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09/01/09

As a mom and a child health advocate, I am deeply concerned about our children who rely upon the Medicaid program and their ability to access specialty care. Medicaid is the largest insurer of children. One in four children in this country depends on Medicaid for health care coverage. Pediatric...

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Jill Fraggos

Food!

09/01/09

While Washington continues to debate the need for a health care overhaul, a related challenge gets far too little attention. Over the past 40 years, child obesity has increased dramatically - rising by 150% among 2 to 5 year olds, 400% among children 6 to 11 years old and more than 300% among young...

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Senator Kirsten Gillibrand

08/31/09

From Your (Wo)manInWashington blog, contributed by MOTHERS volunteer and guest blogger Rosanne Weston Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, a 71-year-old mother and grandmother, is the President of Liberia and the first female head of state elected in Africa. She pledged to “bring motherly sensitivity and emotion...

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Valerie Young

08/30/09

The Time for Lunch campaign, including a Labor Day Potluck/Sit-In on September 7, offers a chance to protest the junk America is feeding schoolkids.

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Annette Laing

08/29/09

Senator Kennedy was a force of nature, a lion, an elegant street fighter for social justice. He touched many lives and changed the direction of our nation for the good in big and small, public and private ways. We celebrate his life and mourn his passing. An amazing group of people came together to...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

08/28/09

This week, our Triangle MomsRising group made office visits to speak with Senator Kay Hagan's staff and Congressman Brad Miller in Raleigh, NC. It was my first Senate office visit and I was blown away by the powerful stories that our members shared. It definitely made an impression on Senator Hagan...

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Mojo Mom -- Amy Tiemann

08/28/09

The New York Times published an article entitled “ A Heroine of Cocktail Moms Sobers Up ” on August 14th, highlighting the recent about-face of mommy-blogger Stefanie Wilder-Taylor when she declared she had had her last drink. After writing two books about mixing cocktails with play dates, her...

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Valerie Young

Environmental Health

08/27/09

Sacramento, CA -- Yesterday's BPA-free rally went well. It was attended by at least 125 people -- the 125 Kleen Kanteen kids' water bottles were quickly gone! -- and was very diverse with mostly mothers and kids of every hue and ethnic background. Anti-BPA signs were in Spanish and in English. The...

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Elisa Batista

08/25/09

On Monday, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan released a statement calling on schools to "ensure instruction continues should the virus cause high absenteeism or school closings" that result from H1N1 (Swine Flu) outbreaks. Duncan suggested schools should evaluate what materials they have...

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Katie Bethell

Health Care Food!

08/25/09

Save our mac & cheese Did you know that Kraft Macaroni and Cheese is formulated differently for countries in Europe than for the U.S.?1 I didn't either until I read The Unhealthy Truth, a book about the toxicity of America's food supply. The fact is, that in 2008, Kraft removed artificial...

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