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01/30/14

“I can remember only a few years back when the MomsRising State of the Union BINGO card was nearly empty. Keep up the incredible work!” --Wendy, MomsRising member Two words you never thought you'd see together: Historic. BINGO. Tuesday night’s State of the Union address and MomsRising's related...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

01/30/14

To read more stories, click on "Let's Blog4Health! Day One" and "Let's Blog4Health! Day Two." More than 10 million people have enrolled for healthcare coverage under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Yet, millions more are still uninsured, paying too much for health insurance, or unaware that they are...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Food!

01/30/14

Kids are eating out a lot these days and most restaurant kids' meals include a soda. These sugar-sweetened beverages are the largest source of calories in children's diets, providing nearly half of their added sugar intake. With more than three-quarters of the top restaurant chains offering sugary...

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Migdalia Rivera

Food!

01/30/14

Coca-Cola’s mission is “to refresh the world” and promote “open happiness.” The world’s number one beverage company boasts about its initiatives “to support active, healthy living” such as donating to youth fitness programs. Here are a few examples of young people who are questioning this sugar-...

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Wendy Lesko

Environmental Health Health Care

01/29/14

What do Maryland’s kids, our declining honeybees and fish have in common – and especially during this Maryland 2014 legislative session? Pesticides! High rates of childhood cancer, autism, ADHD and asthma in Maryland and elsewhere have been linked to pesticide exposures. Pesticides are also...

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Ruth Berlin

01/29/14

To read more stories, click on "Let's Blog4Health! Day One" and "Let's Blog4Health! Day Three." More than 10 million people have enrolled for healthcare coverage under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Yet, millions more are still uninsured, paying too much for health insurance, or unaware that they...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Health Care

01/28/14

To read more stories, click on "Let's Blog4Health! Day Two" and "Let's Blog4Health! Day Three." More than 10 million people have enrolled for healthcare coverage under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Yet, millions more are still uninsured, paying too much for health insurance, or unaware that they...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Health Care

01/28/14

Before becoming a mother, having quality health care didn't mean as much to me as it does now. But since having my son almost two years ago, I'm more driven than ever to make sure that everyone, especially women and children, has access to affordable health care. As policy director of the Asian...

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Priscilla Huang

Paid Sick Days Family Economic Security

01/27/14

Big doins' this week! We're all getting on the horn to talk about women in the US, how to get to fair pay, why families need a paid leave program they can count on, and what paid sick days would mean for the economic security of moms and dads. Just like child care, these issues connect public...

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Valerie Young

Gun Safety

01/27/14

Legislating for gun safety has long been an uphill battle in Virginia, where even many Democratic lawmakers are allied with the gun lobby. In such an environment, the seemingly most outrageous proposals stand a real chance of becoming law. In 2009, for instance, the Virginia General Assembly voted...

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