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01/23/13

Beyoncé literally pushing soda to kids. Sign the Petition Asking Beyoncé to Ditch Pepsi/Resign from Let’s Move ! In a sickening development involving the First Lady’s Let’s Move! initiative to improve the nutrition, fitness and health of the nation’s children, the initiative’s celebrity spokeswoman...

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Nancy Huehnergarth

Immigration

01/23/13

How different would the USA be if we weren’t a land of immigrants? (you could say that if no one ever migrated the land would be mainly inhabited by the Cherokee, Iroquois, and so forth, but for this purpose, let us imagine what USA would be like with no immigration after the Revolution). Think...

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Diana Limongi

01/23/13

The United States experiences epidemic levels of gun violence, claiming over 30,000 lives annually, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. For every person who dies from a gunshot wound, two others are wounded. In 2010, guns took the lives of 31,076 Americans in homicides...

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Valerie Young

01/23/13

This last week has been one of the most meaningful and powerful weeks of my life since I began advocating for gun violence prevention. It started as I spent the one-month anniversary of the Sandy Hook tragedy in Newtown. I came with survivors and family members of victims of the Columbine, Virginia...

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Lori Haas

01/23/13

Last Monday marked the one-month anniversary of the mass shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, which left twenty very young children and six adult employees of Sandy Hook Elementary School dead. Since that time, we have grieved with parents over the unimaginable loss of their children--both in the soft...

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Kelly Singleton Dalton

Paid Family Leave Health Care

01/21/13

When we observe the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade on January 22, we are celebrating a major milestone in women’s health, equality, and status as citizens. At its core, Roe stands for women’s right to make important decisions about our own lives. This momentous Supreme Court decision protects both...

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Rachel Roth

Environmental Health Health Care

01/18/13

President Obama faces a profound decision as he considers who will step into Lisa Jackson's shoes. Over the past decade, EPA has become a lightening rod for the heated partisan debate about the size and role of government. The agency has also come to serve as a rhetorical punching bag for those...

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Kristin Schafer

01/17/13

I'm writing to you from my kitchen table while my kids do their homework, appreciating just that they are here. Safe. And I can't help but think of the empty spots on at the tables in families who've lost their children to gun violence, like those recently at the Sandy Hook Elementary school. It's...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

01/17/13

There was nothing ambiguous about how I was raised. What my parents expected of me was crystal clear, as were the expectations of my teachers and my church. Always serve yourself last, my mother said. Make sure, wherever you are, that everyone else is taken care of before you think of yourself. Don...

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Valerie Young

Open Flexible Work Family Economic Security

01/15/13

The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals gave pregnant women and advocates a very disappointing decision last week. Peggy Young asked for light duty during her pregnancy, at her doctor’s recommendation. Her employer, UPS, denied her request even though it had a policy of giving light duty to a lot of...

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