Health Care

February 4, 2013

In 1990, when I lived in Los Angeles, my 4-year old son and I were both poisoned by the aerial spraying of malathion. The state had sprayed vast residential areas in an attempt to eradicate the Mediterranean fruit fly—a devastating pest that threatened California’s multi-billion dollar agriculture...

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Ruth Berlin

Health Care Childcare & Early Education

January 31, 2013

Yesterday a friend posted a link to a Facebook group I'm in about Jaielyn, a high school sophomore in Delaware whose school won't let her pump or store breast milk at school. I read the article and my head spun. I've been here before. I got pregnant at the end of my sophomore year of high school...

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Charlie Rose

Health Care Gun Safety

January 30, 2013

The Newtown, Tucson and Virginia Tech “shooters” all chose guns over mental health care. So we debate gun control. But a true solution must involve a serious examination of our mental health system. Even if Adam Lanza, Jared Loughner and Seung-hui Cho had no access to guns, they still would have...

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Dora Wang, M.D.

Environmental Health Health Care

January 29, 2013

You did it! Procter & Gamble has just agreed to reformulate Tide and Tide Free & Gentle to drastically reduce the levels of the cancer-causing chemical 1,4-dioxane! Learn more. In just one short year, you moved the biggest consumer product company on the planet to make this change. Together...

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Cassidy Randall

Health Care

January 27, 2013

"Dora, mama! Dora!" I'm walking with my 22-month-old daughter through Target, and I'm not surprised to hear her yell the name of her favorite cartoon character, Dora the Explorer. What does surprise me is that we're not in the toy aisle, or the book aisle, or even the clothing section -- we're in...

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Pamela Mejia

Paid Family Leave Health Care

January 21, 2013

When we observe the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade on January 22, we are celebrating a major milestone in women’s health, equality, and status as citizens. At its core, Roe stands for women’s right to make important decisions about our own lives. This momentous Supreme Court decision protects both...

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Rachel Roth

Environmental Health Health Care

January 18, 2013

President Obama faces a profound decision as he considers who will step into Lisa Jackson's shoes. Over the past decade, EPA has become a lightening rod for the heated partisan debate about the size and role of government. The agency has also come to serve as a rhetorical punching bag for those...

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Kristin Schafer

Childcare & Early Education Health Care Food!

January 14, 2013

I vividly remember once overhearing my then-six-year-old son’s friend asking how he could get six-pack abs. I was shocked that these young boys were so concerned with their appearance and so aware of what the media was pushing as the ideal male body. Of even more concern, a strong desire to look...

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Leslie Kantor

Health Care

January 9, 2013

Great news! Governor Susana Martinez just announced that New Mexico will expand Medicaid coverage, an option made available under the Affordable Care Act. This means that 170,000 more people will be able to receive health coverage in New Mexico! This is a significant step forward for New Mexicans'...

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Yoo Jane

Health Care

January 9, 2013

A big change in public policy could bring mothers and their new babies much closer from now on. As of January 1, a provision of the Affordable Care Act, the health reform legislation passed by Congress in 2010, now requires that health insurers cover the cost of breast pumps and lactation services...

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