Toward a More Family Friendly Nation
It’s not literally the 99 percent versus the privileged few, but it’s one of the most noteworthy divides I have seen.
Public Health Advocates Get Behind Paid Sick Days
This year, we have seen incredible momentum in the fight for paid sick days laws.
Improving Access to the FMLA Through Improved Forms
Nearly 20 years ago, passage of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) was a major milestone in the effort to help families meet their work and family needs.
Congress Must Protect the Lifeline Women and Families Depend On
Some things are simply unthinkable. Congress failing to protect the basic benefits that are keeping women and families afloat is one of them.
Shameful: Partisan Politics Block Another Highly Qualified Judicial Nominee
All year, we’ve seen partisan politics impede the progress America needs — from jobs to anti-discrimination measures to work and family advances to the safety net.
Honoring the Nation’s Family Caregivers with the Policies They Need
When President Obama proclaimed November National Family Caregivers Month this year, he described family caregiving as “heroic work… often done while caregivers balance other commitments to their families, jobs, and communities.”
Birth Control Under Attack
Anti-choice extremists are trying to undermine women’s right to birth control under the Affordable Care Act.
New Study: Lack of Paid Sick Days Contributed to Millions of H1N1 Cases
A new study published in the American Journal of Public Health shows that various racial and ethnic groups were at greater risk of exposure to H1N1 during the pandemic because they didn’t have access to paid sick days.
Keep Medicaid Safe to Keep Women Healthy!
With a little over a week for the Congressional super committee to complete its work, we must raise our voices to ensure Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) are protected in the final deficit reduction package.
Tell Congress That Preserving Medicaid is Critically Important to Women and Families
The deadline for the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction (The Super-Committee) to reach an agreement is fast approaching.
Super Committee and Health Care: How Potential Cuts to Medicaid Could Harm Low-Income Women and Girls
“Shared sacrifices.” “Tough decisions.” “Everything is on the table.” This is the rhetoric being used to describe the Super Committee’s daunting task of reducing the national deficit by $1.2 trillion over the next ten years.
Dear Supercommittee: There’s Nothing “Super” about Cutting Medicaid
As a nation, our conversations often revolve around “family values.” Yet when it comes to showing that we truly value families, politicians sometimes fall short.
