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03/27/12

Last month, an armed Sanford, FL neighborhood watchman, George Zimmerman followed, confronted and shot Trayon Martin AFTER being told by a 911 dispatcher to stay in his car until police arrive. Trayvon Martin was on his way home from buying candy at a store during halftime of the NBA All-Star game...

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Monifa Bandele

03/27/12

From Your (Wo)manInWashington blog MOTHERS changing the conversation @ www.MothersOughtToHaveEqualRights.org Journalist Liza Mundy sees a time, in the very near future, when women will earn more than men and the economic shift will transform our mating, marriage and motherhood patterns. In The...

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Valerie Young

03/26/12

Today, the Supreme Court began arguments about the constitutionality of provisions within the Affordable Care Act. Watch our short video explaining the legal challenges, why we think the law is constitutional, and what women could lose if the law is struck down. http://youtu.be/PxVWrlUf4Bc Also,...

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Thao Nguyen

Paid Sick Days Open Flexible Work

03/26/12

The concept of unlimited vacation or “no vacation policy” is becoming a popular idea . Large companies like IBM, HubSpot, and Netflix have kicked the standard two-week vacation policy to the curb. Over the years, we’ve worked with many organization, big and small, to help them implement a Results-...

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Cali Ressler

Environmental Health

03/26/12

I remember the moment I became a mother. It was like lightening and thunder inside my body, and then, suddenly and unexpectedly, a delightful soft and smooth swoosh. And there she was. Like every mother, I wanted my child to be happy. That was 24 years ago, and instinctively, I knew that happiness...

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Laura Musikanski

Health Care

03/23/12

Yeah -- no copay for well child visits! By Elisabeth Burak, Georgetown University Center for Children and Families As some Say Ahhh! readers know, I recently moved across the country with my husband and toddler. It's been more than three months, but we're still searching our new place for clothes...

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Say Ahhh!

03/23/12

By Kevin Lucia, Georgetown University Health Policy Institute's Center on Health Insurance Studies When a child turns two, it's natural to take stock of all the milestones they have achieved such as first steps, first words and first solid foods. Some parents are even organized enough to document...

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Health Care

03/23/12

By Joan Alker, Georgetown University Center for Children and Families One of the least often discussed provisions of the Affordable Care Act continues to be one of the most popular according to the latest Kaiser Health News tracking poll. Seventy percent of those responding to the poll thought...

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Family Economic Security

03/23/12

March is women's history month and I wanted to share a few tidbits of women's history that are even less commonly known than most, and history that is still impacting the lives of women and mothers today. Did you know that… When the Social Security act was adopted in the late 1930's, the Council...

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Kristin Maschka

Health Care

03/23/12

Governor Jan Brewer of Arizona signed into law a measure to limit the shackling of pregnant women, bringing the number of states with such laws on the books to 15. The new law applies to state and county prisons and jails, and prohibits shackling during transportation to the hospital to give birth...

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