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09/08/09

From Your (Wo)manInWashington blog It's tempting to just screen out all the noise and hoopla about healthcare reform. The TV glows with dozens of "experts" nattering on and on. Newspapers are full of charts and graphs. One group yells, another group yells louder. It would be easy to shrug your...

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Valerie Young

Environmental Health

09/04/09

This past spring, the companies that make and use the chemical bisphenol-A, BPA, convened a meeting in Washington, DC, to devise a reassuring media campaign, which they have just now launched. Young mothers aged 21-35, such as MomsRising members, are the target. The meeting minutes noted that their...

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Alice Shabecoff

Environmental Health Health Care

09/03/09

It took nearly two years, but FDA has finally published its study on lead in lipstick, and the findings are not reassuring. FDA found up to four times more lead in lipstick than previous reports. Even less reassuring is the fact that FDA spent two years studying the problem, only to discover that,...

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Stacy Malkan

Paid Sick Days Health Care Family Economic Security

09/02/09

Wow. H1N1 is on moms' minds. Over 33,000 people signed on to the petition we sent around last week, agreeing that: "The United States needs to allow all working people to earn paid sick days to ensure our economic security, and protect public health." The leaders of our nation are working hard to...

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Katie Bethell

Health Care

09/01/09

As a mom and a child health advocate, I am deeply concerned about our children who rely upon the Medicaid program and their ability to access specialty care. Medicaid is the largest insurer of children. One in four children in this country depends on Medicaid for health care coverage. Pediatric...

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Jill Fraggos

Food!

09/01/09

While Washington continues to debate the need for a health care overhaul, a related challenge gets far too little attention. Over the past 40 years, child obesity has increased dramatically - rising by 150% among 2 to 5 year olds, 400% among children 6 to 11 years old and more than 300% among young...

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Senator Kirsten Gillibrand

08/31/09

From Your (Wo)manInWashington blog, contributed by MOTHERS volunteer and guest blogger Rosanne Weston Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, a 71-year-old mother and grandmother, is the President of Liberia and the first female head of state elected in Africa. She pledged to “bring motherly sensitivity and emotion...

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Valerie Young

08/30/09

The Time for Lunch campaign, including a Labor Day Potluck/Sit-In on September 7, offers a chance to protest the junk America is feeding schoolkids.

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Annette Laing

08/29/09

Senator Kennedy was a force of nature, a lion, an elegant street fighter for social justice. He touched many lives and changed the direction of our nation for the good in big and small, public and private ways. We celebrate his life and mourn his passing. An amazing group of people came together to...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

08/28/09

This week, our Triangle MomsRising group made office visits to speak with Senator Kay Hagan's staff and Congressman Brad Miller in Raleigh, NC. It was my first Senate office visit and I was blown away by the powerful stories that our members shared. It definitely made an impression on Senator Hagan...

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Mojo Mom -- Amy Tiemann