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02/14/12

Photo credit: Photo by Flickr user Perfecto Insecto I used to love flipping through beauty magazines, devouring beauty tips, tricks, and recommendations. It was all so fun, and so out of reach. Because what's the one thing all of those sudsy face washes, rich eye creams, and sleek bottles of toner...

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Claire Moshenberg

Paid Family Leave

02/14/12

Breast pumps are tax deductible but what about storage bags? The bottles? That nursing pillow? With just two months left before April 15th, millions of Americans like me are waking up to the reality that we've got to gather those piles of receipts and hunker down with that dreaded tax return. Last...

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Ashley Boyd

Realistic & Fair Wages

02/13/12

Pop quiz: What was the federal minimum wage for tipped restaurant workers in the United States in 1992 (20 years ago)? Answer: $2.13 an hour. Next question: Right now, in 2012, what's the federal minimum wage for tipped restaurant workers? Answer: Still only $2.13 an hour. Yikes! Sad, but true: The...

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Ruth Martin

Realistic & Fair Wages

02/13/12

The federal minimum wage for tipped restaurant workers has been $2.13 for the past 20 years. That’s right! Two dollars and thirteen cents can’t even buy a gallon of gas or milk; yet, it is the hourly federal minimum wage for thousands of restaurant workers - most of whom are women! “I have worked...

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Monifa Bandele

Environmental Health Health Care Food!

02/13/12

Photo Credit: Photo by Flickr User Nils Geylen Happy (almost) Valentine's Day! Keep your holiday nontoxic with these easy, last minute tips. Find out how to take toxic chemicals out of your romantic meal and your Valentine's Day sweets, as well as DIY beauty gift ideas for your Valentine, and green...

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Claire Moshenberg

Childcare & Early Education

02/12/12

Today’s mothers and fathers have an uphill battle. Here we are struggling to share parenting and employment in a world that still expects us to be in traditional family roles, and a government institution comes along to tell us that when dad takes care of the kids it’s "babysitting", but when...

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Kristin Maschka

02/11/12

Bring on the hate mail! I welcome it as a sign of discussion of important matters to the public. Today, the hot topic seems to be birth control. Statistically, 99 percent of all women and 98 percent of Catholic women use birth control at one point in their life. And, pardon me, sometimes they even...

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Rumiantseva Elena

Health Care

02/10/12

New Messaging From Politicians Sometimes progress toward human dignity seems agonizingly slow, especially affirming the role of choice at the end of life. So it’s heartening when evidence of seismic change shows up. Last week’s presidential debate lifted our hearts for this reason. Contenders for...

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Barbara Coombs Lee

02/10/12

By Galen Sherwin, Staff Attorney, ACLU Women's Rights Project Tom Stemberg, co-founder of the Staples office supply chain, complained in a recent interview that the Affordable Care Act (known by opponents as “Obamacare”) will cost jobs by mandating that employers set up “lactation chambers.” This...

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Roger Baldwin

Health Care

02/09/12

Donnicia Venters, a mom from Houston, TX, lost her job in 2009 simply for following medical advice to breastfeed her infant. When Donnicia told her boss about her pregnancy, he assured her that her position would still be available for her after she returned from her short maternity leave. But once...

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Ashley Boyd