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04/24/15

Like too many moms, I’m an expert at putting myself last. It’s not something I’m proud of; it just seems to happen by default. I try to make sure my kids eat healthy. I get them regular check ups. I make sure they have lots of physical activity. But when it comes to my own health, I don’t do nearly...

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Beth Messersmith

Politics & Policy

04/24/15

As a mom, I have to address the reality of social media in my children’s lives, along with balancing the privacy they need to grow and mature in a world I am handing off to them. Part of that is keeping them safe from predators by teaching them how to navigate technology they are more comfortable...

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AFT Executive Vice President, Mary Cathryn Ricker

Health Care Immigration Politics & Policy

04/23/15

Vivek Murthy, MD, sworn in as the nation's 19th Surgeon General, calls for a Great American Community focused on pedestrian lifestyles, smoke-free campuses, mental health awareness, and citizen involvement to end domestic violence.

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Dora Wang, M.D.

Politics & Policy

04/23/15

I listened to my five year old try, very patiently and politely, to explain to this stranger that he was, in fact, in the right place. That he had every right in the world to go into the Men's room. That he just had to pee.

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Rev. Eliza Buchakjian-Tweedy

Family Economic Security

04/22/15

The inspiration for my upcoming novel, Wishful Thinking , about an overburdened, overscheduled and scantily supported divorced mother of two, came when I was reading the Harry Potter books with my older son. I was enjoying them immensely, and thought, “If I could give someone like me a superpower,...

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Kamy Wicoff

Food!

04/22/15

What a week! We're so inspired by the almost 50,000 signatures we've gathered this month in support of healthy food in preschools, protecting SNAP (food stamps), limiting junk food fundraisers in Michigan schools, and asking the industry to curb junk food marketing to kids. Together, we are a force...

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Karen Showalter

Food!

04/22/15

Join us for some lively conversation and good food this spring! MomsRising staff and volunteers are hosting local Meet Ups around the country to discuss food justice, healthy kids, and what each of us can do to build healthy communities. Check out the list of upcoming events below, and let us know...

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Karen Showalter

Recipe

Food!

04/22/15

I love to bake. I would probably bake more often if I had a larger kitchen! Currently, my oven gets more use as storage than it does from baking. I'm not as extreme as the woman who stores shoes in her oven, but I do throw my pots and pans in there and use my toaster oven whenever possible. To get...

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Migdalia Rivera

Immigration

04/22/15

This article originally appeared in Vocero Latino News . The question was asked recently in an interactive conversation on twitter hosted by Michelle Martin, host of NPR show “Tell Me More”, on a special called “Becoming American”: When did you start feeling American? For me there is no special...

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Claudia Longo

Environmental Health Food! Health Care Politics & Policy

04/21/15

Blue Bell creamery has suffered a series of brain freeze-level headaches this spring. For the first time ever, the Texas-based company is voluntarily recalling all of its ice cream products from the market after being linked to three food-illness-related deaths. Lysteria bacteria contaminated ice...

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