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10/07/13

Today marks the dawn of a new era in California's immigrant communities. This victory belongs first and foremost to the brave undocumented Californians facing deportation after minor or wrongful arrests who came forward from the shadows and told their stories in hopes that other community members...

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Shamasunder Reshma

Paid Family Leave

10/04/13

Kudos to The New York Times for commissioning an article on why there are so few women in science. Author Eileen Pollack suggests two reasons. Citing her own experience as an undergraduate at Yale, she argues that women doubt themselves, and need to be encouraged more to pursue science careers: “...

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Joan C. Williams

Family Economic Security Families & The Federal Budget Health Care

10/04/13

In 2006, I was diagnosed with Stage I breast cancer. After surgery and six rounds of chemotherapy, I returned to normal life. Early detection should have kept me cancer free, but after four years, I was diagnosed with advanced breast cancer with tumors now growing in my lymph nodes, liver, bones...

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Mary Gugich

Environmental Health

10/04/13

Did you know that many personal use product such as cosmetics, shampoos, and body washes contain chemical fragrances that could be harmful to you and your family's health? Not many people do. It's also a secret that companies do not have to disclose which chemicals they are using as fragrance. They...

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Katy Farber

Health Care

10/03/13

Some members in the U.S. House of Representatives want to deny or delay healthcare access for our nation’s uninsured before they pass a continuing resolution (CR) to keep the federal government funded and open. Their willingness to allow a government shutdown to continue places already vulnerable...

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Douglas Greenaway

Health Care

10/03/13

Tuesday was amazing. Thanks to you (and thousands of other people across the country who have been working tirelessly to get the word out about health reform) the Health Insurance Marketplace had a great first day. There were 4.7 million visitors to the Healthcare.gov website, 190,000 calls to...

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Felicia Burnett

10/03/13

Do you ever wake up and think, “ Well, now, this is completely absurd? ” Today is one of those days, because some members of Congress have decided that attempting to deny millions of people healthcare coverage is more important than lost paychecks, access to education and food for our children, or...

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Elyssa Schmier

Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days

10/02/13

Update: On September 24, 2013, Governor Brown signed SB 770, which will take effect of July 1, 2014. This bill will expand the definition of family for the California Paid Family Leave Act. On Jan. 9, 2012, Women's eNews published my article, " Paid Family Leave Pays-Let's Buy in This Year ." I...

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Susan Rose

10/01/13

As of midnight our federal government is closed for business. After failing to pass a Continuing Resolution (CR), which would continue funding for federal programs, a defeated and fractured Congress decided to call it a night leaving 800,000 workers without a pay check, national parks, monuments,...

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Elyssa Schmier

Environmental Health Health Care

10/01/13

I didn’t realize how many women don’t have access to basic information on how to protect themselves (and their unborn child) from exposure to toxic chemicals. Check out WVE's tips for harmful chemicals to avoid during pregnancy!

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