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

What!? Yahoo's CEO ends remote work options for employees.  Next up: Immigration reform and what it means for women.  The national budget disaster and how it impacts you. $2.13 per hour for restaurant workers is not enough.  Looking forward at next steps in equal rights for women!

*Thank you to special guests, including:  Joan Blades, author and co-founder of MomsRising, MoveOn, and Living Room Conversations; Juhu Thukral Director of Law and Advocacy, Opportunity Agenda;  Jo Comerford, Executive Director, National Priorities Project; Saru Jayaraman, author of Behind the Kitchen Door, and co-Director of the Restaurant Opportunities Centers United; Ellie Smeal, President of Feminist Majority.
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This show covers top current news topics from a perspective that's not often covered: The perspective of women.  Women in combat.  Equal pay. Where you fit into the national budget and sequester fiasco.  The fight in Congress for gun safety.  And why 180 other countries have some form of paid leave for new moms, but not the U.S.  Listen in and get involved!
*Special guests include Stephanie Himel-Nelson, co-founder of Blue Star Families; Sarah Howard, MomsRising superstar and veteran; Heidi Hartmann, founder of the Institute for Women's Policy Research; Gloria Pan, MomsRising gun safety campaign director;  Jody Heymann, author, professor, and director of Global Working Families; Susan Shaer, Women's Actions For New Directions (WAND).
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The topic of gun safety is moving through Congress right now. On this show, you'll hear from a gun violence survivor, a former ATF agent, and more as we talk about why it's important to act quickly to end gun violence.  We're also going to hear from a billionaire about our changed economy, as well as about the current state of the labor movement,  Enjoy the show!

Thank you to special guests:  Lori Haas, parent of VA Tech survivor, Mayors Against Illegal Guns (MAIG); David Chipman, Consultant to Mayors Against Illegal Guns and previously served for 25 years as a special agent in the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF); Byron Hurt, award winning filmmaker; Carol Joyner, Labor Project for Working Families; and Nick Hanauer, entrepreneur, author, and activist.
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On this show we look at how individuals can make a difference and have an impact on issues ranging from paid family leave, crony capitalism, violence against women, food justice, and immigration reform.
*Special guests include Ruth Martin, MomsRising superstar;  Joan Blades, co-founder of MomsRising, MoveOn, and Living Room Conversations; Kim Gandy, President and CEO of the National Network to End Domestic Violence;  Tracy Fox, President of Food, Nutrition, and Policy Consultants; Marielena Hincapie, Executive Director of the National Immigration Law Project. 
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It's the 20th Anniversary of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), but family leave remains unpaid despite the fact that having paid leave is proven to be better for families, for healthy starts, to save funds in the long run, and moms in 177 other countries have some form of paid leave after a new child arrives.  On this show we cover how far we've come, and how far we have yet to go on critical policies like the fight for paid family leave,  fair pay, and immigration reform.

Special guests include: U.S. Representative Rosa DeLauro; Lisa Maatz, American Association of University Women (AAUW); Dr. Eileen Applebaum, author and former director of the Rutgers Center for Women and Work; Mary Olivella, MomsRising superstar; Carol Joyner, Labor Project for Working Families.
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What do Beyonce's lip-synching, Nuns on the Bus, and Special Agents have in common?  This show covers what happened in Washington D.C. this week, as well as what's expected to move through Congress in the next several months.  From the inauguration to our national economy, from gun safety reform to immigration policy, tune in to hear the latest.
Special guests include: Sister Simone Campbell, who led the Nuns On The Bus tour and is Executive Director of NETWORK; Richard Fowler of the Richard Fowler Show;  Miriam Yeung, Executive Director, National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum (NAPAWF); David Chipman, Consultant to Mayors Against Illegal Guns and previously served for 25 years as a special agent in the Bureau of Alcohol,Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF); and MomsRising superstars Monifa Bandele and Anita Sarah Jackson.
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Tackling the top topics facing our nation, this show covers the flu epidemic and paid sick days; raising the debt ceiling; the latest on the implementation of health reform and how you can get help; and the behind-the-scenes scoop on Presidential Inauguration.

Special guests include: Ellen Bravo, author and director of the Family Values @ Work Consortium; Jared Bernstein, Senior Fellow for The Center for Budget and Policy Priorities and former Chief Economist and Economic Policy Advisor to Vice President-elect Joe Biden; Kim Posich, Executive Director for the New Mexico Center on Law and Poverty; Beth Messersmith, MomsRising superstar; Stefanie Brown, National African American Vote Director for the 2012 Obama for America Campaign and Deputy Director of the Presidential Inauguration.
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Taking a look at how violence against women, gun violence prevention, and the need for immigration reform overlap; this show tackles top issues facing women across the nation and the U.S. Congress.
Special guests include: Rita Smith,  Executive Director of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence; Pramila Jayapal, author, activist and Senior Fellow at the University of Washington Law School and Center for Community Change; Steve Barton, Aurora survivor and gun violence prevention advocate; Lisa Maatz, American Association of University Women; Ester Lucero, Native American Health Center.
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From new gun safety policy proposals to new school lunches that fight childhood obesity, this show launches the new year with a look at some of the top issues facing our nation--and even includes some social media tips about how to tell (and show!) your friends about the topics that you care about the most.

Special guests include: Lori Haas, parent of VA Tech survivor, Mayors Against Illegal Guns (MAIG); Cliff Schecter, best-selling author and gun violence prevention expert; Dr. Janey Thornton, USDA Deputy Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services; and Emily Goldstein, photographer, Wild and Crazy Pearl blogger, and advocate.

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