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09/22/17

If you are like me, your weekend to-do lists are just as formidable as your to-do lists during the week. Here is a sample of mine: Make caterpillar cake for my son’s birthday (the only craft I have mastered) Figure out what that fuzzy thing is growing in my bathroom shower Save America’s health...

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Donna Norton

Environmental Health

09/22/17

Kids shoes shouldn't have toxic lead! Here's one pair to avoid.

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Caroline Cox

Health Care

09/21/17

Recently, we shared our analysis of the latest ditch effort by some members of Congress to repeal the Affordable Care Act. This week, Governor Hutchinson publicly shared that he joined a small group of Republican governors who gave input on this bill, and he supports it because it will not create a...

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Marquita Little

Health Care

09/21/17

I work in a children’s hospital. The same children’s hospital that has provided the complex care my children have needed. Today, I found myself looking at the families in the halls, knowing that their children by virtue of being here would be negatively impacted by #GrahamCassidy. For my family,...

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Rylin Rodgers

Childcare & Early Education Families & The Federal Budget Food! Health Care

09/20/17

Did you see the news? Health care is under attack AGAIN! Don’t worry. It’s YOU to the rescue! Buckle your seat belt and join us for this week's line up of priority actions below! We're talking about health care (of course!), early learning, healthy schools, overtime pay, and tax reform. You'll...

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Karen Showalter

Food!

09/20/17

Happy Back to School! It's that time of year when the kids head back, the weather turns cooler, and everything seems to accelerate a bit. It's also a great time of year to make some friendly noise for healthy schools! We have done so much in recent years, from implementing new healthy meal...

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Karen Showalter

Health Care Politics & Policy

09/20/17

Yikes! Health care is under attack again—and we need to do everything we can to protect our health care! This is an emergency: The new Cassidy-Graham bill that’s being proposed is even more harmful and destructive to our health care than previous bills and would take away coverage from tens of...

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Felicia Burnett

Health Care Politics & Policy

09/20/17

Senate leaders are trying one more time to repeal the ACA and strip coverage from millions, and they’re trying to do it in the next 1.5 weeks. Act now.

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Lecia Imbery

Health Care

09/20/17

The most recent effort to roll back health care harms women, moms, children and our economy. It is unconscionable and destructive. It’s time for President Trump and the Republican leaders in Congress to listen to what their constituents and the data are saying: Improve health care, don’t destroy it...

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Environmental Health Social & Emotional Development

09/19/17

It’s hard enough to watch. The daily barrage of shocking images of flood-ravaged homes, displaced families, chaotic shelters and stories of missing loved ones. It is heart wrenching as a viewer, which is absolutely no comparison to those who are living the experience of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma...

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