Health Care

Families & The Federal Budget Health Care

April 17, 2018

Tax day is a good time to revisit the many ways in which the GOP tax scam and Trump's policies will hurt families like mine. I delivered this speech on behalf of Little Lobbyists at a Tax March rally in February with Leader Nancy Pelosi and other Congressional representatives and civil rights...

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Jamie Davis Smith

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Families & The Federal Budget Health Care Politics & Policy Podcast Realistic & Fair Wages

April 16, 2018

On the #RADIO show this week, we cover Black Maternal Health Awareness Week; Equal Pay Day; Trump’s #TaxScam and how corporations are benefiting from the Trump tax plan; and the impact of social media, including Facebook, on democracy. *Special guests include: Elizabeth Dawes, Black Mamas Matter...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Health Care

April 13, 2018

Written by Joan Alker , Executive Director of the Center for Children and Families The President issued an executive order yesterday titled “Reducing Poverty in America by Promoting Opportunity and Economic Mobility”. It requires the Secretaries of Treasury, Agriculture, Commerce, Labor, HHS, HUD,...

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Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Food! Health Care

April 9, 2018

GOP leaders in the U.S. Congress want to pass unnecessary, harmful, and overly restrictive work requirement in order to access SNAP, which boosts our families and economy. Sign our letter NOW telling Congress "hands off SNAP!"

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Elyssa Schmier

Health Care Maternal Justice

April 4, 2018

Check out MomsRising's Anayah Rose , certified nurse-midwife talk to correspondent Jacque Reid of Tom Joyner Radio for this "Inside Her Story" program about how midwifery can help improve maternal mortality rates for Black mothers.

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Tasmiha Khan

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Health Care

April 4, 2018

I have to tell you, I’m pretty fired up right now and as a fellow Michigander you should be too! Why? There is a bill moving through the Michigan State Senate right now that has the potential to take away the health care of millions of Michiganders . Medicaid is a proven program that lifts up our...

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Elyssa Schmier

Health Care

March 29, 2018

I met Charlie and Rebecca Wood of Virginia recently. We were able to help them create a short video to explain how important Medicaid is to Charlie and her family. I wrote about some amazing families like the Woods last summer and our colleague Marta Conner wrote about her daughter and the...

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Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Gun Safety Health Care Immigration Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days Politics & Policy Realistic & Fair Wages

March 29, 2018

Congressional leaders are mulling what to do for the rest of the year. We have a list of ideas for them, but we want to hear from you.

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Lecia Imbery

Breastfeeding Gun Safety Health Care Immigration

March 23, 2018

Happy Friday! Are you marching about gun safety tomorrow? Moms, dads, grandparents, family members and other caretakers couldn’t be more proud as we watch students across the nation rise up to fight for their own gun safety. And now, it’s time for the big event: March 4 Our Lives! Whether you’re...

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Karen Showalter

Gun Safety Health Care Immigration

March 19, 2018

Babies are being held in detention. Families seeking asylum - many of which are led by moms - are being held in prison-like facilities. Human rights abuses in the name of immigration enforcement are not okay. This is not the America we seek to build. We can do, and be, better. Our voices are needed...

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Karen Showalter