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01/26/10

If my kids wanted to quit something after their first setback, I'd say, "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again." So what's with Congress? One unexpected election result in Massachusetts, a state that already has universal healthcare, is all it takes for some in Congress to throw up their...

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Donna Norton

Childcare & Early Education

01/26/10

From Your (Wo)manInWashington blog MOTHERS changing the conversation @ www.MothersOughtToHaveEqualRights.org The U.S. spends very little public money on children, and a great deal of public money on older people. The reason for this has to do with our cultural attitudes towards privacy and the...

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Valerie Young

Paid Family Leave Health Care

01/25/10

Paid parental leave is a human right, one guaranteed by virtually every country. But not the United States! When you gave birth or adopted your kids, did you take leave without pay? How did this affect breastfeeding, your health, your baby’s health, or your family’s finances? How did this affect...

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Janet Walsh

01/22/10

I hope you all have had a great week. At S.T.O.P.- Safe Tables Our Priority (S.T.O.P.) , we sponsor call-in TeleSeminars with food safety experts on interesting topics several times throughout the year. We’re planning our Spring 2010 call now and want to know which food poisoning and food safety...

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Donna Rosenbaum

Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days

01/21/10

We work long hours. We work multiple jobs. We can barely afford healthcare, or we’re doing without. We’re stitching together childcare, or we’re sending our kids to school with H1N1. We exert ourselves to be good spouses, sons and daughters, parents, members of our community, friends - in snatched...

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Gloria Pan

Environmental Health Health Care Food!

01/20/10

Last week the New York Times reported that the Food and Drug Administration is now willing to look into the health hazards of Bisphenol-A (BPA). Given that BPA is present in the lining of infant formula cans, the article tells us the FDA recommends that nursing mothers continue breastfeeding for...

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Mary Olivella

01/20/10

By Lisa Codispoti , Senior Counsel, National Women's Law Center There is a lot of Wednesday morning quarterbacking about the reasons for, and impact of, yesterday’s election in Massachusetts. As it relates to health reform, I think that more than a few people are getting it wrong. Regarding those...

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Thao Nguyen

01/20/10

From Your (Wo)manInWashington blog MOTHERS changing the conversation @ www.MothersOughtToHaveEqualRights.org Today we are mothers; tomorrow we will be older women. It's inevitable. My colleague, Ashley Carson, fights the good fight against economic discrimination against mothers and other...

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Valerie Young

01/19/10

Contact your Senators by calling 1-800-998-0180, and tell them "NO on the Fast Track Commission!" Next week, the Senate will vote on this special Fast-Track Commission, which some in Washington say is needed to fix our budget deficit. Don't believe it. They really want to cut Social Security. STOP...

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Natale Zimmer

Paid Sick Days

01/19/10

Braving the snow to vote in Massachusetts? Tell us about it!

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Katie Bethell