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01/31/12

by Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff Executive Director/CEO Healthy Child Healthy World www.healthychild.org Last week Michelle Obama, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Rachael Ray announced new nutrition standards for school lunches , the first major change in school meals in over 15 years. The program...

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Rachel Sarnoff

Environmental Health

01/31/12

As the founder and editor of www.ctworkingmoms.com I am so proud of our blogger Dena for her very successful 12 Days of Toxins blog series. Yesterday, her series was recognized by the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics and we've heard from several people that they are now making their own cleaning...

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Michelle Noehren

01/30/12

On Friday, January 27, President Obama followed up on a promise made in his State of the Union Address by creating a new working group to aggressively investigate the abuses that triggered the housing crisis. We know that President Obama means business because he chose New York Attorney General (AG...

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Janis Bowdler

Health Care Blog Carnivals

01/27/12

If you don’t follow the lunar calendar and Chinese Zodiac, the Year of the Dragon just roared to life this week. It’s an auspicious time for having children in many Asian countries, and a baby boom of little dragons may soon be upon us all. Photo by flickr user Mananetwork Earlier this week, Thao...

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Rebecca Spence

Blog Carnivals

01/27/12

For many Asian Americans, the Lunar New Year is a time of celebration. Customs and traditions are as diverse as those who practice them, but one thing remains constant – celebrating as a family. To Asian Americans missing their loved ones abroad, the celebrations are tinged with sadness. Sadly,...

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Karen Narasaki

01/27/12

It’s Chinese New Year. For me, it’s a time of celebration with dumplings, noodles, red envelopes filled with money, and a reflection of what it means to be Chinese. I’m proud of my heritage and all the accomplishments Chinese people have contributed to society. I’m often repeating things my mom...

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Tracey Black

01/26/12

Following President Obama’s State of the Union Address, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Executive Director Barbara Arnwine and Public Policy Director Tanya Clay House released the statement below: We appreciate President Obama’s commitment toward building a fair economy that “works...

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Tanya Clay House

01/26/12

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced today that it is charging the owner of a 24-unit apartment building in Holyoke, Massachusetts, with housing discrimination for denying units to families that have children. HUD’s charge alleges that Nilma Fichera, who owns and...

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Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity John Trasviña

01/26/12

President Barack Obama greets Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., as he arrives on the floor of the House Chamber to deliver the State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Jan. 24, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) It was beautiful to see Representative...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Health Care

01/26/12

Cross posted with permission from the National Physicians Alliance blog . I attended a health policy conference last week where the buzz was women . The question on everyone’s mind was: Why aren’t American women angrier that every last one of the Republican candidates for president has threatened...

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