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07/10/09

A recent Good Morning America story reflected something I’m hearing more of from friends: now doesn’t feel like a safe time to take a full maternity leave. As Ellen Galinsky notes in the piece “The issue for women these days is that they are increasingly important financial supporters of the family...

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Morra Aarons-Mele

07/10/09

Did you know that a bill proposing a paid sick days law was first introduced in Congress in 2004? Since then, never, not once, did the bill even get scheduled for a Congressional Committee hearing -- one of the first big steps before a bill can become a law. Until now.

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Katie Bethell

Environmental Health

07/08/09

From Your Woman In Washington Written by MOTHERS volunteer Kelly Coyle DiNorcia (ahimsamama.blogspot.com) I recently took a ride down to Princeton, NJ to see a talk given by a woman named Shannon Hayes. It was about what she calls Radical Homemaking, or Enlightened Homemaking. Radical Homemakers...

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Valerie Young

Environmental Health

07/08/09

Today I was in Sacramento testifying in support of a bill that would help eliminate flame retardants from baby and toddler products. The good news is the bill survived the business and professions committee and is off to the Assembly appropriations committee. The bad news is it was watered down a...

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Elisa Batista

07/07/09

(This piece is part of the Fem2.0 blog carnival : For Women, the Other Side of Work Isn't Play, It's Caregiving. ) I’m tired. My job and two kids take it out of me both physically and mentally, every day. The husband, a most loving partner and doting father, is happy to help, eager for instruction...

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Gloria Pan

07/07/09

Emily McKhann, TheMotherhood.com When I first started blogging in 2004 I had no idea the impact it would have on my life. Yes, I found a place to talk about what was going on in my world, but much more important as it turned out, I got to read - in fact really hear – the stories of other moms and...

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Emily McKhann

Childcare & Early Education

07/06/09

More parents than ever are balancing work and raising children. When I was growing up, just over one-third of mothers with young children worked outside the home. Today, it’s nearly two-thirds. The cost of quality child care is steadily increasing across New York. families across New York are...

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Senator Kirsten Gillibrand

Environmental Health

07/06/09

Quick Note: Please check us out at Daily Kos and "recommend" our diary! Last week Senate Bill 772 , a California bill that would stop a de facto requirement for toxic chemicals in the foam of children’s furniture and baby products, barely made it out of the Assembly environmental committee. The...

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Elisa Batista

Environmental Health Health Care

07/04/09

This July 4, MomsRising is urging our members to declare independence from toxic chemicals and become part of the Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families campaign! At MomsRising, we hear from members all the time who are deeply concerned about dangerous chemicals in the environment and in the products we...

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Ariana Kelly

07/02/09

If you need to replace a husband, you might consider a union. What women used to find in marriage-- lifetime material security- might well come from collective agreements. A few weeks ago, I interviewed a a single mother from California. After Jessica Garcia's husband left, she found herself with...

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