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03/25/10

By Michael F. Jacobson, Executive Director Center for Science in the Public Interest A lot of parents notice that the foods our kids eat affect their behavior. Some of those effects are subtle, some less so. Most dads and moms know that sugar and caffeine can have a dramatic impact on behavior, but...

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Mike Jacobson

03/24/10

On March 23, Washington governor Chris Gregoire signed a law to prevent the shackling of pregnant women during labor and childbirth, after a successful campaign that included testimony by women who spoke out about what happened to them when they were imprisoned. The new law offers protection to...

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Rachel Roth

Health Care

03/24/10

New America Media, Q&A with Ellen Wu, Aaron Glantz, Posted: Mar 24, 2010 // Editor’s Note: The health reform legislation signed yesterday by President Obama is a “really big win for communities of color,” according to Ellen Wu, MPH, executive director of the California Pan-Ethnic Health Network...

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Ellen Wu

03/24/10

by Jill Morrison , Senior Counsel, National Women's Law Center [The opinions expressed in this blog are the author's own and do not necessarily represent the opinions or positions of MomsRising.org. -Eds.] The National Women's Law Center is an organization that supports abortion rights, so we’ve...

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Thao Nguyen

Health Care

03/24/10

My friend Jane has a problem. She works full-time for a government agency in California and has two little girls in preschool. Jane is really good at her job. Jane is losing her mind.

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Katrina Alcorn

03/24/10

"All of my years of experience and knowledge holds no water in today's economy. I've applied to over 1000 jobs, near and far, and am competing for jobs with hundreds of people, young, old, experienced, inexperienced, etc." That's the experience of MomsRising Member, Rebecca, a single mom in...

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Sarah Francis

Environmental Health

03/24/10

MomsRising is proud to partner with Ecology Center's Healthy Stuff project in sharing results from their independent consumer product safety testing. Healthy Stuff tested a wide range of consumer products for the presence of toxic chemicals like lead, arsenic, and PVC, all of which have been...

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Claire Moshenberg

Health Care Food!

03/23/10

On February 24, I attended California Governor Schwarzenegger's Summit on Health, Nutrition, and Obesity: Actions for a Healthy Living, with special guest President Bill Clinton. At the Summit the Governor described his platform for fighting obesity and promoting a healthier California: Restricting...

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Ellen Wu

Environmental Health

03/23/10

Here's an inspiring example of a way to multiply your own consumer power.

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Alice Shabecoff

03/23/10

Cross-posted at MotherTalkers . This is an historical moment that I can't get out of my head so my apologies in advance for writing, yet, another piece on healthcare reform. This is an issue near and dear to my heart and one of three issues -- education and higher education spending are the other...

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