Politics & Policy

Families & The Federal Budget Politics & Policy

February 2, 2018

As I listened to President Trump’s State of the Union Address waiting to hear even a kernel of hope for our country’s most vulnerable children I became more and more distressed and disgusted as these children’s needs were once again left behind along with the values of the America and all great...

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Marian Wright Edelman

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

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

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care Politics & Policy

January 12, 2018

It is a national disgrace that children are the poorest Americans. The Children’s Defense Fund’s new report The State of America’s Children® 2017 details the immoral, costly and preventable poverty, homelessness, hunger, health problems, poor education and violence plaguing children who are America...

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Marian Wright Edelman

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care Immigration Politics & Policy

January 11, 2018

A lot happened on Capitol Hill right before the holiday break, while many other issues were kicked down the road and remain on the Congressional agenda for early 2018. Where do things stand? The Coalition on Human Needs just released our latest edition of the Human Needs Report, with a brief rundown on Congress’s spending work, the tax cut bill, immigration, health care, and more.

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Lecia Imbery

Politics & Policy

January 8, 2018

My kids, and their generation, could've saved the world My kids see race, color, and culture, but they know it has no bearing on a person's inherent worth My kids see masculine and feminine, but they aren't hung up on enforcing those qualities according to someone's biology My kids see climate...

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Rae Jesequel

Politics & Policy

January 6, 2018

An open internet is essential to protecting freedoms we hold dear: Our ability to innovate, speak our mind, connect, and hear diverse voices and opinions. All of these freedoms are now at risk. On December 14 The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to roll back 2015 rules that require...

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Karen Showalter

Health Care Maternal Justice Politics & Policy

December 27, 2017

Patrisse Khan-Cullors is a Senior Fellow at MomsRising and co-founder of Black Lives Matter. She and Black Lives Matter just received the Sydney Peace Prize for their work. She survived serious complications after childbirth, and has now dedicated her energies to saving mothers’ lives! Can you...

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Patrisse Cullors

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care Politics & Policy

December 22, 2017

A friend shared a story I love about our mutual friend and mentor Rev. William Sloane Coffin, Jr. some years ago. It was Christmas Eve and the pews at New York City’s Riverside Church were packed. The Christmas pageant was underway and had come to the point at which the innkeeper was to turn away...

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Marian Wright Edelman

Immigration MomsRising Politics & Policy Social & Emotional Development

December 21, 2017

Meet Elias. He is one of 800,000 Dreamers fighting for their ability to continue with their lives in the United States. Dreamers are young people that were brought to the U.S. as children. Many Dreamers, like Elias, did not know that they were not citizens until they were unable to pursue their...

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