The City-Festo: 10 Ways To Move Your City Forward
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View ArticleHow I Discovered My Passion & Started My Own Business
My Dad calls me Mrs. Magoo. I think it is because it may seem that I haphazardly plow through life full speed ahead and great things just happen to me. This may be the case and I know I’m very lucky...
View ArticleWorking on a Dream: Reflections on The White House Summit on Working Families
In the late 1940s, my grandmother found herself a single mother of three, living far from family in Washington, DC, where she had moved to be a Government Girl during the war.
View ArticleThe White House Summit on Working Families: Real Conversations about Real...
If you’ve ever closed your eyes in utter defeat and frustration – if you’ve ever not managed to be in two places at once - if you’ve ever felt like a failure both as a mom or dad, and as an employee –...
View Article10 Reasons Why America Needs 10,000 More Girls in Computer Science
As temperatures rose in the Southeast earlier this month, another tragic story about a child forgotten in a hot car made its way around the news cycle. In response, 17-year-old Courtney opened her...
View ArticleQuick Click Fix For Change
There are lies, damn lies, and statistics, Mark Twain infamously said. But some statistics do make you wonder. Consider these: percentage of women and girls in the United States: 51; percentage of...
View ArticleMinimum1010: It’s Time
Since 1938, when the first minimum wage was established in the U.S. at the federal level, economists, politicians and others have argued the merits and potential pitfalls of a mandatory minimum wage....
View ArticleTo Buy or Rent – That is the Question for Gen Yers
For many of us, the great American dream still revolves around home ownership and it’s a natural step that many GenYers are finding themselves faced with. Whether you’re married or single, when it...
View ArticlePaycheck to Paycheck’s Katrina Gilbert Discusses How Policy Change Can Help...
The Center for American Progress published the "Valuing All Our Families: Progressive Policies that Strengthen Family Commitments and Reduce Family Disparities" report and hosted an event on January...
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