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12/14/11

Guess what? Right now state legislators are meeting in Boston to determine their legislative priorities for the New Year. That makes right now the perfect time to send your state legislators a quick note urging them to resolve to pass the Mass paid sick days bill in 2012! http://action.momsrising...

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Ruth Martin

12/14/11

Something really amazing has been happening. Amidst the bickering in Washington D.C., some voices are rising above the din. And guess what? They're ours!! MomsRising members from around the country have been raising our voices, sharing our personal stories, sending in messages to leaders, and.....

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Health Care

12/14/11

A few weeks ago, I wrote about our Thanks, Obamacare campaign and why exactly we are saying Thanks, Obamacare! Today, I am writing to tell you that we launched an exciting new feature on our website, the Game of Obamacare! As you spin the wheel to advance through life, you’ll be asked to make...

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Serena Woods

12/13/11

As I pecked away at my laptop on a 6:30am flight to Atlanta, I took a moment to reflect on the three tasks I just completed long before I landed to start my day job. First, I reviewed the budget projections for Lafayette Elementary School’s 2nd grade class to assess if we were on track with revenue...

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Jackie Norris

Health Care

12/13/11

With the state’s unemployment rate hovering above 11 percent, impending state budget triggers that are inciting rallies across the state, and 52% growth in health insurance premiums for California families over nearly the past decade, it's hard to find truly good news...but here's some: at a time...

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Michael Odeh

Environmental Health

12/13/11

by Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff Executive Director/CEO Healthy Child Healthy World www.healthychild.org The Environmental Protection Agency is cleaning house. Last week, Administrator Lisa P. Jackson released hundreds of chemical studies , which were formerly kept secret from the public as confidential...

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Rachel Sarnoff

Environmental Health Health Care

12/12/11

I am ready to pluck that juice box out of my kid’s sticky little hands, no matter how big the juice-splosion. It’s not about the sugar this time – oh, no – it's because of the arsenic! A Consumer Reports study just informed me that apple and grape juice constitute a significant source of dietary...

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Sarah Francis

12/12/11

From Your (Wo)manInWashington blog MOTHERS changing the conversation @ www.MothersOughtToHaveEqualRights.org So reads a very small headline in the December 7th Washington Post . The brief item states that a 38-year-old Texan mother of two was “unable to qualify for food stamps for months." She...

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Valerie Young

12/10/11

The New York Times ran a front-page story today about the history of sterilization abuse in the United States, particularly the aggressive program in North Carolina under which some 7,600 people were sterilized – often as teens or young adults and without their knowledge. North Carolina is hardly...

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Rachel Roth

Paid Sick Days

12/10/11

Para este artículo en español, haga clic aquí . If there is something I pride myself on it is my work ethic. The importance of hard work is something that was instilled in me by my parents who sometimes worked multiple jobs each to feed our family of six. In college, I, too, worked three jobs to...

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