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08/15/13

The fact that only 11 percent of employees in the United States are provided any kind of paid family leave by their employers makes me angry. Kind of like that angry cat in the picture. We can change this! For the first time ever, the United States Senate Appropriations Committee has approved a...

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Ruth Martin

Paid Family Leave Open Flexible Work Family Economic Security

08/15/13

Having the time to bond with a new baby is crucial for many reasons. One reason why those first weeks after a baby is born are so vital is the importance of the breastfeeding relationship. However, for many mothers, that relationship is soon disrupted – as many as a quarter of mothers return to...

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Liz Ben-Ishai

Gun Safety

08/14/13

As North Carolina becomes the first state to agree to provide financial compensation to people who suffered under government-run sterilization programs, the California Legislature is finally grappling with reports of modern-day sterilization abuse in its prison system. Confronting Eugenics in the...

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Rachel Roth

Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days Family Economic Security

08/13/13

Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi’s press conference last month announcing the House Democrats Economic Agenda for Women and Families, “When Women Succeed, America Succeeds,” ended with Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez’s speech highlighting the importance of the Agenda to small businesses. Congresswoman...

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Liz Ben-Ishai

08/12/13

I am very excited to share with you the official book trailer for “Maxed Out: American Moms on the Brink.” It’s 2 minutes long. Please share it far and wide (Facebook, Twitter, Google+, your living room, or wherever you hang out). Mothers are breadwinners in two-thirds of American families, yet the...

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Katrina Alcorn

Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days Family Economic Security

08/12/13

Co-written with Katherine Ullman. So you or your partner is pregnant. There are plenty of important decisions to consider: what will be the little one’s name? Will you share the name with friends and family or keep it a secret? What about gender? Do you want to know? Do you want others to know?...

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Joan C. Williams

Environmental Health Health Care

08/12/13

What's hiding in the fragrances of top brand-name cleaners? You have a right to know--and SC Johnson should be telling you instead of keeping toxic secrets.

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Cassidy Randall

08/12/13

Taco Bell recently announced it was dropping kids' meals at all restaurants nationwide by early 2014. This is great news for moms and dads who are tired of fast- food restaurants marketing junk food to their kids with the aid of toy giveaways. But getting rid of unhealthy meals is only the first...

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Karen Showalter

Open Flexible Work

08/11/13

I was never able to take more than four weeks off work after the births of my children. My husband filed for divorce a week after the birth of our third daughter. Two weeks later, I moved on my own with our children from Utah to Massachusetts, where my soon-to-be-ex-husband was living for work. In...

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Carla Moquin

08/08/13

This blog post originally appeared in Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution blog . The new U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Smart Snacks in School rule, nutritional standards to ensure that snack foods and beverages are healthy, will go into effect during the 2014-2015 school year. Research by the...

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