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The Gruesome Combination of Guns and Intimate Partner Violence

June 11, 2013
Tallying up kids killed with guns was not how I’d planned to spend my morning. Yet there I was, reading through a Mayors Against Illegal Guns report on mass shootings, counting the number of kids killed in domestic-violence related shootings between January 2009 and January 2013. Part-way through,...
Lauren Weiss's picture

Stemming Gun Violence: A Window of Opportunity

June 11, 2013
On the morning of December 14, 2012, just 6 months ago, I was rounding on newborn babies in the hospital. Zipping from room to room I checked on swaddled babies sleeping in the crook of their exhausted mothers' arms. For a brief moment I glanced at my twitter feed and stood stunned as news trickled...

Why Women Should Care about Expanding Background Checks

June 11, 2013
When Zina Haughton obtained a restraining order that prohibited her physically abusive husband from purchasing a gun, she thought she was safe. But despite the court order, Mr. Haughton purchased a gun from an online private seller. Not long after, Mr. Haughton shot and murdered Zina and two of her...
Rebecca Silverman's picture

Why Trader Joe’s? Why now?

April 12, 2013
Consumers Union has taken a stand against the overuse of antibiotics in livestock production for decades – about 40 years, in fact. In that time however, we’ve seen little action by regulatory agencies or lawmakers to curb this practice that is increasingly contributing to the problem of antibiotic...
Meagan Bohne's picture

Viacom's Stockholders Profit. But At What Cost?

March 20, 2013
In its Annual Letter to Stockholders this year, Viacom, a leading global entertainment company that owns over 160 networks including Nickelodeon, boasts about its methods for delivering profits. The letter states, “As always, we aggressively pursue every sensible opportunity to monetize our media...
Carol Hazen's picture

Black Children At Greater Risk for Health Problems Because of Obesity

March 20, 2013
African-American children suffer from obesity at a greater rate than any other group of children in the United States . There are many complex factors that contribute to this epidemic. But one factor, junk foods sold in schools, is being tackled by moms and dads nationwide. The USDA recently...
Monifa Bandele's picture

Americans Want a Fair Budget Now! We Demand Congress Stop Giving Tax Breaks to the Richest 2%

March 19, 2013
The phrase “Let them eat cake,” supposedly uttered by Marie Antoinette reflecting her obliviousness to the plight of the people, could be attributed to some members of Congress. Blind to the real hardships faced by millions of Americans and ignoring what the majority of voters in this country want...
Linda Meric's picture

Time for a New Budget Tune

March 19, 2013
The current proposed Ryan budget is another verse in a fiscal opera that brutally attacks social safety net programs, earned benefits and needed investments in a range of programs from education, health care, road, bridges, energy and science research and much more. The one category of spending...
Kathy Robinson's picture

Raise Your Voice for Healthy Food in Schools

March 15, 2013
These days there is a lot of talk about why we should have healthier food in schools –from childhood obesity prevention to positive nutrition messaging to the connection between healthy diet and academic performance. These are all great reasons, but for me it really boils down to that offering...
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5 Ways to Improve School Snacks

March 15, 2013
Research shows that 40 percent of students buy and eat snack foods at school in a typical day. I can see this daily in my classroom. Many parents are too busy to pack snacks, especially healthy ones. Some of my students are on their own to pack lunches and snacks, and the result can be unhealthy,...
Katy Farber's picture

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