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10/12/10

Sometimes it's easy to forget that I live in a world of relative privilege. No, I'm not a millionaire or getting ready to jet off to any exotic location for the holidays (though I did see some interesting "wildlife" in South Beach while attending a recent conference !). In my suburban neighborhood...

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Joanne Bamberger

Health Care

10/11/10

Question of the Week: I have a “pre-existing condition” because I had a joint in my leg fixed from a sports injury. Since the repair has been made and no additional work is required, I think it is unfair that this is considered a pre-existing condition that makes me ineligible for insurance that I...

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Claire McAndrew

Health Care

10/11/10

As new provisions of the landmark Affordable Care Act go into effect, many Americans have questions about the law and how it will affect their families. MomsRising has mobilized a talented group of leaders, parents, activists, workers, and policy analysts (many of whom wear multiple hats) to blog...

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Erina Aoyama

Realistic & Fair Wages

10/11/10

Have you heard? I'm hearing people talk about women's paychecks in grocery lines, at parent gatherings, on coffee breaks, in the news, and... in the U.S. Senate. Finally! Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid filed a cloture petition on the Paycheck Fairness Act — which is Washington-DC-speak for...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Open Flexible Work

10/10/10

On a business trip to Chicago this past spring I got a new lesson in work life chaos and the crucial need for flexible working arrangements from a high school friend who is raising two boys in the shadow of a deadbeat dad scenario.

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Judy Martin

Health Care

10/07/10

As a grassroots organizer for the Safe Patient Project of Consumers Union, the nonprofit publisher of Consumer Reports, I have the honor of collaborating with an extraordinary network of advocates, most of who endured a personal medical harm experience and had the strength to channel their...

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Daniela Nunez

Paid Sick Days

10/07/10

The case against a proposed law requiring paid sick days in New York City is falling apart. City Council Speaker Christine Quinn should change her current course, embrace the bill as her own, and move forward aggressively before further delays and equivocation cost her politically. Far from...

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Tim Judson

Health Care

10/07/10

Must health reform discussions always be so unhealthy? U.S. Representative Martin Heinrich (D-NM) met with Albuquerque physicians Saturday, October 2, for a luncheon of local organic produce and a discussion of health care reform.

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Dora Wang, M.D.

Childcare & Early Education

10/06/10

Imagine what it’s like when musicians from disparate countries, playing diverse instruments, dedicated to different genres come together on one stage, having never met each other before. Initially the collaboration produces dissonance, but among skilled practitioners dedicated to their craft,...

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Homa Tavangar

Open Flexible Work

10/06/10

Do you compare your insides to other people’s outsides? Most of us do, even though we know better. We’re social creatures. It’s natural to make comparisons. But we rarely get to glimpse other people’s insides . When we make our comparisons, we inevitably wind up comparing how we feel to how other...

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