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05/18/11

Every time I travel out east to visit my parents and grandmother I always think of my grandfather. Growing up, he was a second father to me, always present and supportive in every way. I will never forget the way he delighted in playing with my son, his first great grandson. He never got to meet my...

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Elisa Batista

Open Flexible Work Realistic & Fair Wages

05/18/11

A couple of months ago, I wondered what would happen for about 1.5 million women when the Supreme Court got its hands on the class-action, gender-discrimination lawsuit against corporate giant Wal-Mart. That's the approximate number of plaintiffs in the case who have alleged they've been victims of...

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Joanne Bamberger

Open Flexible Work

05/18/11

When short-term business goals conflict with high-minded work-life programs, work-life loses. Profits vs. flextime; team goals vs. job sharing; when deadlines are driving dollars, it’s all hands on deck, compressed workweeks be damned. Now, a new study by Alexandra Beauregard , of the London School...

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Joanne Cleaver

Paid Family Leave

05/17/11

I'm a baseball fan and a work/family advocate, so I loved the hoopla over the Texas Rangers starting pitcher Colby Lewis taking paternity leave to attend the birth of his daughter. High-profile fans denounced him in blogs and on the radio for "caring more about being a father than a starting...

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Jenya Cassidy

05/17/11

Honestly, I had to read the article three times before I really believed it, though the opening line is pretty clear: “Breast feeding is now officially banned in Dougherty County schools.” Excuse me? The recent report from a local TV station in Albany, Georgia explained that the Dougherty County...

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Ashley Boyd

05/17/11

Season 2 of Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution has been taking a short break and will be returning with all new episodes on Friday June 3 at 9/8c. In the meantime there are lots of fun ways to get involved with the Food Revolution... Each Tuesday evening at 6pm PST/9pm EST the Food Revolution team are...

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Jamie Oliver

05/17/11

From Your (Wo)manInWashington blog MOTHERS changing the conversation @ www.MothersOughtToHaveEqualRights.org Lara Hinz, my friend, colleague and Director of Programs at the Women's Institute for a Secure Retirement (WISER) has penned this guest post. She raises a very important point - while we...

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Valerie Young

Environmental Health

05/16/11

This month is National Asthma Awareness Month, when we address an illness that affects nearly 25 million Americans and one in every ten children in the United States. Safeguarding the air we breathe and preventing illnesses like asthma attacks is one of my most important jobs as Administrator of...

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EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson

05/15/11

Like millions of women across the country, I love Mother’s Day. I appreciate all the love that comes my way on that special day. This year, I also found myself appreciating something even more basic – having survived childbirth. While making a new documentary film, “No Woman, No Cry,” I learned...

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Christy Turlington Burns

Environmental Health

05/13/11

Listen as a podcast You wouldn't know it from a visit to the Hallmark card store, but the origin of Mother's Day in the U.S. has feminist anti-war roots. The earliest celebrations honoring mothers trace back to ancient times and were primarily spiritual in nature. They centered around goddesses and...

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