en...

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Claudia Williams

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Immigration

October 17, 2014

“As time went on, I saw how my own country, the place where I lived, was actually a bad place. I would see people fight and I thought that would be my life. I thought, that’s me–then I turned 4.”

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Alyssa Peterson

Childcare & Early Education Family Economic Security

October 17, 2014

The statistics are alarming: One out of two public school students lives in poverty. Two out of three public school students qualify for free or subsidized lunch. Three out of five teachers in America report they have children who regularly come to school hungry.

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AFT Executive Vice President, Mary Cathryn Ricker

Family Economic Security MomsVote Politics & Policy

October 15, 2014

“There is only one motivation for imposing burdens on voting that are ostensibly designed to discourage voter-impersonation fraud, if there is not actual danger of such fraud, and that is to discourage voting by persons likely to vote against the party responsible for imposing the burden.” – 7th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Richard A. Posner

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Debbie Weinstein

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Food! Health Care MomsVote Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days Politics & Policy

October 14, 2014

We’re just a few weeks away from an incredibly important election. The votes people cast Nov. 4 will shape our future and our children’s. I’m sure you are planning to vote, but maybe you know people who are on the fence—who think elections in non-presidential years just aren’t that important. Not...

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