Family Economic Security

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security

August 22, 2019

August 23 marks the 95th birthday of the great MIT Nobel laureate economist and 2014 Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient Robert Solow. As family and friends join him for this milestone, all of us at the Children’s Defense Fund send our deepest gratitude for his generous sharing of expertise,...

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Marian Wright Edelman

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Immigration

August 19, 2019

“It is simply a lie for the Trump administration to claim that the public charge rule released today is about promoting self-sufficiency among immigrant families. This rule is designed to wage war on immigrants by weaponizing health, housing, nutrition and other essential programs that allow...

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Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security

August 14, 2019

For the second time this year, SNAP (aka food stamps), and the families that rely most on it, are under attack by the Trump Administration. Now they are going after Broad-Based Categorical Eligibility (or “Cat El”). Cat What? I know it sounds really wonky but we’ll explain why it’s so important...

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Abbie Gately

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Family Economic Security Realistic & Fair Wages

August 14, 2019

We’re calling a red card on the U.S. Soccer Federation! Why? It’s bad enough that they don’t pay the national men’s and women’s soccer teams equally, but now they have hired not one, but two (!!!) lobbying firms to actively lobby against equal pay on Capitol Hill. → Tell the U.S. Soccer Federation...

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Sara Alcid

Family Economic Security Gun Safety Immigration Politics & Policy

August 10, 2019

This week we mourn the victims in Dayton and El Paso and stand with all those affected by the senseless gun deaths and domestic terrorism that are devastating our communities virtually every day -- and we will not rest until the epidemic of gun violence and hate in America ends. We also stand with...

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Karen Showalter

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Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Politics & Policy

August 7, 2019

Residents of the city of Baltimore have endured days of racist tweets from President Trump attacking their popular congressman, Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD), and their city, which Trump called a “rodent-infested mess” where “no human being would want to live.” There has been a lot of comment about...

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David Elliot

Family Economic Security Food!

July 31, 2019

Through a new initiative, El Paso county is actively working to improve food retail infrastructure and bring grocery stores, community markets and mobile food stands to areas of the county with high poverty, few living wage jobs and lack of healthy and affordable food.

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Stephanie Vaughn

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Family Economic Security Immigration MomsVote Realistic & Fair Wages

July 30, 2019

July has been HOT, and not just because of the temperature! MomsRising supporters have been celebrating our wins all month long, including major wins protecting immigrant families’ rights; gaining Congressional support for better wages; and amplifying women’s and mothers’ voices in presidential...

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Anita Sarah Jackson

Family Economic Security

July 24, 2019

Soy fundadora y CEO de The Derschang Group , un grupo de restaurantes, cafés y bares de Seattle, Washington. Mi primer negocio fue Linda’s Tavern, establecido en 1994, un bar de barrio que se ha convertido en una institución en Capitol Hill. En las décadas siguientes, abrí once bares y restaurantes...

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Linda Derschang

Family Economic Security Paid Family Leave

July 24, 2019

On a recent tour of Europe, our Czech guide told me about the family-friendly policies in her country. Mothers (or fathers; families can choose) get two years of paid family leave when a child is born. If the next child comes along before those two years are up, they start all over again. Then...

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