Activism

How can moms change the world? It’s a question we ask every day. And we try to answer it every day, too: We change the world by speaking up on behalf of our children’s future. Maureen Reno, of Derry, New Hampshire, got some good practice...

  “Tell me about your T-shirts,” Elizabeth Warren said, filling the room with her effervescent smile. Her eyes widened as Regional Field Manager Trisha Sheehan and I told her about the 500 parents and kids who were with us at the Play-In that took place  that morning just...

The first time I heard about Priscilla Woolworth was when she was named a “New Green Pioneer” in Time Magazine. Of course, having grown up in New York, her name was more than familiar. Priscilla is the granddaughter of the founder of Woolworth’s, the iconic chain...

We’re exhausted. And elated. Five hundred Moms Clean Air Force members — big and little (representing over half a million of you who couldn’t be there) — took our message to Senate Park in Washington DC to tell our lawmakers: You may not, you cannot,...

In Jurassic World, the latest installment in Steven Spielberg’s cloned-dinosaurs-run-amok franchise, a frantic aunt risks life and limb to save her young nephews from a pack of (what else?) rampaging, drooling dinosaurs. Back in the real world, though, too many adults seem unperturbed that another...