Breaking Through with Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner (Powered by MomsRising)

On the #RADIO show this week we hear the inside scoop from a member of Congress about how to make your voice heard; find out about the military-style assault weapons ban thats gaining momentum and what you can do to stop gun violence; get details about how to fight back against Trumps attack on LGBTQ rights; and hear the latest about the Trump Administrations actions to separate families and how you can help keep families together and safe.

*Special guests include Po Murray, Newtown Action Alliance/The Newtown Foundation, @NewtownAction; Laura Durso, American Progress, @amprog; Jess Morales Rocketto, Families Belong Together Coalition Chair and National Domestic Workers Alliance, @domesticworkers; and US Representative Suzan DelBene, @RepDelBene 

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Category:politics -- posted at: 4:00pm EDT

On the #RADIO show this week we cover what happened with impeachment and what still needs to happen; we dive into how the Trump Tax Scam is unconscionably benefiting large corporations; hear the good news about some wins for maternal justice; and get the inside scoop on how to protect our democracy as we head into the 2020 elections. 
 
*Special guests include: Reggie Hubbard, MoveOn, @MoveOn; Matthew Gardner, Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP), @iteptweets; Nadia Hussain, MomsRising, @MomsRising; and Barbara ArnwineTransformative Justice Coalition, @TJC_DC
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Category:politics -- posted at: 4:00pm EDT

On the #RADIO show this week we cover how your voice is needed to lift healthcare coverage and the Safe Step Act; cover the powerful work of Black Voters Matter; discuss what you can do to stop the unfair cradle to prison pipeline; and close the show getting the bad news about the rise in hate crimea and the good news about how the rise in our votes can lift everyone.

*Special guests include: Brooke Abbott, advocate, mom, and superhero, @crzycreolemommy; Cliff Albright, Black Voters Matter Fund, @blackvotersmtr; Beatriz Beckford, MomsRising; and @MomsRising; Gloria Pan, MomsRising, @MomsRising 

Originally Aired November 18, 2019

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Category:politics -- posted at: 4:00pm EDT

On the #RADIO show this week we cover civiil rights and preschool; why police violence is gun violence; how and why to stop climate change; and get the low down on some important wins for food justice and dignity.

*Special guests include:  CemerĂ© James, National Black Child Development Institute, @NBCDI;  Dante Barry, Million Hoodies Movement for Justice, @MillionHoodies; Sandra Steingraber, ecologist and author, as well as a distinguished scholar in residence at Ithaca College, @ssteingraber1; Jessica Bartholow, Western Center on Poverty and Law, @Western_Center

Originally Aired October 21, 2019

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Category:politics -- posted at: 8:26pm EDT

On the #RADIO show today find out the latest about the impeachment process and hear where your voice is needed; get the lowdown on the fight to lower drug prices now and hear what you can do to help; ind out how to tell your story; and we hear about a spectacularly inspiring project started by two 11-year-old girls, The Butterfly Effect!

*Special guests include: Reggie Hubbard; MoveOn, @MoveOn; Margarida Jorge, Lower Drug Prices Now; Justina Chen, story strategist, speaker and award wining author, @JustinaYChen; Lillian and Zoe Ellis, Kaia and Jyothi Marbin, Butterfly Effect, https://butterflyeffectmigration.org/  

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