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News Flash to Mika Brzezinski: Not All Women Get Your Breaks And Can Have It All

Jill Brooke | Posted 11.17.2009 | Media

Read More: Career Women, Working Mothers, Mika Brzezinski Morning Joe, Motherhood, Careers, Mika Brzezinski, Working Families, Parenting, Families, Media News

Brzezinski seems to lack any compassion for the many women who desperately wanted husbands and children, but fate -- not desire -- worked against them.

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How Working Mothers Handle Life: Pew Study

Pew Social & Demographic Trends | Kim Parker | Posted 10.01.2009 | Living

Read More: Stress, Happiness, Women's Issues, Family Values, Working Mothers, Working Women, Women in Business, Working Families, Stress Reduction, Family, Working Moms, Gender Roles, Living News

Working mothers in particular are ambivalent about whether full-time work is the best thing for them or their children; they feel the tug of family mu...

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Health Care Reform: The New Promised Land

James M. Lynch | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Health Insurance Plan, Leaders, Activism, Death Panels, Health Care Reform, Universal Health Care, Working Families, Healthcare Reform, Facebook, Obama Health Care, Politics News

When my father died we were left in insurmountable, unrecoverable debt and we did, literally, go broke because he got sick.

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Labor Day Investing

Amy B. Dean | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Stimulus Bill, Barack Obama, Labor Day, Ceos, Afl-Cio, Pensions, Working Families, American Labor Movement, Stimulus Plan, Unions, Health Care, Politics News

Labor Day is a reminder of what workers can achieve when they organize: improved working conditions, fairness in the work place, holiday and vacation pay, health care and pensions.

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A Message for Labor Day

Gerald McEntee | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Working Families, Labor Day, Health Care Crisis, Civil Rights, Congress, Afl-Cio, Health Care Reform, Labor Unions, Ted Kennedy, Politics News

This Labor Day, let's recommit ourselves to helping workers organize and fight for their rights. Let's work together to win meaningful reforms that ensure access to quality, affordable health care.

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Providing Parental Leave Benefits Invests in Federal Working Families

Rep. Edolphus Towns | Posted 07.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Working Families, Edolphus Towns, Parental-Leave, Carolyn Maloney, Federal Workforce, Politics News

As new parents, federal workers are forced to decide between staying home with their children without pay or return to work early. We believe this is a choice federal workers should not have to make.

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Recession Spending: Furloughs, Shrinking Incomes

nytimes.com | MICHAEL LUO | Posted 06.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Recession Impact, Income Inequality, Family Income, Financial Crisis, Working Families, Families, Work Furloughs, Recession, Business News

LINCOLN, Calif. -- The Ferrells have cut back on dance lessons for their twin daughters. Vaccinations for the family's two cats and two dogs are out. ...

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Let's Honor Mothers Every Day

Rep. Carolyn Maloney | Posted 06.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Working Families, Mother's Day, Lily Ledbetter Act, Politics News

This weekend, families all across America will be thanking mothers for the sacrifices they make -- something we should remember long after the cards are opened and the flowers are put in vases.

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What About Welfare?

Philip N. Cohen | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Welfare, Women, Unemployment, Poverty, Economic Stimulus Package, President Obama, Taxes, Women's Rights, Earned Income Tax Credit, Food Stamps, Women's Issues, Low-Income, Welfare Reform, Women Childcare, Children, Money, Barack Obama Taxes, Jobs, Low-Income Children, 1990s, Income Tax, 1980s, Kids, Childcare, Tax Cuts, Poor, Head Start, Working Families, Families, Politics News

The present plan includes tax cuts that will benefit even those too poor to pay taxes, and includes $4 billion for child care services for low-income families.

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The Fierce Urgency of Now

Gerald McEntee | Posted 02.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Afscme, Health Care, Inauguration Day, Economic Crisis, Economy, State Fiscal Crisis, Middle Class, Martin Luther King Jr., Working Families, Barack Obama, Inauguration, Obama Inauguration, Barack Obama Inauguration, Politics News

Obama will need our help to repair the damage that has been done during the past eight years. He will need our hearts, our minds and our spirit.

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Obama's Inbox on Women and Work: Welfare, Job Equity, and Education

Philip N. Cohen | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics

Although the recession is hitting men's employment more directly, overall women's employment rates in the 2000s have fallen more, and progress toward gender equality has stalled.

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Who Pays When Families Move?

Philip N. Cohen | Posted 12.18.2008 | Living

Read More: Working Women, Careers, Michelle Obama, Working Families, Barack Obama, Gender, Family, Obama Family Move, Gender Logic, Career Displacement, Obama Family, Career Relocation, Gender Roles in Families, Gender Roles, Family Relocation, Living News

Even if it's not "rational" economically, couples are much more likely to move for the husband's career. The gender logic within families is often more powerful than the economic logic.

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The American People Say "Yes We Can"

Gerald McEntee | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: U.S. Economy, President Barack Obama, State and Local Government, Fiscal Crisis, Working Families, Election Results, Public Services, 2008 Presidential Election, Afscme, John McCain, President Obama, Obama Wins, Obama Election Day, HuffPost Election Analysis, Election Day 2008, Election Day, Joe Biden, 2008 Election, Sarah Palin, Election, Barack Obama, Presidential Results, HuffPost Election Reaction, Election Reaction, Obama Presidency, Obama President, Presidential Election, Election Analysis, Politics News

Tuesday's election was a milestone in building an America that lives up to its ideals, an event that has broken down old barriers and opened up new doors.

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A New Day is Within Our Grasp

Gerald McEntee | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: U.S. Economy, Jobs, Change, Working Families, Health Care, Barack Obama, 2008 Presidential Race, Politics News

While John McCain would like to make this election about fear and division, we all know it's about hope and unity.

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Children's Defense Fund Founder: McCain Will Leave Millions Of Children Uninsured

Diane Tucker | Posted 10.25.2008 | Home

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"Sen. McCain has no specific plan for children. We keep a Congressional scorecard... Senator McCain received the lowest score of anyone in the Senate in 2007."

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Look Beyond Wall Street In Reporting The Country's Economic Catastrophe

Odile Weissenborn | Posted 10.19.2008 | Home

Read More: Economic Stimulus, Foreclosure, Economic Stimulus Package, Working Families, Michael Zweig, Economy, Center for Study of Working Class Life, Home News

When the elephants fight, the grass gets trampled. The economic distress still unfolding in the foreclosure crisis is enormous. At least 1 million more families will face foreclosure.

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Third Convention Yields Ambitious National Family Platform -- Attendees Discuss

Larry Eason | Posted 10.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Community Organizer, Community Organizing, Working Families, Democratic National Convention, Republican Convention, Economy, Politics News

Low income families from across the country came together to discuss and ratify a National Family Platform. In this short video, attendees share about the process.

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