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Massachusetts! Vote YES on Question 4 for Paid Sick Days
November 3, 2014
November 4th, Election Day, is your chance to make sure earned sick days win big in Massachusetts!
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Don't Forget to Vote Tuesday, and on Wednesday, Start Thinking About Running
November 2, 2014
With the General Election coming up in two days (Tuesday, mark your calendars!), articles, blog posts, emails, and tweets have been focusing on the importance of the female vote -- as both key to particular candidates securing elections, and also as a way for women and parents to ensure that issues...
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Nov. 4: It's All About Women
October 30, 2014
The other day I read a statistic that made me laugh a little. It said women’s issues are shaping up as the second-biggest issue among voters this year, behind only the economy. Really? I don’t think so. We are the economy. Women’s issues, family issues, are economic issues. And, as we know every...
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SNAP into Action: Celebrate 50 Years of Food Stamps Using #snap4SNAP
October 30, 2014
This post, authored by Kate Scully, originally appeared on TalkPoverty.org . The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) boosts the food security of millions of Americans. TalkPoverty.org is dedicated to demonstrating that we know how to dramatically reduce poverty; we just need to build...
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Chris Christie is tired of hearing about the minimum wage. Moms are tired of $7.25/hour!
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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Domestic Violence Awareness Month: Current Policy Choices Aid Abusers
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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Child Care Centers and the Quality Improvement Catch-22
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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UPDATED: Let's talk about Paid Family & Medical 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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Old Fight, New Approach: Companies Profit from Parity
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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Una mirada a las cifras de pobreza del 2013
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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