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Three months of unpaid leave isn't maternity leave. It's a penalty for having a baby. This is what a broken system looks like. Without guaranteed paid leave, families lose income right when expenses go up, and mothers are expected to recover, heal, and care for a newborn with no financial support…

Every screening of #NoCountryforMothers brings new voices and experiences into the conversation around motherhood across the country and beyond. Thank you to everyone who has been part of these screenings. Whether you gathered your community or came to listen, you’re helping make room for the…

“This is the first email of this kind that I’ve received. Thank you.” 💌 That’s what one parent wrote back after Reshma’s latest newsletter. With this surge of headlines, so many moms of college-aged daughters are asking how to keep them safe. For generations, the answer has been a checklist of…

Nothing’s spookier this season than motherhood in America! Moms, what are you dressing as for Halloween this year? 🎃

Swipe through and you’ll see it: From Arizona to Wisconsin to Texas, childcare is one of the biggest affordability issues heading into the midterms. 🗳️ Moms are paying more for care than for rent in a lot of places, and we’re bringing that to the polls on November 3. Be a childcare voter, know…

What’s REALLY scary this spooky season? Motherhood in America. 👻 Moms, what else is on your list?

This win belongs to every parent in NYC!! 💚🎉 Moms First was at Sky Zone Trampoline Park in the Bronx on Monday to celebrate the announcement of 10,000 new free 2-K seats coming to 17 more school districts next fall, which brings the program to 22 of the city's 32. And every family in the Bronx and…

Nothing’s spookier this season than motherhood in America! Moms, what else are you hoping for in your treat bag this year? 🍬

Work outside the home, or work in the home? For too many parents, neither feels affordable. If you’ve looked at both options and wondered how either is supposed to work, you’re not alone. Our documentary #NoCountryforMothers calls out a system that pits moms against each other instead of giving…

You heard it straight from an angel: if you’re a mom in the U.S., supermodel or not, you’re expected to bounce back to work fast. New mom Barbara Palvin walked the Victoria's Secret runway six weeks postpartum and called it “normal” for American moms. Unfortunately, she’s not wrong. The U.S. is…

The hardest thing for moms to ask for? Help. Not because we do not need it. Because we have been made to feel like needing it means we have failed. At our Seattle screening, Karthika Shankar of @rosie.match named the guilt that stops so many mothers from even asking. That is the exact reckoning at…

Eight years ago, our CMO Deborah applied for paid leave from her newborn daughter's NICU bedside. She should have been holding her baby or healing herself. Instead, she was wading through a government website. She's far from alone. 3 in 5 eligible parents never claim the state paid leave benefits…

It is not about whether a woman stays home or works. It is about whether she has the money, time, care, and freedom to make that decision without being punished. #NoCountryforMothers

Women did not “opt out” of work during COVID. Too many were pushed out by the collapse of childcare and school. #NoCountryforMothers

Women do not need to choose between ambition and family. We need a country that supports both. #NoCountryforMothers

We went to 2024’s Turning Point USA summit. This was what we heard. #NoCountryforMothers

Black mothers are not just raising children. They are navigating systems that make every step harder. #NoCountryforMothers

The COVID pandemic exposed the childcare crisis for working mothers. When schools and daycares closed, moms were expected to work, teach, care for children, and hold families together with far too little support. #NoCountryforMothers

Seattle, you showed up. 💚 Last night, SIFF Cinema Downtown was packed for #NoCountryforMothers, a reminder that moms don’t have to carry this fight alone. So grateful for the incredible women who kept the conversation going after the film: 🍦Molly Moon Neitzel, founder and CEO of @mollymoonicecream…

The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) turned women’s equality into an “us versus them” fight that we are still happening today. #NoCountryforMothers

Pumping is normal. The judgment is not. #NoCountryforMothers

Phyllis Schlafly and STOP ERA is the story of how motherhood became central to America’s culture wars. #NoCountryforMothers

Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique reshaped feminism and motherhood in America. #NoCountryforMothers

Imagine how many mothers, children, and families would have had a different story if America had built universal childcare when Congress had the chance. #NoCountryforMothers

Asking for the bare minimum is not a trick question. #NoCountryforMothers

The “bus influence” is the parenting fear many families understand. #NoCountryforMothers

A billion-dollar company with no paid maternity leave. Let that sink in. If a company with that much money can choose not to provide paid leave, that tells you everything about the system we have in place. In the U.S., paid leave still depends on whether the state or employer decides it is worth…

Girlboss feminism sold women a lie. And mothers were left to pay the price. #NoCountryforMothers

That is why childcare is not just a family issue, it is a policy one. #NoCountryforMothers

Mothers have been pitted against each other for decades. And every time mothers are told to fight over work, marriage, or parenting, we are distracted from the real fight. #NoCountryforMothers