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10/03/12

The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) applauds the USDA’s new nutritional guidelines for school meals. Many Latino children across the nation will be able to enjoy a variety of nutritious options as they enter the new school year this fall. As the number of Latinos in the U.S. grows...

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Jessica Fuentes

MomsVote Politics & Policy

10/03/12

Want to hang out tonight? Throw some popcorn with us! Tonight, at 6pmPST/9pmEST, we're going to be playing a national game of Presidential Debate BINGO with thousands of moms, dads, kids, neighbors, and people across the country as we watch the debate--and we'd love for you to play too! * Get your...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

MomsVote Childcare & Early Education

10/03/12

The U.S. education system is what made this country prosperous in the twentieth century -- but no longer. Perhaps no issue is more urgent than this, yet for all the talk of teacher’s unions and testing, real education programs, ideas that will matter, are nonexistent this election season. Flickr/...

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Mattea Kramer

10/03/12

How the Affordable Care Act’s essential health benefits may help Henry get the health care he needs to grow and thrive. By JoAnn Volk, Georgetown University Center on Health Insurance Reforms Losing health care coverage just before your due date is not something you read about in “What to Expect...

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Say Ahhh!

Health Care

10/03/12

On September 28, 2012, Governor Brown of California signed Assembly Bill 2530 into law, ushering in a new era of legal protection from shackling during pregnancy. Beginning January 1, 2013, the new law will prohibit shackling women around the belly, at the ankles, or with handcuffs behind their...

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Rachel Roth

Environmental Health Health Care Food!

10/02/12

Phthalates are toxic chemicals already banned from children's toys because we know they're dangerous to kids. But they aren't yet banned from all products intended for kids: It turns out phthalates can be found in many back-to-school products as well, including lunch boxes and backpacks! This year...

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Claire Moshenberg

Immigration

10/02/12

This op-ed originally appeared in ABC News / Univision . Lily Eskelsen is a mother, grandmother and teacher with 20 years of classroom experience. While she's not an immigrant, she has passionate views on immigration because many of her students have dealt with the struggles of being undocumented...

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Mary Olivella

Paid Family Leave Childcare & Early Education

10/02/12

By the time President Obama and Governor Romney throw out the first punches in the October 3 debate, many of the nation’s 16 million poor children will be fast asleep. Some of them will have gone to bed hungry. Some of them will be sleeping in homeless shelters or substandard housing. Many of them...

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Hannah Matthews

MomsVote

10/02/12

Large groups gathering in Iowa in the early morning hours? People camping out in Ohio before the doors open? Click here to help register 4 more! It’s starting! Early voting has begun: In Iowa, voters have been able to vote since last week . And when I flipped on the radio this morning, I heard that...

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Ruth Martin

Open Flexible Work

10/02/12

Every year The Center for WorkLife Law, which I direct, runs a leadership academy for women law firm partners . One key message we send is that sometimes what it takes to make partner is different from what it takes to rise in the partnership. “I’ve noticed that the women work so exceptionally hard...

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