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03/31/14

I wrote this post for The Shriver Report, where it originally appeared on March 21, 2014. They have kindly given me permission to post it here in full. Here is a link to its original appearance. Everything I know about how women got the right to vote in this country began with a movie called “ Iron...

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Valerie Young

Environmental Health

03/31/14

Did you see that Seventh Generation has taken a leadership role on cleaning up our toxics laws? We’ve been blogging for years about the fact that over 80,000 chemicals are in products we use everyday – and they’ve never been tested for safety. Our kids are being exposed to chemicals that can alter...

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Katy Farber

Health Care

03/28/14

In America, 5.7 million children do not have health insurance. That’s a scary number. As a mother and a grandmother, I know the many worries that parents have about their children. We try to protect them from illness and accidents, but so much is beyond our control. Far too many parents face...

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Kathleen Sebelius

Family Economic Security

03/28/14

Most people shopping for health insurance through the Obamacare Marketplace will be eligible for financial assistance—called the Premium Tax Credit —to help them cover the cost of insurance. We’re talking real help—the average amount of financial assistance per family is estimated to be $5,290...

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Susanna Birdsong

Paid Sick Days

03/27/14

Kids are gross. Inspiring, cuddly, lovable, yes - but also: gross. I had barely heard of things like pink eye, ringworm and foot and mouth disease until I became a mom. My kid even got scarlet fever - Oregon Trail much? All kids get sick sometime, but nothing makes a 2 am vomit session worse than...

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Charlie Rose

Childcare & Early Education Open Flexible Work Family Economic Security

03/27/14

For Karen, a part-time package delivery person and mom to a one-year-old, making child care arrangements is a weekly exercise in scrambling. That’s because Karen receives notice of her schedule only one week in advance, and her shifts fluctuate. The volatility of her schedule makes everything...

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Liz Ben-Ishai

Health Care

03/27/14

As I sat listening to Angie share the story of her birthing experience, I was saddened to realize how similar it was to my own, even though the hospitals were almost 1500 miles apart. As she described how she sent her son to the nursery to allow herself to get some rest, I wondered if anyone...

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Sahira Long, MD, FAAP, IBCLC

Family Economic Security

03/27/14

This post first appeared on MyMamihood.com Prologue During the last inauguration ceremony, we watched on TV and I pointed people out to the frog princess as the day went on. When Michelle Obama came on the screen, I told her that was President Obama's wife, the first lady. Without hesitation, the...

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Sili Recio

Family Economic Security

03/27/14

Confession: There’s been a lot of lip service given lately to the need for fair pay for women, but I’m not interested in lip service: I want action. Here’s a little context: Women represent nearly two-thirds of minimum wage workers . Nearly four in ten female minimum wage workers are women of color...

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Elyssa Schmier

Family Economic Security

03/26/14

March is almost coming to an end! We are looking forward to spring with so many exciting things coming up. Here are a few of our favorite posts from the MomsRising blog these past few weeks. Feel free to share on social media with friends and family. You can also comment on the posts, and let us...

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