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05/10/12

Do your kids argue? Or did they when they were younger? Here's a hilarious Mother's Day fantasy just for you! Happy nearly Mother's Day!!! - Kristin, Joan, Monifa, Elisa, Ashley, Nanette, Sarah, Julie, Sarah, Anita, Ruth, Claire, Donna, Mary, and Gloria

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

05/09/12

In 1974, Congresswoman Bella Abzug realized something: she could make laws in Congress, but she couldn’t get her own credit card without her husband’s permission. Now, almost 40 years after Congresswoman Abzug fought for - and won - the rights of women to get their own credit, that right is being...

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Holly McCall

Health Care

05/09/12

Happy (almost) Mother’s Day! Many new mothers face the sometimes daunting task of figuring out how to continue nursing and maintaining their supply of breast milk after returning to work. Photo credit: Photo by Flickr user ECohen In honor of Mother's Day, we're celebrating some new protections and...

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Claire Moshenberg

05/09/12

Celebrate Mother's Day early on Twitter with us! MomsRising is cohosting a Twitter party with Mocha Moms and Mamiverse at the White House to celebrate moms on May 10 (this Thursday!) at 12:00 PT/3:00ET. That's right- We'll be tweeting from the White House and across the country, and we would love...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Environmental Health Health Care

05/09/12

Happy (almost) Mother's Day! Celebrate the moms in your life with nontoxic gifts and treats. With these easy tips, you can take toxic chemicals out of your Mother's Day breakfast, create your own luxurious beauty gifts for mom, and wrap up your Mother's Day presents in environmentally friendly,...

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Claire Moshenberg

05/09/12

What would it take to make a country where mothers could bear and raise children in the best possible circumstances? How would such a place look? Would it look like the United States? Thanks to Save the Children’s State of the World’s Mothers Index for 2012 , we already know a great deal about the...

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Valerie Young

05/08/12

Mother's Day is right around the corner! Have you picked up gifts for the moms in your life? If you haven't yet, and you're feeling crafty, try out one of these Photo credit: Photo by Flickr user Aris Goinis Mother's Day crafts. There are tutorials for kids of all ages, as well as grownups, and...

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Claire Moshenberg

05/08/12

This morning I went in to Sam’s class to make these polymer clay charms for the kid’s to give their mom’s on Mother’s Day. It wouldn’t be a bad idea for Grandma gifts either & it’s a relatively quick craft. I gave each child about a 3/4″ square of polymer clay & showed them how to roll it...

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Natasha

05/08/12

Mother's Day is fast approaching and I'm always on the hunt for clever ideas that say,"You are an awesome Mom!" The other day, I started thinking about how teeny-tiny luxuries (like romantic smelling drawer sachets) are something that any mother would enjoy. After all, don't we all have sock...

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Caroline Urdaneta

05/08/12

Cross posted with author permission from the Huffington Post . Ahhh…to think that I dream of the early 1990s when student loans averaged only $10,000 and the unemployment rate for recent college grads was a mere 3.3 percent Last week, I took a week out off of blogging to spend time giving final...

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