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October 22, 2020

Colorado Must Join the Rest of the World in Offering Paid Family and Medical Leave

Yes on Prop. 118: Paid Family & Medical Leave Insurance Program Ashley Panelli is the associate state director of 9to5 Colorado โ€“ an economic justice organization thatโ€ฆ
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October 22, 2020

Child Care Voters

Claricha Foster Those most involved with the care of young children live an Impossible choice. Parents canโ€™t afford to pay for quality child care andโ€ฆ
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September 11, 2020

Honor Grandparents With Paid Leave for All

As we approach Grandparentsโ€™ Day, Iโ€™m thinking more about how COVID has changed life as we know it. Like so many kids, ours are reallyโ€ฆ
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August 20, 2020

Paid Leave and Childcare Policies are the Key to Our Recovery

Watching my 10-year-old daughter, and thinking about the millions of children nationwide whose lives have been upended by the coronavirus pandemic, underscores for me theโ€ฆ
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August 5, 2020

Why Our Fight Is for Paid Leave for All

As I write this, my four-year-old co-worker climbs up my desk chair and hangs off my neck. I take a breath, think of all theโ€ฆ
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July 27, 2020

We Canโ€™t Reopen Schools without Paid Leave

At Make It Work Nevada, weโ€™ve worked hard to underscore the urgent need for paid sick days and paid family leave amid this global healthโ€ฆ
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July 4, 2020

Independence Days

In addition to my job at Family Values @ Work, I lead restorative conflict resolution circles for people in my community. This week, I satโ€ฆ
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June 30, 2020

โ€œSomos Esencialesโ€: Demanding Justice for Essential Workers in Wisconsin

Dozens of cars joined a press event in Echo Lake, Wisconsin, on June 18 to protest the deaths of two Wisconsin workers who continued goingโ€ฆ
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June 18, 2020

Celebrating Fatherโ€™s Day, Honoring the Past, Hopeful for the Future

Going into Fatherโ€™s Day weekend usually is a mixed bag of emotions for me.  Eleven years ago, on the Friday before Fatherโ€™s Day, I tookโ€ฆ
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June 18, 2020

Choosing Joy in the Face of Oppression

Juneteenth has always been a challenging holiday for me. The dichotomy of celebrating the end of slavery in a nation that still perpetuates the veryโ€ฆ
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