On the radio show this week we cover the incredible wins that UltraViolet has brought forward in the past decade; how care still can’t wait — and what you can do to advance home- and community-based services, childcare, and paid family/medical leave; the latest in the night for fair treatment of immigrant families; and how your vote matters more than ever.

*Special guests include: Shaunna Thomas, UltraViolet, @UltraViolet; Ai-jen Poo, National Domestic Workers Alliance and Caring Across Generations, @domesticworkers, @caringacrossgen, @aijenpoo; Claudia Tristan, MomsRising, @MomsRising; Carol Joyner, Family Values @ Work Action, @FamValuesAction

On the radio show this week we cover a good, good news update; how to stop book banning; the latest in the fight for affordable and high quality childcare — and living wages for care workers — and how you can help;  and hear about a new book: Working 9 to 5: A Women's Movement, A Labor Movement, and the Iconic Movie.

*Special guests include: Stephana Ferrell, Florida Freedom to Read Project, @FLFreedomRead; Donna Norton, MomsRising, @MomsRising; Lauren Hipp, MomsRising, @MomsRising;  Ellen Cassedy, author of a new book: Working 9 to 5: A Women's Movement, A Labor Movement, and the Iconic Movie, @ellencassedy

On the radio show this week we cover democracy on the line, Unity 22, and the campaign to increase Black voter turnout ahead of the midterm elections; we hear about the just-passed Inflation Reduction Act and how it can lower your prescription drug and healthcare costs; we find out how to combat white supremacist hate and what happened with the FBI raid on MarALago; and we hear the latest with the United State of Women.

*Special guests include: Melanie Campbell, Black Women’s Roundtable, National Coalition On Black Civic Participation, @NCBCP; Donna Norton, MomsRising, @MomsRising; Lindsay Schubiner, Western States Center; @WStatesCenter; Jordan Brooks, United State of Women (USOW), @USOW.

On the radio show this week we cover the fight to make our own decisions about our own bodies without government intervention, what’s happened in Texas in the one year that SB 8 has been in effect, and how to most effectively advocate in this time of crisis; then we hear about the new opportunities for everyone to get lower prescription drug costs and more healthcare coverage; after that, we jump in with an award-winning novelist and story strategist to hear why your story is powerful; and we close the show celebrating Black Breastfeeding Week and the powerful effort to breakdown barriers to breastfeeding/chestfeeding in America.

*Special guests include: Alexis McGill Johnson, President and CEO of Planned Parenthood Federation of America and the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, @PPFA; Margarida Jorge, Lower Drug Prices Now and Health Care for America Now, @peopleb4pharma; Justina Chen, award-winning author, story strategist and Chen & Cragen, @JustinaYChen, @chenandcragen; Tina Sherman, MomsRising, @MomsRising, @MamasConPoder.