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05/13/12

It's Mother's Day, Spring grass is growing, and soccer balls are flying. I love soccer. I love watching both my son and my daughter run like the wind as they dribble the ball down the field. I love standing on the sidelines rooting for their teams. This doesn't, however, make me a "soccer mom," a...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Childcare & Early Education

05/13/12

By Tiseme Gabriella Zegeye, ACLU Women's Rights Project The current presidential campaign has brought attention to the " war on women " and the "war on moms," with both Republicans and Democrats speaking out on the need to recognize and value the work mothers do in raising their children. Attention...

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Roger Baldwin

Paid Family Leave Open Flexible Work

05/12/12

My favorite Mother's day gifts from my sons were their original stories, songs and poems. But what I needed when they were infants and toddlers was something children can't deliver: affordable time off when they were born and when they were sick. So for all those candidates and elected officials...

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Ellen Bravo

Paid Family Leave

05/12/12

Mother's Day unifies the nation as we all scurry to find the right Hallmark card, fancy flowers or some proverbial chocolates to honor she who labored us into this world. The treats, however, can't sweeten a bitter fact: our country, while touting that it values families, gives scant evidence of...

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Hannah Matthews

Health Care

05/12/12

People always say good health is the greatest gift, so let’s make health a priority this Mother’s Day. Now that I am a mother myself, I am even more appreciative that I have health insurance that covers the care I need. All moms deserve the kind of quality, affordable care that I was lucky enough...

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Jessica Arons

05/12/12

The President's support for gay marriage is a step in the right direction, but meanwhile, gay families are excluded from basic protections like family leave to care for one another in case of a serious health condition. Check out this op-ed about the issue: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/janet-walsh...

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Janet Walsh

05/12/12

Are you a hot mama or have you surrendered your womanly power to the diaper bin? I have decided to reclaim my whole self and here's how. I reached the technical linear date of mid-life a couple of years ago (now 42) and at that moment I realized the value of bucket lists. In the first half of life...

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Lisa Labon

05/11/12

Mother's Day has always been a special day for me -- a time to celebrate my mother, grandmothers, but most importantly, my children. It's they, after all, who make Mother's Day (and every day) a day worth remembering. But this Mother's Day, I won't be able to celebrate with all my kids. Well, to...

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Jennifer Tyrrell

05/11/12

This mother’s day – I’d like to share an oldie but goodie blog post about the importance of moms in our lives, and how critical it is to provide them with the safety nets that they provide their children every day. This year, three of my four sisters are celebrating their first or second Mother’s...

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Thao Nguyen

Immigration

05/11/12

As you read this, the U.S. Supreme Court is considering key elements of Arizona’s SB1070 — one of the most outrageously harsh anti-immigration laws our nation has ever seen. As the Court deliberates, the rampant racial profiling and blatant discrimination encouraged by SB1070 continue to devastate...

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