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Antibiotic Resistance: What It Is, What We’re Doing about It, and What You Can Do to Help

01/27/15
As a doctor, my greatest fear is to be unable to help a patient when they need me the most. Likewise, I think the greatest fear of every parent is to see his or her child in pain and be powerless to help. For too many doctors and parents, these fears are becoming increasingly real with the rising...
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Dr. Beth Bell
Environmental Health

Reducing Ozone is a Matter of Life and Death

01/26/15
A Battle is Brewing Over EPA's Proposed Smog Standards
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Lisa Garcia
Health Care

'Dumped' Gripping from Beginning to End

01/26/15
Dumped touches a nerve from page one. It touches on a subject that all women know too well yet is too complicated and painful to articulate: the mourning, and sometimes redemption, that comes from being dumped – or in Facebook-speak, “unfriended” -- by a sister-like friend. The anthology is very...
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Elisa Batista
Politics & Policy

What Happens When a Tea Partier and Gay Rights Activist Come Together?

01/26/15
True story: I once set up a coffee between two friends that testified against each other in the heated marriage equality debate in New Hampshire. Also true: while they ended up friends, initially, I encountered a barrier increasingly common in American politics. The public is so divided...
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Elisa Batista
Family Economic Security Realistic & Fair Wages

We need your voice TODAY to raise the minimum wage!

01/26/15
The voters and the President are all on board about raising the wage. Now we need YOU to convince Congress!!
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Elyssa Schmier
Food!

Wendy's, Soda, and Faith

01/26/15
So what does a soda in a kid's meal have to do with faith? Thanks to the powerful advocacy of MomsRising, Wendy's announced last week that soda would no longer be an option in the meals that it markets to children. This is good because sweetened drinks (like soda) are the largest source of added...
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Joshua DuBois
Food!

REAL FOOD Money Saving Tips

01/25/15
Weekly I prepare real food meals for my family at least 6 nights of the week. I try to keep our weekly grocery bill at $150 which is very doable when following these tips. REAL FOOD Money Saving Tips Menu Plan – when making a menu plan you are not going into the grocery store and just picking up...
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Trina O'Boyle
Family Economic Security Food!

Open letter, closed door in breastmilk bank controversy

01/23/15
For-profit corporation Medolac has announced the cessation of their plans to launch a Mothers Milk Co-op in Detroit, Michigan in response to breastfeeding activists’ demands for public accountability. As a Clinton Global Initiative to increase breastfeeding and economic empowerment in Detroit,...
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Anayah Sangodele-Ayoka
Health Care Open Flexible Work

What does the employer mandate dispute have to do with moms?

01/23/15
A lot. A 2013 Pew Research study found that nearly half of all moms polled said, “that their ideal situation would be to work part time.” This shouldn’t come as a surprise. When you add a 40-hour workweek to the demands of being a primary caregiver, the dual (triple? quadruple?) roles can leave you...
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Jeannina Perez
Tweetchat
Food!

#FoodFri Tweetchat: Restaurant Kids' Meals, Food Marketing and YOU!

01/23/15
With more and more families eating out, children are getting about 25% of their alloted calories from fast-food chains and restaurants. Given the role that they play, parents are seeking healthier kids' meal options. It's critical in the fight against childhood obesity. Join #FoodFri on Friday,...
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Migdalia Rivera

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