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07/16/12

This post originally appeared on Sightline Daily . My daughter will turn three this year, and we just enrolled her in preschool! With all our childcare at home to date, we've been lucky to avoid lots of extra running around with the kid. So, no sooner had we signed little Audrey up for preschool...

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Anna Fahey

07/16/12

Two months ago I was invited by Latinos In Social Media (LATISM) , easily the largest online network of Latinos, to go to D.C. and the White House as a top Latina blogger. I was incredibly honored to be recognized this way and reflected on my personal journey from stay-at-home mom with a blog to a...

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Elisa Batista

Childcare & Early Education

07/16/12

As the mother of a teen, I’ve approached that point in parenting where I’m compelled to spend much of the next several years concerned about the nature of my child’s relationships and when and whether they might involve sex. I know I’m hardly alone in this worry since, as a sex educator, I’ve spent...

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Leslie Kantor

Immigration

07/12/12

For millions of immigrants, here — the U.S. — is home. But for many immigrant women, home is not safe. The last few years have brought a steady decline in the human rights of all immigrants to the United States. Our broken immigration system and cruel anti-immigrant laws have had particular impact...

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Mallika Dutt

07/12/12

Crossposted with author permission from the Huffington Post . As the right grumbles and gossips about Chief Justice John Roberts’ majority opinion upholding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) and the left largely celebrates and ponders it, the response of our two most populous...

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Ann O'Leary

07/12/12

Mothers are so busy managing the here and now that thinking about retirement rarely rises to the top of the “To Do” list. Women’s advocates here in Washington, D.C. are pushing a proposal that would strengthen Social Security for women, especially those who have spent years in the unpaid labor of...

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Valerie Young

07/11/12

Earlier today, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 244-185 to repeal the Affordable Care Act . If this feels like deja vu, it's because it is. By the its own count, the GOP majority has voted to repeal or defund the Affordable Care 33 times -- yes, 33 times! -- since it claimed the majority in...

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Ashley Boyd

Paid Sick Days

07/11/12

The sun is out, children are splashing in pools, and people are, er... getting sick. That's right. Everyone gets sick at some point in their lives from a cold, to a cough, or even worse. But did you know that not everyone has a chance to get better? A whopping 40 million people in the United States...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

07/11/12

After years marked by stalemate and indecision, 2012 has delivered a glimmer of hope for families and the housing market. The Department of Justice kicked off the year with a historic settlement with Bank of America regarding predatory loans made by Countrywide before the Bank acquired the company...

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Janis Bowdler

Health Care

07/10/12

Ah, the call of the ice cream truck. The minute he hears the music from a distance, my four year-old begins begging, “Can I have an ice cream?!” He tries every possible approach – when I say no, he corners his father, and has even resorted to asking a neighbor to buy one for him. Lessons from the...

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Ashley Boyd