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09/19/11

Woah, WA State-- this is big. Our state is applying to win a $60 million federal grant to back critical early child care and education programs. But with only a few Race to The Top, Early Learning Challenge grants available to all 50 states, the competition between states to get this money is going...

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Sarah Francis

Environmental Health

09/19/11

This post originally appeared on Sightline Institute's blog . To eat fish, or not? If you're pregnant, nursing, or even thinking about becoming pregnant, it's a Catch-22. Seafood is the best possible source of the long-chain omega-3 fatty acid DHA, which is critical for a baby's brain and eye...

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Anna Fahey

Childcare & Early Education Health Care

09/19/11

At six months pregnant, like most moms and moms-to-be, I’m finding plenty of things to worry about. When I’m not fretting over my daily calcium intake or environmentally friendly diaper options, I find myself plagued with anxiety about the longer-term realities of child rearing today. I want to...

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Kerala Taylor

09/18/11

From Your (Wo)manInWashington blog MOTHERS changing the conversation @ www.MothersOughtToHaveEqualRights.org The weather changed literally overnight. Yesterday it was shorts and sunglasses. Today it’s socks and sweaters, and some serious statistics about what mothers are facing as they try to raise...

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Valerie Young

09/17/11

Jamie and the Food Revolution Team need your help. WHAT'S HAPPENING? On 19 - 20 Sept 2011, policy leaders from around the world will come together in New York for the United Nations High-Level Summit on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) - which encompass smoking, alcohol & diet-related illnesses...

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Jamie Oliver

09/16/11

As told by Martina Davis-Correia to Jen Marlowe and Monifa Bandele My son was six weeks old when I first brought him to meet his uncle, Troy Davis. You would have thought I gave Troy a gold bar. He was scared to hold my tiny baby. I literally had to just put De’Jaun in his arms and walk away. And...

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Martina Davis-Correia

09/16/11

Cross-posted from New Deal 2.0 . Ruth Bader Ginsburg's mother left her with two key pieces of advice: Be independent, and be a lady. She's both. I was able to talk with the Justice about everything from her mother to the role of international law in American courts to her now infamous plane ride on...

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Joan C. Williams

Environmental Health Health Care

09/15/11

As parents, we have plenty on our minds as we settle into a new school year — new teachers, carpools, sibling rivalry — the list goes on. We really shouldn't have to add this: apples and peaches we're packing in our kids' lunchbags may expose them to chlorpyrifos, a pesticide known to lower IQs and...

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Kristin Schafer

Paid Sick Days

09/15/11

What’s most frightening about the movie Contagion is that it’s NOT science fiction. Flu epidemics are real, and they can spread quickly – especially in the United States, where 44 million people without paid sick days are forced to choose between their financial security and their health when they...

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Ellen Bravo

Family Economic Security Blog Carnivals MomsVote

09/15/11

I was shocked and saddened when I saw the new poverty data from the U.S. Census that was released earlier this week. The Census data analysis revealed serious declines in women's economic status, including the highest poverty rates in 17 years for women, as well as the highest extreme poverty rates...

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