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11/29/11

Why do some people treat Obamacare like it’s a dirty word? It means more kids covered by health insurance, better access for women to health care and Congress having the same health care as the rest of us. That deserves a big thank you, and we’re out to prove it. At The Colorado Consumer Health...

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Serena Woods

Environmental Health

11/29/11

I’m a California mom, and I’m deeply concerned about pesticides. As part of my job with Pesticide Action Network, I’ve learned more than anyone should ever know about pesticides in my body and on the food I feed my kids . And as I've worked for stronger rules to protect children from pesticides,...

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Kristin Schafer

11/28/11

Once a year or so, a study or trend piece comes out about why women are bad to work for. Like Good Morning America’s “ Bad Female Boss? She May Have Queen Bee Syndrome. ” Or The Daily Mail’s “ Men are the best bosses: Women at the top are just too moody (and it’s women themselves who say so). ” Or...

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Joan C. Williams

Environmental Health

11/28/11

By Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff Executive Director/CEO Healthy Child Healthy World www.HealthyChild.org I’m so inspired by last week’s Grist profile on Mari Rose Taruc , an environmental activist and a mother of two asthmatic kids who saw the connection between pesticides and health first hand when she...

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Rachel Sarnoff

Immigration

11/28/11

What is a California election without some good old-fashioned scapegoating? We Californians are innovators in so many ways: home to the first personal computer, the nation’s first recycling program and ground zero for the Americans with Disabilities Act. But we also have this nasty history of...

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Elisa Batista

Paid Family Leave

11/26/11

On Wednesday a new poll [PDF] was released that shows that people who are most likely to need paid family leave are least likely to be aware of programs that provide it. Specifically, California registered voters were surveyed to assess their awareness of the state’s groundbreaking Paid Family...

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Nanette Fondas

11/24/11

I asked my daughter, " What's your favorite thing about Thanksgiving? "    She answered in one exuberant word, " Eating! "    Eating. While many celebrate by eating together on Thanksgiving, far too many children in our nation ( nearly 1 in 4 ) live in families who are struggling to put food on the...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Environmental Health Health Care

11/23/11

At an all-day seminar last week, I listened to university researchers discuss this startling question: Are we poisoning our children? Hard data points to a resounding, very sobering "yes".

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Kristin Schafer

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security

11/23/11

I asked my daughter, "What's your favorite thing about Thanksgiving?" She answered in one exuberant word, "Eating!" While many celebrate by eating together on Thanksgiving, far too many children in our nation (nearly 1 in 4) live in families who are struggling to put food on the table because of...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

11/22/11

By Marcia D. Greenberger, Co-President, National Women's Law Center Forty years ago today, for the first time in its history, the Supreme Court held that a law that discriminated against women violated the Constitution. In Reed v. Reed , a unanimous Court struck down an Idaho law requiring the...

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