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Two Years After the Fall of Roe
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by: Sylvia Ghazarian
Two years ago, the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade marked a seismic shift in American reproductive rights. The repercussions have been swift and severe, with sweeping changes that jeopardize the health and autonomy of countless individuals. As we navigate the post-Roe landscape, the stakes could not be higher. In the aftermath of the Supreme Court's decision, nearly half of the states in the U.S. have enacted strict abortion bans or severe restrictions. States such as Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, and 11 other states have implemented near-total bans, effectively cutting off access to abortion care for millions of people. -
Plastics: It's Personal
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by: Kathleen Rogers
The battle against plastics began decades ago. In the early days, the focus was on the proliferation of plastic pollution and its impact on land use. The battle shifted in the 1980s, with local skirmishes against single use plastics that created movements to push recycling and more recently now to ban plastics at the state and country level. With the myth of plastic recycling discredited, the public is finally beginning to understand that this is not simply a waste management problem.
Now plastics have become personal.
Although knowing for decades that plastics caused endocrine disruption, it was the discovery that plastics broke down into micro plastic particles and leached toxic plastic related chemicals that changed everything. -
A New Era of Family Policy
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by: Anne Mosle, Marjorie Sims
We are at a moment in the nation, and in this state, when a paradigm shift is in reach to update ineffective, top-down systems to be more responsive, effective and equitable for all families. Today, the American Rescue Plan (ARP) provides unprecedented resources to improve the lives of families who are still reeling from COVID-19 and its economic impact as well as the longstanding inequities that have been exacerbated by the pandemic. Now Congress is debating a $3.5 trillion budget resolution which, if passed, will increase these resources even more. Luckily, a bold, pragmatic and proven strategy is already in place that can serve as a model: the two generation, or 2Gen, approach. -
Workers and Families Are Fighting for Paid Time to Care
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by: Carol Joyner
When I was just turning forty, with two young children and a full-time job, my mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer's. I had never seen her sick a day in my life. She was my rock and the center of our large, rowdy and loving family. I had no idea what the future would hold for her, or us. But I learned quickly about the human cost of policies that do not protect and support workers when it became clear I had to step up as the primary caregiver. My four siblings did not have reliable paid leave benefits. Doctor visits, stage transitions, a multitude of crises -- all of it required my attention.
Michigan Lawmakers Should Allocate Federal Aid Earmarked for Foster Kids
12 Years Without a Minimum Wage Raise
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Centering Black Women in policy is key to future families prosperity
A Turning Point on Fossil Fuel Production?
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by: Ov'varshia Gray-Woods, Carlos Correa, Alyssa Andrews
by: Holly Sklar
by: Aisha Nyandoro, Marjorie Sims, Trene Hawkins
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A New Era of Family Policy (by: Anne Mosle, Marjorie Sims) in the MSN
Workers and Families Are Fighting for Paid Time to Care (by: Carol Joyner) in the The Miami Herald
Michigan Lawmakers Should Allocate Federal Aid Earmarked for Foster Kids (by: Ov'varshia Gray-Woods, Carlos Correa, Alyssa Andrews) in the Detroit Free Press
12 Years Without a Minimum Wage Raise (by: Holly Sklar) in the
Centering Black Women in policy is key to future families prosperity (by: Aisha Nyandoro, Marjorie Sims, Trene Hawkins) in the Clarion-Ledger
A Turning Point on Fossil Fuel Production? (by: Donna Katzin) in the York Daily Record
A $15 Minimum Wage Will Help Businesses Succeed (by: Kristen Deptula) in the Delaware Online
Fifty years after the ratifying of the 26th Amendment: Where are youth politics now? (by: Charles Beresford) in the Post and Courier
Juneteenth: Freedom for all (by: Azariah Chester) in the Augusta Free Press
$15 minimum wage makes good business sense (by: Ryan Peters) in the Cape Gazette
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