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10/22/12

This is it! The last presidential debate of the 2012 election cycle is tonight. And while the focus of the debate will be on foreign policy, we’re still planning to play presidential debate BINGO because who knows what will happen! Join us! Download your BINGO card here and then get online to watch...

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Ruth Martin

10/22/12

With grotesque shootings continuing to devastate families across America, I have been travelling quite a bit lately in my work advocating for responsible gun laws. On September 12-13, my destination was Florida, where I attended the state-appointed Florida Task Force on Citizen Safety and...

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Lori Haas

10/22/12

Last week was “women’s week” in the presidential debate, and the candidates fought over the girls in their stump speeches at every stop afterwards. Monday's face-off moves on to foreign policy; the women in the binders and the equal pay issue will likely be left in the paper shredder along with...

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Martha Burk

Open Flexible Work

10/21/12

More telling than Governor Mitt Romney’s inaccurate “binders full of women” comment during the presidential debate last week, were his comments about workplace flexibility, and, the comments he didn’t make. When asked by voter Katherine Fenton how he planned to rectify the inequalities in the...

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Liz O'Donnell

Podcast

10/20/12

As the November 6 election draws near, candidates across the country are talking about the issues that they think will get them the very most votes -- but are they missing out? Are they ignoring important topics? *LISTEN TO THE SHOW HERE: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/moms-rising-radio/...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Podcast Food!

10/19/12

Last month, five incredible food experts came together on MomsRising radio to talk about junk food, school lunches, better food, and more. They shared an incredible wealth of information---trust me, this list could have been the top 100 tips from food experts on eating healthy. To hear the rest of...

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Claire Moshenberg

Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days MomsVote Realistic & Fair Wages

10/19/12

What a week! The "binders full of women" quote exploded in a wide ranging national conversation . It appeared everywhere from Facebook images going viral to people writing hilarious reviews of binders on Amazon . But while pundits analyze the "binders" issue, we at MomsRising have some additional...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

10/18/12

Everyone wants their hard work and effort to be recognized and valued. When you earn a paycheck for your work, there's some built-in validation of the "worth" of your effort. But the external recognition of stay-at-home parenting is often more complicated. Sure, the contributions of stay-at-home...

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Ashley Boyd

10/18/12

Co-written by Katherine Ullman. "Binders full of women." We all know what Mitt Romney meant during last night's presidential debate when he discussed his "effort" to recruit more women during his tenure as Governor of Massachusetts. But what he said spread like wildfire across the internet and...

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Joan C. Williams

10/17/12

Get 'em while they're young. You'll often hear us saying that the early years are when we can make the biggest impact in a child's development. That's why encouraging breastfeeding is so important. The benefits of nursing are numerous: children become healthier, more resistant to disease and less...

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