Health Care

May 17, 2012

Hitting theaters this week: What to Expect When You’re Expecting , Hollywood’s humorous take on the trials and travails of pregnancy and parenting. According to the trailer, the big screen comedy features five couples whose “lives are turned upside down by the challenges of impending parenthood.”...

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A Better Balance

Health Care

May 16, 2012

Happy National Women's Health Week! This is a whole week dedicated to the health concerns of women and the new opportunities for better health that the Affordable Care Act offers women. Here's a brief description from Womenshealth.gov: "Women often serve as caregivers for their families, putting...

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Claire Moshenberg

Environmental Health Health Care

May 16, 2012

Like many women of her generation, Sue was careful to get prenatal care and watch her weight gain as her doctor advised. In the early 1960s there were no warnings to avoid smoking or alcohol during pregnancy and no information about the potential hazards of environmental chemicals, either for Sue’s...

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Mary Pittman

Health Care

May 12, 2012

People always say good health is the greatest gift, so let’s make health a priority this Mother’s Day. Now that I am a mother myself, I am even more appreciative that I have health insurance that covers the care I need. All moms deserve the kind of quality, affordable care that I was lucky enough...

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Jessica Arons

Paid Family Leave Childcare & Early Education Environmental Health Paid Sick Days Health Care

May 11, 2012

Meet Annie Spiegelman, a Bay Area mom who blogs as " The Dirt Diva " on matters of love, gardening, and cultivating a healthy planet. Just in time for Mother's Day, Annie shares her interview with Rachel's Network Co-Director Laurie Syms on the evidence that women in Congress, regardless of party,...

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Miriam Feffer

Paid Family Leave Environmental Health Paid Sick Days Health Care

May 11, 2012

TIME Magazine just became another self-appointed arbiter of “Mommy Judgment” by trying to inflame the Mommy Wars with their exploitative cover of a young mother standing like a mudflap girl and breastfeeding her 3, maybe 4 year old. The byline: “Are you Mom enough?” The answer is, as soon as you...

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Genevieve Colvin

Childcare & Early Education Environmental Health Health Care Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days

May 10, 2012

Do your kids argue? Or did they when they were younger? Here's a hilarious Mother's Day fantasy just for you! Happy nearly Mother's Day!!! - Kristin, Joan, Monifa, Elisa, Ashley, Nanette, Sarah, Julie, Sarah, Anita, Ruth, Claire, Donna, Mary, and Gloria

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Health Care

May 9, 2012

Happy (almost) Mother’s Day! Many new mothers face the sometimes daunting task of figuring out how to continue nursing and maintaining their supply of breast milk after returning to work. Photo credit: Photo by Flickr user ECohen In honor of Mother's Day, we're celebrating some new protections and...

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Claire Moshenberg

Environmental Health Health Care

May 9, 2012

Happy (almost) Mother's Day! Celebrate the moms in your life with nontoxic gifts and treats. With these easy tips, you can take toxic chemicals out of your Mother's Day breakfast, create your own luxurious beauty gifts for mom, and wrap up your Mother's Day presents in environmentally friendly,...

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Claire Moshenberg

Environmental Health Health Care

May 8, 2012

Sometimes nothing in the world can be so refreshing as taking a long drink straight from the hose after mowing the grass or working in the garden. And who doesn’t remember splashing through the spray from the sprinkler? But those simple pleasures might not be so simple or safe, thanks to the lead...

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