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August 19, 2019
Soraya Chemaly Will Emcee GameChanger Awards
Soraya Chemaly is a woman who understands that women’s rage doesn’t cloud our thinking; “properly understood, it is an astoundingly clarifying emotion.” I was proud…
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July 30, 2019
What Voters Need to Hear in These Debates
By Danielle Atkinson and Wendy Chun-Hoon We’ve noticed a pattern among debate moderators and reporters — they avoid asking questions on topics where they assume…
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July 15, 2019
Stand Together for Immigrant Families
By Ellen Bravo My mother’s mother arrived at Ellis Island in the early 1900s as an unaccompanied minor, a teenager alone who spoke no English…
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July 1, 2019
Celebrate Laws That Value Workers and Their Families
What happens to workers when they need to recover from a car accident, or when their parent has a heart attack? How can they keep…
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June 21, 2019
Why My Family Needs the FAMILY Act
Paid family & medical leave would be really important for families like mine and that’s why I support the FAMILY Act. Right now only 17%…
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June 16, 2019
Father’s Day: A Time to Celebrate Caregiving
Tom Frisk lives in Bangor, Maine. He’s a dad who needed to care for his own dad as he was dying, and for his wife…
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June 10, 2019
Expanding Paid Time for Families Impacted by Incarceration
Richard* was released from prison and was working at a car wash in southeastern Michigan. At the same time, he had to see his parole…
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March 28, 2019
Floridians Need #PaidLeave4All
by Salandra Benton Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle increasingly recognize we need to solve the paid leave crisis afflicting working families. But details…
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March 21, 2019
It’s #BiHealthMonth and We Need Paid Leave!
By Preston Van Vliet March is Bi Health Month! Bisexual Resource Center and BiNet USA are two organizational partners we work with to help raise…
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March 14, 2019
Why I Support the Healthy Families Act
When Sen. Patty Murray and Rep. Rosa DeLauro introduce the Healthy Families Act March 14, Christina Hayes from Detroit, Michigan and a leader in Mothering…
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