Health Care

September 30, 2011

By Galen Sherwin, Staff Attorney ACLU Women's Rights Project Women should not be forced to choose between breastfeeding their babies and pursuing a legal education — right? Wrong — at least according to the Law School Admissions Council (LSAC), the organization that administers the LSAT. This...

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Roger Baldwin

Environmental Health Health Care

September 27, 2011

With the seasons changing, many magazines want to help you create your new look for fall with a smorgasbord of trends. Beauty trends are fun; toxic chemical exposures are not. Did you know that the average woman is exposed to 125 chemicals from cosmetics before she walks out the door in the morning...

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Claire Moshenberg

Childcare & Early Education Health Care

September 26, 2011

My husband and I are expecting our first baby in December, and we just might be moving to Finland within the next few years–unless schools around here get better soon. And by “better,” I don’t mean that they start churning out higher test scores. I want my daughter to go to a school where she can...

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Kerala Taylor

Health Care

September 23, 2011

Here at FamiliesUSA, we get questions all the time from folks in the "sandwich generation" who are seeking better health care coverage for both their kids and their aging parents. People want to know things like: - What can I do to ensure coverage for my kids if I lose my job? - What should I do if...

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Erin Kelly

Environmental Health Health Care Food!

September 23, 2011

Even though back to school chaos is long over, and autumn weather has hit quite a bit of the country, today is the official end of summer. In honor of the official end of the season, here’s a round up of this summer’s Tips Tuesday tips. Enjoy, and get ready for a whole new batch of autumn-themed,...

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Claire Moshenberg

Environmental Health Health Care Food!

September 22, 2011

Hundreds of studies have linked BPA to serious health problems , including cancer, heart disease, obesity, and a number of reproductive issues. With 2 billion pounds of BPA produced annually in the US, it’s no wonder that 93% of Americans have detectable levels of BPA in their bodies . So with BPA...

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Claire Moshenberg

Environmental Health Health Care

September 22, 2011

Know that new plastic shower curtain smell? Smells good you say? Well not so fast. The familiar new shower curtain smell may be toxic to your health. When you open a new PVC (aka vinyl) shower curtain, you’re immediately hit with a strong chemical odor, which may persist in your home for days,...

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Mike Schade

Environmental Health Health Care Food!

September 21, 2011

Toy Story. Disney Princesses. Dangerous toxic chemicals. One of these things is not like the others, right? Wrong. A new study by the Breast Cancer Fund shows that the dangerous toxic chemical BPA appears in a wide variety of canned foods specifically marketed towards kids like Campbell's Disney...

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Claire Moshenberg

Paid Family Leave Childcare & Early Education Environmental Health Paid Sick Days Health Care Open Flexible Work Realistic & Fair Wages Families & The Federal Budget

September 21, 2011

On the occasion of Hispanic Heritage Month, September 15 to October 15, MomsRising is celebrating Latina mothers across the United States, ¡Con Mucho Gusto! (With great pleasure.) With a population of 50 million in the United States (1), Latinos have and will continue to contribute to our country...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Health Care Family Economic Security

September 20, 2011

Sometimes when I open the newspaper, I feel like throwing it right back out to the curb. (No disrespect intended to the curb.) Last week, for example, there was the terrible new census data report that nearly one in six Americans is living in poverty, and one in four babies born in America right...

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