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09/04/13

Do you or people you know have adult children who don't have health insurance? Right now, 11.7 million young adults have gone without health insurance in the past year, although over 70% say having health insurance is important to them. For many young adults, the primary barriers to getting covered...

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Felicia Burnett

Childcare & Early Education

09/04/13

The good news is that this summer, lawmakers from both sides of the aisle came together to pass legislation that lowers rates for students borrowing to pay for college this year. The bad news? The legislation will increase the cost of higher education for college students in the future . Back on...

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Mattea Kramer

Health Care

09/04/13

I was without health insurance for most of my twenties. I worked as an independent contractor for a small, woman-owned company that unfortunately, like so many small businesses, didn’t offer health insurance. Overall, I was very lucky in the sense that I did not have any major medical emergencies...

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Carrie Crockett

Food!

09/04/13

Calling all super parents! Do you sometimes feel like kids are the targets of too much junk food marketing? Have you ever cringed when youheard what your child ate at school? Do you believe every family should have access to healthy and nutritious food? And do you love meeting other motivated super...

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Karen Showalter

Health Care

09/03/13

I am a recent college grad with a job that I love. Not only do I get to work with middle school students on issues of leadership, empowerment, and critical thinking, I also get to do this mentoring in partnership with college students who are as dedicated to these kids as I am. In regard to morale...

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Emily Vrotsos

Childcare & Early Education

09/03/13

It’s not easy to be heard in Washington, D.C., even about an issue as important as affordable, high-quality child care and preschool. There’s a lot of competition for our elected leaders’ attention: pinstripe-suited lobbyists, 24-hour news channels, and lots of partisan bickering. That’s why we’re...

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Sarah Francis

Environmental Health Health Care

09/03/13

We are making progress on confirming the need for a Maryland pesticide use database! And so many of you helped us get here. The August meeting of the Maryland Pesticide and Information Act Workgroup, its second, focused on what we do and don’t know about pesticides. The workgroup, consisting of...

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Ruth Berlin

Paid Sick Days Family Economic Security Politics & Policy

08/31/13

Shaniqua , a 20-year-old mother, works for McDonald’s in New York City, where she can rarely get 40 hours a week. She struggles to afford food, diapers, and other basics. Nick , a McDonald’s worker in Indianapolis, survives on $800 per month while caring for his chronically ill mother and disabled...

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Liz Ben-Ishai

Politics & Policy

08/30/13

This blog post originally appeared in the LadydeeLG blog . More than a month after a jury acquitted the man that shot Trayvon Martin, an unarmed 17 year old boy, emotions are high. People question whether things will change, whether minority children, especially minority boys, will be able to grow...

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Diana Limongi

Podcast

08/30/13

The superstar line up for this show includes: Kimberly Seals Allers, award-winning journalist, author of The Mocha Manual™ series of books and founder of www.MochaManual.com , a pregnancy and parenting lifestyle destination and blog for African Americans. Molly Wingate, author of Slow Parenting...

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