MOTHERS is a netroots community of mothers and other family caregivers who look after children or other dependent family members.

We promote social change to enchance the economic security of those who do carework, both exclusively or in conjunction with paid employment.

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MOTHERS BREAKING NEWS

Dec 28, 2008: She's a Kennedy, But She's a Lot Like Us, By Anne Glusker, Washington Post - While she may hold notable, political status and the concerns that cross her mind include matters most of us would never be exposed to, Caroline Kennedy is not immune to the prejudices and scrutiny that most women in the United States have to deal with when considering re-entry into the workforce after taking time away from their career pursuits to focus on caring for their children.

Dec 26, 2008: First Lady: A Job Worth A Paycheck, By Lauren Stiller Rikleen, Washington Post - “First lady. First mom. Mom in chief. No -- none of these titles works. And therein lies the problem.” This article discusses the responsibilities and work that our First Ladies have always been involved in, while the position has never been recognized as a real job in any formal way.

Dec 10,2008: Zero To Three Celebrating Improvements in Infant and Toddler Policy: Top 10 Policy Achievements of 2008
Farm Bill Reduces Food Insecurity and Improves Nutrition Programs
Colorado Early Childhood Caucus Brings Attention to Infnat-Toddler Issues
Virginia Creates Office of EArly Childhood Development for Children Birth to Five
Higher Education Act Reauthorization Makes Professional DEvelopment of the Early Care and Education Workforce a Priority

Dec 2, 2008:Unionization Substantially Improves the Pay and Benefits of Women Workers
Gains from union membership large, even compared to benefits of college education.
Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) A new report by the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) documents a large wage and benefit advantage for women workers in unions relative to their non-union counterparts.

Nov 2008: Valuing the Invaluable: The Economic Value of Family Caregiving, AARP Policy Research 2008 Update This AARP Public Policy Institute Insight on the Issues by Ari Houser and Mary Jo Gibson presents recent data on the economic value of family caregiving at the national and state levels and summarizes findings about costs to caregivers and how caregiving helps contain health care and long-term care costs.

Nov 30, 2008:'First mom' has other roles, Maggie Jackson • Boston Globe “When Michelle Obama wrote this month that her number one job as first lady would be to be a mom, eyebrows were naturally raised. After all, she's a smart, Ivy League-educated lawyer who worked most recently as a top hospital executive. Is she really opting out, stepping down, making pajama parties her new main aim in life? Or is she trying to make clear that she's not Hillary Clinton, whose aggressive public role in crafting ultimately failed healthcare reform as first lady turned many against her?"

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