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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?...
Joan C. Williams's picture
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.
Cassidy Randall's picture
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...
Karen Showalter's picture
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...
Carla Moquin's picture
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...
Jessica Donze Black's picture
08/08/13
MomsRising continues to invest in developing a social media community that can influence national conversation and be activated and organized around school food and food marketing to children. In less than six months #FoodFri tweetchats grew to regularly reach millions, trending nationally almost...
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08/07/13
A new report on obesity among preschool children enrolled in federal health and nutrition programs shows the nation is making important progress to reverse the epidemic. Among the places with declines, the U.S. Virgin Islands had the greatest decrease, from 13.6 percent in 2008 to 11 percent in...
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08/07/13
Trayvon Martin and his dad, Tracy Martin Cross-posted from Carolyn Edgar: Notes of a Lawyer, Writer, and Single Mom The acquittal of George Zimmerman leaves me fearful. I fear for my friend’s 15-year-old son. He plays football for his suburban high school. He is already 6’ 2” and still growing. And...
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08/07/13
FRAC and MomsRising invite you to a tweetchat this Friday, August 9th at 1 PM EDT for a special #FoodFri tweetchat with Massachusetts Congressman Jim McGovern about SNAP and Hunger In America . We hope you will join us to tweet your comments, resources and questions by adding the hashtag #FoodFri...
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08/06/13
This week, the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health (NLIRH) launches its fourth annual Latina Week of Action for Reproductive Justice. With the support of more than 85 organizations, including the partnership of California Latinas for Reproductive Justice (CLRJ) and the Colorado...
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