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08/07/09

They say an ounce of prevention equals a pound of cure. I wonder what the prevention of 100 million pounds of toxic pollution equals? Can you put a price on not releasing toxics into the environment? Eliminating the need for future clean up? Eliminating the impacts these toxic substances may have...

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Janelle Sorensen

Health Care

08/07/09

This week is National Farmer's Market Week which is really important to note. As we push for Health care reform and look at all the illnesses that affect our families and communities, we have to look at the impact of the way we eat today. There have been plenty of national studies telling us that...

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Mable Yee

08/06/09

Written by MOTHERS volunteer Kelly Coyle DiNorcia (ahimsamama.blogspot.com) As mother to a 4- and 1-year-old, it’s been a long time since I’ve chosen to forego sleep in order to read. But Bad Mother was one of those books that had me up turning the pages when I should have been catching some Z’s. I...

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Valerie Young

Paid Family Leave Health Care

08/06/09

I was amazed when a friend of mine told me that it took about a month for her and her first baby to figure out how to breastfeed. (Doesn't breastfeeding just...happen?) But she explained to me that it is actually a skill that moms and babies have to figure out. My friend was dedicated to...

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Katie Bethell

Health Care

08/05/09

The United States Congress currently is crafting health reform legislation that will impact us all-- if and when it is passed. It is my hope that these legislators consider the needs of families, and particularly children, in the process, and that is why I feel it is important to Speak Now for Kids...

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Michelle Snyder

Environmental Health

08/05/09

With a looming budget deficit and a staggering $15.5 billion in proposed budget cuts, California's children have lost in a big way. But there is something -- even if that something seems small right now -- that we can do. We can protect our children from the toxicity of bisphenol A (BPA), a toxic...

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Elisa Batista

08/04/09

By Nancy Duff Campbell, Co-President, National Women's Law Center - Nancy Duff Campbell is a founder and co-president of the National Women’s Law Center, one of the nation’s pre-eminent women’s rights organizations. A recognized expert on women’s law and public policy issues, for over thirty-five...

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Thao Nguyen

08/03/09

Hi all! Once again I will be hosting the newly renamed "Parents Caucus" at Netroots Nation this year. Because last year's event at an ice cream parlor in Austin was a success , I will once again take the event offsite to -- the Hard Rock Cafe in Pittsburgh! All are invited, including children. We...

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Elisa Batista

07/31/09

Exhibit A: MomsRising member, Donna, from Wyoming somehow wrangled a State Director of Senator Enzi’s office to travel a hundred miles to see her and other MomsRising members about healthcare. Here’s what she had to say about their meeting this week: "I would encourage especially those moms who...

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Donna Norton

Health Care Family Economic Security

07/30/09

Today is Governor Schwarzenegger's birthday. But we're not exactly in the mood to throw him a party right now. On Tuesday, the Governor used his line-item veto authority to revise the state budget and add another $50 million in cuts to the state's Healthy Families Program, bringing the total cuts...

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