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Q & A About Unemployment Provisions in the American Rescue Plan

March 10, 2021
The new American Rescue Plan prevents surprise tax bills and extends benefits for jobless workers. Here’s what you need to know about its provisions and the changes that come along with them.
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TAKE ACTION NOW on COVID Relief!

March 8, 2021
We are in the final stretch to passing the American Rescue Plan thanks to all the phone calls, tweets, emails, and stories you have sent to the U.S. Congress the past few months. The House of Representatives is voting TOMORROW to pass comprehensive COVID relief, so we need you to make a quick call...
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Pide una legislación de inmigración justa y humana

March 4, 2021
Es hora de restablecer y reconstruir nuestro sistema de inmigración. La buena noticia es que muchos legisladores ya están poniendo manos a la obra. El mes pasado se presentó en el Congreso una legislación que ayudará a sanar nuestra nación y reconstruir nuestro sistema de inmigración en un proceso...
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Welcome March! All New Breaking Through: Be the Wind Beneath the Winds of Change

March 3, 2021
On the #BreakingThrough podcast this week Kristin and guests cover upcoming investments in building our nation’s infrastructure, including childcare, and how you can most effectively make your voice heard by leaders at the very top. Next up they discuss the importance of speaking out against the...
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Plan de Rescate Estadounidense

March 1, 2021
Estamos en la recta final para la aprobación del Plan de Rescate Estadounidense gracias a todas las llamadas telefónicas, tuits, correos electrónicos e historias que hicimos llegar al Congreso de Estados Unidos en los últimos meses. ¡La Cámara de Representantes votará MAÑANA para aprobar un...
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Want to help your community #GetCovered? Learn how

March 1, 2021
Great news! Last month, President Biden issued an executive order to reopen HealthCare.gov, the official health insurance marketplace, so that anyone who needs health coverage can sign up. Having just surpassed 500,000 deaths in the U.S. from COVID-19, [1] it is more important than ever for...
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Hope & Change On The Move! All New Breaking Through Podcast

March 1, 2021
For the lastes on our Breaking Through podcast tune in to Spotify , TuneIn or Apple podcasts! Have you checked out our most recent podcast? Most recently we covered women, the economy and the policies we all need to advance gender justice, racial justice, and economic justice with special guests Dr...
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Top 5Actions for Friday, Feb. 26: All about COVID relief

February 25, 2021
We are at a turning point in the fight against the deadly COVID-19 virus. This week marked a heartbreaking milestone with 506,000 deaths in the United States from COVID-19. [1] So many of our families are hurting in so many different ways. But change is coming and we have a reason to feel hopeful...
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Hunger Relief During the Pandemic: A Photo Exhibit by Tom Simon

February 23, 2021
In his new exhibit, North Carolina photographer Tom Simon captures both the faces of hunger and the communal efforts to alleviate hunger that touch multiple geographies, cultures and systems throughout the state. The 35-photo exhibit, Lifeline: Hunger Relief During the Pandemic, was recently on...
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Medicaid Expansion’s Effects on Families: More coverage, improved maternal health, better preventive care

February 19, 2021
We’ve been tracking the rates of uninsured children for more than a decade now, and after reaching an all time low in 2016 nationwide, the number started going in the wrong direction over the past three years. From 2016 to 2019 approximately 726,000 more children became uninsured. Children are...
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