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11/28/11

What is a California election without some good old-fashioned scapegoating? We Californians are innovators in so many ways: home to the first personal computer, the nation’s first recycling program and ground zero for the Americans with Disabilities Act. But we also have this nasty history of...

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Elisa Batista

Paid Family Leave

11/26/11

On Wednesday a new poll [PDF] was released that shows that people who are most likely to need paid family leave are least likely to be aware of programs that provide it. Specifically, California registered voters were surveyed to assess their awareness of the state’s groundbreaking Paid Family...

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Nanette Fondas

11/24/11

I asked my daughter, " What's your favorite thing about Thanksgiving? "    She answered in one exuberant word, " Eating! "    Eating. While many celebrate by eating together on Thanksgiving, far too many children in our nation ( nearly 1 in 4 ) live in families who are struggling to put food on the...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Environmental Health Health Care

11/23/11

At an all-day seminar last week, I listened to university researchers discuss this startling question: Are we poisoning our children? Hard data points to a resounding, very sobering "yes".

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Kristin Schafer

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security

11/23/11

I asked my daughter, "What's your favorite thing about Thanksgiving?" She answered in one exuberant word, "Eating!" While many celebrate by eating together on Thanksgiving, far too many children in our nation (nearly 1 in 4) live in families who are struggling to put food on the table because of...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

11/22/11

By Marcia D. Greenberger, Co-President, National Women's Law Center Forty years ago today, for the first time in its history, the Supreme Court held that a law that discriminated against women violated the Constitution. In Reed v. Reed , a unanimous Court struck down an Idaho law requiring the...

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Thao Nguyen

Immigration

11/22/11

Emily Butera is the Senior Program Officer for Detention and Asylum at the Women's Refugee Commission Maribel was driving in Virginia with her one-year-old child when she was pulled over by a police officer, who asked to see her driver’s license. A Mexican citizen living in the U.S. without a visa...

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Emily Butera

Environmental Health

11/22/11

The holiday season is almost upon us. And oh, how things seem to speed up, and expectations fall like rain. Family meals, holiday parties, school events and fundraisers, gifts for friends and family.... it can get overwhelming even for the most zen like among us. It is even easier to grab processed...

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Katy Farber

11/22/11

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s…. a North Carolina Stroller Brigade for Safer Chemicals! If you happened to be in downtown Raleigh, NC last week, you would have been in for quite a treat. It’s rare to see a super hero strolling down the city streets, let alone a whole parade going by with capes...

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Beth Messersmith

11/22/11

Children Children are the most vulnerable people on the planet. According to a 2002 World Health Organization report, 150 million girls and 73 million boys experience sexual abuse. Right here in the United States, child sexual abuse is rampant . Often, these abuses take place right in the homes and...

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