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02/02/11

As moms we are expert nudgers. Often times a good nudge is all it takes to get my daughter moving in the right direction and doing what she knows she needs to do. Right now, our Massachusetts legislators need a nudge in the right direction. They have until February 4 - that’s this Friday! - to sign...

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Ruth Martin

Paid Family Leave

02/02/11

Outrageous and unacceptable! As early as this week legislators in Madison are poised to strip benefits from the Wisconsin Family and Medical Leave Act (WIFMLA) and turn back the clock to a less family-friendly time. This would mean that among other things, many part time workers would no longer be...

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Ruth Martin

Childcare & Early Education

02/02/11

The recent House proposal to slash domestic spending to 2008 levels would mean millions lost in funding for early childhood programs. It’s easy to give short shrift to this number when discussing it broadly and in the abstract. After all, there is wide agreement that balance needs to be restored to...

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Hannah Matthews

Health Care

02/01/11

On January 10th, Governor Jerry Brown released an 18-month proposed budget plan aimed at closing a $25.4 billion shortfall for fiscal years 2010-11 and 2011-12. The plan calls for a 5-year extension of tax increases previously approved under the Schwarzenegger Administration as well as $12.5...

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Ellen Wu

02/01/11

Get tired of hearing the same loudmouths jabbering on about politics on TV? Us too. That's why we're bringing the voices of MomsRising members to a national audience. Voices like Kris Cambra, a Massachusetts MomsRising member, who the night of the vote to repeal health reform told ABC World News...

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Donna Norton

02/01/11

The Citizens United Supreme Court case dramatically accelerated the corruptive force of money in U.S. politics - but could this major political shift also serve as the catalyst needed to stimulate a broad-scale organizing effort to restore the health of American democracy?

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Gideon Rosenblatt

Childcare & Early Education

02/01/11

Inside scoop : I facebooked and tweeted the story about the Ohio mom who became a convicted felon after she used her parents' address to send her daughters to a public school there. According to a very close source, the mother was an employee at the Akron schools district she refused to send her...

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Elisa Batista

Childcare & Early Education

01/31/11

Have you devoted countless hours of your time at school board meetings, or talking with school officials to help make your school as good as it can be? Do you know a mom who has fought tirelessly to protect your school from budget cuts? Or a parent who stood up to school policy when it didn’t make...

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Ana Connery

Health Care

01/31/11

Cross-posted from New Deal 2.0 . I have been watching Clint Eastwood films lately and thinking about his role in fueling the belittlement of government. In Dirty Harry , for example, the Eastwood character is a loner who stands up to lily-livered bureaucrats who lack the cojones to do what needs to...

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Joan C. Williams

Childcare & Early Education

01/31/11

As you've likely seen in the news, Ohio mom, Kelley Williams-Bolar, recently went to jail for sending her kids to a highly ranked school near where her father lives, which was out of her home school district.[1] She was trying to give her children a better life. Now, as a convicted felon, helping...

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