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03/16/12
Our sweet, beautiful daughter was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) at the age of 25. During her first MS event, she was uninsured and the bills from that treatment alone required her to declare bankruptcy. And if that’s not bad enough, because she now has a pre-existing condition, she cannot...
Mary Tabatcher's picture
03/16/12
This year, we are celebrating the 10th year anniversary of the passage of a pioneering law for California’s working families. In 2002, a coalition of unions and community organizations including the Labor Project for Working Families successfully passed the first Paid Family Leave (PFL) law in the...
Vibhuti Mehra's picture
03/16/12
Clean air. Families need it, we definitely want it, but we’re not getting it. One would think that clean air is a no-brainer, but for some corporations, tunnel vision has gotten in the way of clear thinking. In fact, right now, many corporate representatives in Washington, D.C., are so focused on...
Kristin's picture
03/16/12
This article was co-authored by Julie K. Schnell, president of SEIU Healthcare Minnesota. A race to the bottom is underway in America. We are witnessing a brazen assault on fundamental safeguards for our air and water and the health of our children. This year, the Clean Air Act itself has come...
Michelle Hesterberg's picture
03/16/12
Gasping for air, breathing treatments, congestion, coughing and exhaustion is how I spent most of my childhood. The countless birthdays, holidays and special occasions as a regular visitor of the emergency room, or admitted with pneumonia framed the majority of my childhood. I did not have the...
03/16/12
In the clean air fight, opponents of the Mercury Standards and Toxics Rules have begun to step up their game with fresh attacks on the EPA. There is an apparent collective Congressional brain fog about the history and origins of the EPA, the agency established as a bipartisan effort under...
Gina Carroll's picture
03/16/12
I am not a scientist. I am not a politician. I am a mom. I am a teacher. I am a writer. I am an environmentalist. I want to protect my family. I care about the planet. When I became increasingly concerned about the food my family eats, the oceans we swim in, the cars we drive and the air we breathe...
Ronnie Citron-Fink's picture
03/16/12
Cara and Cailey Asthma is only one of many health problems related to air pollution. But it’s a big one. According to statistics compiled by the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology , approximately 34 million Americans have been diagnosed with asthma; 9 million of those are children...
Molly Rausch's picture
03/16/12
After years of gains and setbacks, the national movement for same-sex marriage is enjoying a period of remarkable success. Massachusetts and Connecticut became first adopters in 2004 and 2005 and that came after twenty years of advocacy. Turmoil followed, especially in California. But in 2009 three...
Barbara Coombs Lee's picture
03/16/12
There’s nothing more important to nurses than their family, patients, and communities. Recently, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Clean Air Act have been under attack from some members of Congress who have put protecting polluters ahead of protecting public health! Nurses from around the...
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