We need to codify reproductive rights. Since the Dobbs decision, the abortion rate has gone UP, mortality rates for both newborns and women have gone up, and the persecution of women is on the rise. Although the majority of Americans want safe, legal abortion nationwide, a small group of exttremists have pushed this issue through the Supreme Court leaving women …
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The national average cost of daycare is $14,000/yr. – Grandy, A. (2024) “Rising cost of childcare services a challenge for working parents”. Census.gov Adjusted for inflation, the cost of a 4-year college education has doubled. – “Trends in College Pricing”, 2005, research.collageboard.org/trends/college-pricing Education is a building block for success in life. This is an area we’re finding is more …
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Thirty-two percent of Americans work for less than $15/hr. An additional 35% of hourly workers, 50 Million Americans, make $20 or less. – Bureau of Labor Statistics In no state, metropolitan area, or county in the U.S. can a worker earning the federal or the prevailing state or local minimum wage afford a modest two-bedroom rental home at fair …
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The #1 cause of bankruptcy in the US is medical bills. -American Bankruptcy Institute The #1 request on GoFundMe is help with medical bills. -GoFundMe More than 45,000 Americans die each year due to lack of health insurance. – Harvard Medical School, 2009 Uninsured Americans count for 28 million of us. If you include “underinsured” that number grows to 46 …
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Farm bankruptcies surged by 46% in 2025 and are on track to increase substantially in the current year. – The American Farm Bureau, 2026 Four major companies process 80-85% of the country’s beef. – Friesla, Washington State Company, n.d. Between 1995-2019 the top 10% of farm subsidy recipients received 78% of the money. – Environmental Working Group (EWG) Eastern …
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There were 6,398 veteran suicides in 2023 which was a decrease of 44 deaths from the year prior. Approximately 61% of veteran suicides were not using VA heath. Veterans suicides represent 14% of all deaths by suicide in US adults, but only make up 6-8% of the US adult population. -Veterans Administration, NIH 81.7% of Vets finds the VA’s overall …
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According to Harvard Medical Magazine, 100% of Americans have microplastic in their body. – 2025 Humanity is facing a “triple planetary crisis”: climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution. UNFCCC, 2022 In 2021, Washington had more wildfires than the first six months of any year on record since the states’ comprehensive tracking began in 2005. -Washington State Department of …
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