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08/10/16

This post was originally published on the ACLU's site and is being cross posted here, with permission. A few weeks ago, a mom named Jessie Maher was breastfeeding her baby in the cafeteria of a Target store in Connecticut when a belligerent man approached and said she was “F*ing disgusting” and “...

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Galen Sherwin

Childcare & Early Education Environmental Health

08/10/16

The summer Olympics are coming, and gymnastics are sure to be among the most popular events. But while parents of America’s young aspiring gymnasts -- and even other parents -- are watching the action, most of them don’t know that some gym mats and other foam equipment could pose a serious health...

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Charles Margulis

Blog Carnivals Paid Family Leave

08/10/16

There I was, not much more than 24 hours after my lo was born, openly weeping in my hospital bed, nipples cracked and bleeding, exhausted from recovery of a 4th degree tear, and feeling like a complete failure because I couldn’t figure out how to feed my baby. Nurses and lactation specialists came...

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Amanda Nalley

Health Care Paid Family Leave

08/10/16

We are in week 2 of our #RisersNBM16 celebration. Are you caught up on our blogs? That's okay! Here's a quick recap before we get into Wellness Wednesday! Kicking Off National Breastfeeding Month! #RisersNBM16 #MilitaryMonday: Modernizing Our Military Parental Leave Breastfeeding Stories: Meet...

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Sili Recio

MomsVote

08/10/16

Some people have nightmares that involve a pack of rabid dogs chasing them. Not me. My nightmares are filled with images of geting to the polling place on Election Day after it's closed! Nooooooo.... It hasn't happened yet but it's dangerous to get too confident! Join me insuring against this...

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Ashley Boyd

Health Care

08/09/16

“Water is fluid, soft, and yielding. But water will wear away rock, which is rigid and cannot yield. As a rule, whatever is fluid, soft, and yielding will overcome whatever is rigid and hard. This is another paradox: what is soft is strong.” – Lao Tzu For the last six months, I’ve been hard at work...

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Renee Trudeau

Family Economic Security Paid Sick Days

08/09/16

What does this mean for St. Paul families? Well, for an average family without earned sick time, just 3.5 days of missed work is the equivalent to an entire month of groceries. Wow.

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Sara Alcid

Childcare & Early Education

08/09/16

Last year, I took a job at a no excuses charter school, sight unseen. I hadn’t visited or asked many questions before signing my contract, which left me uneducated about the practices associated with this type of school. In short, a "no excuses" charter school usually enrolls low income and...

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Anonymous MomsRising Member

Environmental Health Health Care Politics & Policy

08/08/16

For months, public health officials have warned that the Zika virus eventually would show up in the continental U.S. They warned of this back in the winter, months before the mosquitoes that help transmit Zika were on most people’s radar screen. They warned of this in early summer, when Congress opted to recess for a very lengthy vacation and campaign season, without passing desperately needed funds to help fight Zika. They warned us. And now Zika is here.

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Lecia Imbery

Podcast

08/08/16

On the show this week we discuss why it’s critical to our economy and to our communities to value caregiving, paid and unpaid, in our nation; cover the importance of everyone being able to vote; talk about the just released Black Lives Matter platform; and hear from two high school students about...

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