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Breastfeeding Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Food! Gun Safety Health Care Immigration Maternal Justice Military Families MomsVote Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days Politics & Policy Realistic & Fair Wages

January 30, 2018

"We were divided and conquered because the intersectional history that held our movements together had been ignored and forgotten."

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Anita Sarah Jackson

Families & The Federal Budget Health Care Immigration Paid Family Leave Realistic & Fair Wages

January 29, 2018

On the Heels of the #Me Too Movement and Women’s March Anniversary, Women Offer Alternative Vision to Trump Agenda

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MomsRising

Health Care

January 29, 2018

They FINALLY did it! Part of the Continuing Resolution (CR) that Congress passed last week continued funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) for six years. MomsRising members submitted hundreds of letters to the editor, made thousands of phone calls, and sent tens of thousands of...

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Felicia Burnett

Childcare & Early Education Health Care Immigration Politics & Policy

January 26, 2018

“You promised.” Children learn the value and power of those words very early on as they begin to develop a sense of morality and trust. A preschooler will show deep outrage when an adult promise isn’t kept. The Continuing Resolution that ended this week’s government shutdown relied on a series of...

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Marian Wright Edelman

Family Economic Security Health Care Immigration MomsRising Near You MomsVote Paid Family Leave Realistic & Fair Wages

January 22, 2018

Editor's note: MomsRising's CEO/Executive Director, Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, delivered a powerful message at the Women's #PowerToThePolls First Anniversary rally event in Las Vegas this past weekend. Check out the Facebook Live video of her remarks as well as the written remarks below: Hello out...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Sign On!

Families & The Federal Budget Health Care Immigration

January 20, 2018

Republicans in the U.S. Congress decided they would rather shut down our government than make a deal that would provide stable funding for health insurance for children and protect DREAMers, immigrant young adults who have grown up in the U.S.! This heartless move puts at risk the health care of...

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Elyssa Schmier

Families & The Federal Budget Health Care Immigration

January 20, 2018

Republicans in Congress once again demonstrated their skewed priorities, that they would rather shut down the government than provide protections for DREAMers -- young immigrants who came to this country as children and who contribute greatly to their communities and our country. Congressional...

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MomsRising

Health Care

January 19, 2018

I had my son in 2001, while I was in the middle of my junior year of college. Amidst all of the typical worries that a new parent faces, I was also navigating the mechanics of how my little family would cover the costs of our existence. I was working part-time for minimum wage and my son's father,...

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Kelly Delaney

Health Care

January 19, 2018

Once again, the Trump administration is attacking the health and economic security of America’s families. The Trump administration just announced a move to offer health care providers a license to discriminate by allowing them to deny patients the care they need if the provider -- a doctor, nurse,...

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MomsRising

Health Care

January 16, 2018

It’s been over 100 days since the GOP leadership in Congress let the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) expire. With short-term patches and some creative budgeting, they’ve managed to limp funding along, but the time is up and the health and well-being of our children is at stake. Leaders...

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Felicia Burnett