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08/23/12

The race to the Presidency. With the November election fast approaching, things are really heating up! At the center of this massive political heat wave is, believe it or not, a federal budget proposal. This budget proposal has been called the “Path to Prosperity” by those who wrote it. But on the...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

08/21/12

As busy moms, sometimes it's nice to stop and think about all the lessons we've learned throughout our lives because it can help keep us focused on what's important to us. Over at CTWorkingMoms.com we started a new blog series titled Things I've Learned and each day one of my 24 bloggers posts up...

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Michelle Noehren

Open Flexible Work

08/21/12

Lately I’ve seen a raft of new books aimed at helping women achieve success, which include lists of “secrets,” often contradictory. Looking back over my experience, here’s an alternative: be open to constant learning and risk-taking, live a full life and have a great career. Several years ago my...

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Linda Tarr-Whelan

08/21/12

Last week, the Commission on Presidential Debates announced that a woman, Candy Crowley of CNN, would moderate one of the three nationally televised Presidential debates. This makes Crowley the first woman in 20 years (!) to moderate a Presidential debate. Although women have done a great job...

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Ashley Boyd

Health Care

08/20/12

Let's just say, I'm very glad that Congressman Todd Akin is not MY doctor - or any woman's doctor. This weekend, Congressman Akin from Missouri explained his understanding of the chance of pregnancy as a result of a rape the following way: "If it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try...

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Ashley Boyd

Immigration

08/20/12

Anyone who has spent time with children knows that even the youngest kids are quick to absorb all that is being said around them. Thus, it is no surprise that children have caught on to the use of the term “illegal immigrant” when adults talk about immigration, and for children of immigrants, this...

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Wendy Cervantes

Childcare & Early Education

08/20/12

Patrick Pylvainen grew up in a small town outside Minneapolis. The Minnesotan college student has seven siblings, so he borrows money for his tuition — Stafford loans from the federal government, plus loans from private banks that require interest payments while he's still in school. Now, those...

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Mattea Kramer

Open Flexible Work

08/20/12

We’ve all had those moments sitting at the dinner table and our phone goes off. A new email has arrived. Or maybe it happens at 11 pm right as you are settling into bed for the night. You tell yourself it will only take 5 minutes, but those 5 minutes can quickly turn into a half hour of work. Once...

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Jody Thompson

Health Care

08/17/12

The Center for Women Policy Studies has published a series of papers called Reproductive Laws for the 21st Century . My contribution is called "She Doesn't Deserve to be Treated Like This": Prisons as Sites of Reproductive Injustice , and I’m excited to share it with the MomsRising community. The...

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Rachel Roth

Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days Open Flexible Work

08/17/12

Yesterday the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released data from the American Time Use Survey (ATUS) on access to and use of paid leave by American workers. This is the first time the ATUS has included questions on leave-taking among American workers, with a module paid for by the Department of...

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