Family Economic Security

March 30, 2016

Do poverty, hunger and homelessness exist when there is no one around to see? A tiny South Dakota town that probably 99.99 percent of Americans have never heard of is living testimony that the answer to that question is an emphatic yes. Located in the poorest county in America , the enclave of...

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David Elliot

Environmental Health Family Economic Security Politics & Policy

March 28, 2016

Counting Care In - a free webinar on April 14 about valuing care and raising women's status.

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Valerie Young

Family Economic Security Politics & Policy Realistic & Fair Wages

March 25, 2016

A new report confirms what many Americans feel every day: the wage gap between the top and everyone else continued to grow. To ensure a rising tide indeed lifts all boats, we need to raise the minimum wage, eliminate the gender wage gap, and expand overtime protections.

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Lecia Imbery

Family Economic Security Health Care Open Flexible Work

March 24, 2016

As a pregnant woman, there’s much to experience, much to do, and much to learn. You’ll navigate everything from whether you can still eat your favorite deli meat and change your cat’s litter, to the principles of your birth plan. Thankfully many women can count on dedicated prenatal care providers...

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Liz Morris

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Politics & Policy

March 18, 2016

The same members of Congress who pushed for corporate tax breaks without offsets are now the ones calling for cuts to low-income programs to reduce the debt.

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Lecia Imbery

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Family Economic Security Paid Sick Days

March 17, 2016

Whether it’s walking pneumonia or the flu, germs happen and kids and parents get sick. It’s just a fact. This is why allowing people to earn paid sick days as they work is pure common sense! Join me in calling on the U.S. Department of Labor to move paid sick days forward for over 800,000 employees...

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Sara Alcid

Family Economic Security

March 15, 2016

Un millón de mujeres , la mayoría madres de familia, están encarceladas en Estados Unidos. Dos tercios de las mujeres en las prisiones federales están encarceladas debido a casos no violentos de abuso de drogas. Necesitan tratamiento y terapia -- ¡no estar encarceladas! Nuestro sistema penal les...

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Beatriz Beckford

Family Economic Security Paid Sick Days

March 14, 2016

WE DID IT! Paid sick days are now the law in the Green Mountain State.

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Sara Alcid

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security

March 11, 2016

There were 7 million of you out there, many of them moms, who recently missed out on the Earned Income Tax Credit. The EITC is a key opportunity during tax time for working Americans to infuse some cash into their households. For a filer with children -- this averaged to $3074 in 2013. Yet, year...

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