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08/12/10

What do you do if you have to take time off work to care for a sick child or parent? Have you personally shouldered the burden for economic hardship in your household? Apart from work and family responsibilities, on average how much time a day would you say you have to yourself when you are not...

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Laura Clawson

Food!

08/12/10

For the first time in over 30 years, we have a chance to overhaul school lunches in this country. Late last week, with the help of MomsRising members across the country, the U.S. Senate passed the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act.[1] We’re halfway there! The U.S. House is our next step, and we have to...

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Sarah Francis

08/12/10

by Joan Entmacher , Vice President for Family Economic Security, National Women's Law Center This Saturday, August 14, is the 75th anniversary of the signing of the Social Security Act. It was President Franklin Roosevelt who signed the bill into law, but it was Frances Perkins , the first woman in...

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Thao Nguyen

Environmental Health Childcare & Early Education

08/12/10

I’m starting to feel like a broken record, but I guess that’s what happens when you really care about something. Children are a vulnerable population. They eat more food, breathe more air, and drink more liquids per pound than adults. They are also more curious exploring the world around them in...

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Renee Blanchard

Paid Family Leave Food!

08/12/10

Once you see this, hit the kitchen. When my son was a newborn, I struggled to figure out how to feed myself and my husband—breastmilk and formula took care of our boy. Stephen and I ate far too many meals of takeout or fried egg sandwiches, while junior guzzled eight meals a day. Finally, once he...

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Debbie Koenig

Immigration

08/11/10

(Pictured: Ivan Nikolov awaits deportation to Russia, even though he barely speaks the language and considers the United States his only home.) When I was at the Netroots Nation conference , I had the privilege of meeting the many young people who would be helped if Congress passed the DREAM Act ,...

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Elisa Batista

Paid Sick Days Open Flexible Work Health Care

08/11/10

Under health care reform, all employers are required by law to accommodate the needs of breastfeeding employees. But ignorance about breastfeeding still prevails in the workplace. Here are the basics that every employer should know. Please send it to your boss, your HR director, and anyone who is in a position to support women breastfeeding when they return to work.

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Katrina Alcorn

Health Care

08/10/10

QUESTION: I am an active person. I exercise and eat right, maintaining a healthy life style. I have been doing so for more the 3 years now. Will my premiums be lower because I am staying healthy? There are two main insurance company practices to discuss when it comes to this question: health status...

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Claire McAndrew

Open Flexible Work

08/10/10

The labor market punishes mothers and others who make lane changes during the course of their work lives.

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Nanette Fondas

Paid Sick Days

08/10/10

A public health approach to reducing health disparities across economic lines involves looking for “upstream solutions.” By walking upstream and understanding why people are falling in the river in the first place, we can be more effective in saving lives than by focusing all our resources on...

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