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Legislators Want to Force Women to Have Kids But Refuse To Support Them Past the Womb

January 19, 2022

By Topacio Marrero

It shouldn’t be politics that drives important medical decisions for women’s health.

7 Things You Didn’t Know About the Best New Tax Benefit for Families 

July 12, 2021

By Domenica Ghanem

What’s new about the child tax credit?

The Pandemic Cost Him Everything. But the Child Tax Credit Is Giving His Family Hope.

July 8, 2021

By Domenica Ghanem

Phil came to the U.S. in search of opportunity, but when COVID-19 hit he lost his job, immigration status, and health care when he needed it the most. Name has…

We Need a Permanent Expanded CTC for Our Children’s Futures

June 4, 2021

By Topacio Marrero

Like many parents, the pandemic brought so much uncertainty into my family’s life. As a wife and mother of two young children, there was no amount of planning that could…

Because…

October 30, 2020

By Ayanna Albertson

I Vote Because I Want To Be a Cause Beyond Myself I wasn’t eligible to vote until the 2012 Presidential election. During that time, I was a freshman in college…

Because…

October 27, 2020

By Maya Boddie

Still. I vote because of his work. I have made a conscious decision that his work and that of countless others cannot be in vain. I must remember that sacrifice of those before us, their persistence and refusal to back down, runs through my veins.

Because…

October 23, 2020

By Sa'iyda Shabazz

I vote because my life depends on it, literally and figuratively. As a Black, queer, low-income mother, another four years of what we’ve had feels like I’m signing over my own death certificate. 

the Other Pandemic

July 22, 2020

By Maya Boddie

“If our mental health professionals are now at the main source of the seams, then they should also be getting the funding and resources that can help train them in a way that can best humanize Black and Brown people in the streets,” said Wise. “We’ve always said it’s possible to fund other things.” 

In all my COVID-19 planning that one thing I couldn’t prepare for: not being able to see my son for whom I share joint custody

May 19, 2020

By Sharisse Tracey

When I prepared for the coronavirus in the early weeks of March, stocking up on disinfectant items, cleaning supplies, disposable masks and gloves at my local club warehouse, a week…

Voices of Everyday Leaders

May 17, 2020

By Ayanna Albertson

Digital Organizing In The Time of COVID In the age of social-distancing, many of our everyday leaders have shifted how they operate. From educators offering instruction from a virtual classroom…

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