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04/24/13

The MOMentum around paid sick days is huge: in the month of March alone, supporters moved the dial in three of America’s biggest cities. Campaigns around the nation are reaching out to businesses to join in the effort. The progress in March is notable. In Philadelphia the City Council once again...

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Jodie Levin-Epstein

Paid Sick Days Family Economic Security

04/24/13

This blog post originally appeared in Direct Care Alliance, Inc. . I’m the president and CEO of Catalina In-Home Services in Tucson, Arizona. We offer personal care and support services. Our clients are all private pay. We have about 65 caregivers, who we call professional direct care workers. They...

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Judy Clinco

Paid Sick Days Family Economic Security

04/24/13

This blog post originally appeared in Direct Care Alliance . I have been a direct care worker for about 10 years. I truly believe we make a difference in the lives of elders and the sick. I love my work and I get paid well for it, but I don’t get paid sick time or paid holidays. I came here from...

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Gabriele Swe

Health Care

04/23/13

Posted On Behalf of Jennifer, San Mateo County (CA) As a parent of a child with autism, the most important thing I can do is make sure that my daughter continues to receive critical early-intervention therapy. Medical research clearly shows that early and consistent therapy can make a dramatic...

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Angelique Roche

MomsVote

04/23/13

It’s not just happenstance: Women have a two-fold stake in campaign finance reform, particularly public financing of state campaigns for public office. Why? First, tamping down the influence that money can buy is a big step towards delivering positive change for women’s priorities. If you care...

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Linda Tarr-Whelan

04/23/13

On Friday April 26th, at Abbott Laboratories annual meeting in Abbott Park, Illinois investors will vote on a resolution, filed by the shareholder advocacy group As You Sow, that asks the company to adopt a policy of removing genetically engineered crops (GMOs) from all nutritional products...

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Andy Behar

04/21/13

I'm a Mom. I have never been a politician. I've always run other peoples' campaigns, or built playgrounds, or vaccinated the elderly, or looked for ways to treat substance abuse, or dragged groups of young leaders with me to Netroots Nation. I never seriously considered running for office myself. I...

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Lauren Reichelt

Immigration

04/18/13

This article originally appeared in Madison.com and was made possible by the American Forum, a nonprofit, nonpartisan, educational organization. As Washington lawmakers throw themselves into comprehensive immigration reform, I say, “Remember the women.” Women constitute more than half of our...

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Kit Miller

Environmental Health

04/17/13

Experts at CDC recently released another round of data on how many kids in the U.S. are affected by autism and ADHD . The numbers are, once again, dramatically up. One in five boys are now diagnosed with ADHD by the time they reach high school. And one in 50 kids are on the autism spectrum, up from...

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Kristin Schafer

Immigration

04/16/13

“Obama escucha! Estamos en la lucha!” the crowd chants and I chant along, imploring President Obama to listen up and take our fight seriously. It’s May Day 2010 and I’m in Seattle marching down Jackson Street surrounded by a sea of Mexicans with Guatemalans, Hondurans, and Nicaraguans scattered...

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