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11/03/11

This is as gross to me as the thought of an expired hamburger that has fallen on the floor and been sneezed on prior to sale. The restaurant lobby spent $837,000 to defeat a sick days bill in Denver, according to the trade publication Nation's Restaurant News . The bill, Initiative 300, would have...

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Elisa Batista

11/03/11

If your daily roundtrip commute to work is around 40 miles then you are spending approximately $2,000 per year on fuel. AAA estimates that the hidden costs of car insurance, oil changes, annual depreciation on your car purchase, etc. add a whooping $3,000 more to your annual costs. In addition, you...

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Bill Roth

Environmental Health Childcare & Early Education

11/02/11

Last week, I shared my passion for a world without nuclear weapons with you. It's truly heartening to know that other mothers also care deeply about not trading our children's futures for nuclear weapons. So today I'm sharing this video . Oscar-nominated actress Naomi Watts and former CIA operative...

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Rima Johnson

Environmental Health MomsVote

11/02/11

Turned to your favorite news source lately? You’ve surely noticed that as another election season gathers steam, the so-called “civil” servants jockeying to represent us spend their time trying to pummel each other with barbs and bile. The conversation never seems to turn to vital issues like the...

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Miriam Feffer

Environmental Health Food! Health Care

11/01/11

Creating non-toxic food isn't just about buying healthier foods or cooking at home; you have to make sure your cooking space and habits aren't home to hidden chemicals. While I've been detoxing my kitchen and cooking practices, I've come across a few easy tricks to lighten your chemical load in the...

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Claire Moshenberg

Childcare & Early Education

11/01/11

Cross posted on Help A Mother Out titled New Haven: Precious Little People Diapers, diapers, diapers. Is my baby crying because his diaper is full? Are the diapers the right size? Do the diapers need washing? Do I have enough diapers to see my child through the day? Of course, I have a four-week-...

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Rachel Miller

10/31/11

Abigail E. Disney, along with co-creators Pamela Hogan and Gini Reticker, is Executive Producer of the five-part PBS series Women, War & Peace. Narrated by Matt Damon, Tilda Swinton, Geena Davis and Alfre Woodard, Women, War & Peace is the most comprehensive global media initiative ever...

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Abigail Disney

Childcare & Early Education

10/31/11

By Ronald E. Jackson, Executive Director, Citizens for Better Schools Here in Alabama and across the South, our public schools — and the children who attend them — are under continuous assault. Cuts in state funding, school closings and increases in school and class sizes are just some of the ways...

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Roger Baldwin

Paid Family Leave Childcare & Early Education

10/30/11

From Your (Wo)manInWashington blog MOTHERS changing the conversation @ www.MothersOughtToHaveEqualRights.org Last week’s policy briefings included one on the state of early education and child care programs in the U.S. The number of spots available across the country is nowhere near the number of...

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Valerie Young

10/30/11

MomsRising has been invited to the White House this coming Tuesday to share your experiences and questions about jobs and the economy. The President wants to hear from you! Are you in? *Click here to submit your questions--and share your experiences--about jobs and the economy for us to give to...

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