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10/17/11

Sunday was World Food Day , and while hunger endangers the lives of too many around the world, for many parents, our daily food challenge might be more on the order of just getting our little ones to eat their broccoli. I’ve found some simple strategies that help raise awareness about the world...

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Homa Tavangar

Food! Health Care

10/17/11

Cross-posted from CryWolfProject.org . An apple a day and eating your peas led to good health, we once thought. Now, according to major food manufacturers, fruits and vegetables are “ job killers ” that will devastate the American economy. Photo credit: James Vaughan (via Flickr). In April of this...

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Donald Cohen

10/17/11

Cross-posted from New Deal 2.0 . When the second Google hit (after Wikipedia) for "corporate cronyism" links to a speech by Sarah Palin, you know why progressives need Occupy Wall Street. Occupy Wall Street's power lies in the "We are the 99%" theme. The poignant and evocative stories on the Tumblr...

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Joan C. Williams

Immigration

10/17/11

I do not understand deliberate cruelty. I understand it exists. I understand that those who practice it can often justify it as excusable and even noble. But cruelty to a child? This is beyond all understanding.

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Lily Eskelsen

Paid Sick Days

10/14/11

Right now in Denver, Colorado, there is both a jobs and public health crisis. Parents are sending their sick children to school. Working adults are unable to take time off and care for elderly parents. Small businesses and taxpayers are spending too much on emergency care. And in restaurants and...

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Arlene Holt Baker

Paid Sick Days

10/14/11

This year, we have achieved significant victories in our work to ensure more working people have the right to earn paid sick days. From Seattle to Connecticut, paid sick days standards have gained support and momentum. Now, one state and three cities guarantee workers this basic right. This...

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Immigration

10/14/11

The strength of motherhood has struck me whenever I’ve encountered the stories of young people being threatened with deportation to countries they no longer know - their mothers and the mothers in their communities are among the most powerful advocates in keeping families together. Several years...

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Jill Garvey

Environmental Health

10/14/11

This blog was written by Marylee Or, Executive Director of the Louisiana Environmental Action Network. This week I was part of a big group of concerned Gulf Coast residents who put an oil polluter on notice. After the BP oil disaster began to hit our shores last summer, we’ve paid more attention to...

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Renee Blanchard

Childcare & Early Education

10/14/11

Children in poverty need Head Start -- and right now, they need your help to be heard ! You know how thrilling it is watching your child develop, learn to smile, to speak, to read. We all want the best for our children, want to provide good food and stable homes and incredible amounts of love. But...

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Yasmina Vinci

Health Care

10/14/11

As you may have seen on the news recently, the Horn of Africa is in the midst of a devastating famine. I recently had the opportunity to travel to Da’daab, refugee camps in eastern Africa where some 440,000 people are living with around 1,000 arriving each day, although they were built for fewer...

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Cindy McCain