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10/20/11

I used to babysit a house full of smart, awesome girls. They played pirates, staged elaborate kitchen science experiments, and read books by the case-full. For half an hour every evening, we sprawled out on the couch and tuned in to the ongoing exploits of a myriad of makeup lacquered, fresh out of...

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Claire Moshenberg

Childcare & Early Education

10/19/11

On Halloween, kids can be whatever they want to be: From astronauts, to ghosts, to red-nosed clowns, all of their costume dreams can come true for a day. But we have a secret: There’s a little Halloween magic happening all year round. Quality early care and education gives kids the foundation to be...

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Sarah Francis

Environmental Health

10/19/11

Warning: this post isn't funny. The sentence before this one is not a joke. I mean, there might be parts that are slightly funny but that is just pure luck. So I have this best friend and we'll call her Wendy. We'll call her Wendy because that is her real name. She said I could use it so we are...

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Amber Dusick

Family Economic Security Health Care

10/18/11

The recent release of the new census data should serve as a stark reminder to the 12 members of the Congressional “ Super Committee ” that our nation’s children are in crisis. Overall, the data revealed that the number of children living in poverty has risen to a record 16 million . That’s greater...

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Jared Solomon

Environmental Health Health Care

10/18/11

Your workday may be difficult or carefree, happy or less so, busy or boring. No matter how your day at the office is going (and I hope it's going well), the one thing it shouldn't be is toxic. Offices and workday rituals can contain the same toxic chemicals that show up in our homes. Try these five...

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Claire Moshenberg

10/18/11

Gini Reticker, an Academy Award nominated Producer and Emmy-winning Director, is one of the creators of Women, War & Peace . She is the Director of Pray the Devil Back to Hell, winner of Tribeca’s Best Documentary 2008. Below she reflects on the power of storytelling and the role of women in...

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Gini Reticker

10/18/11

While the media has painted, rightfully so or not, that the Wall Street protestors are just a bunch of hippies, radicals and druggies, I believe that the discontentment they are expressing is valid and widespread. As a father and a filmmaker, I’d like to see a more representative face put on this...

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Dana Glazer

Environmental Health

10/17/11

Sunday was World Food Day , and while hunger endangers the lives of too many around the world, for many parents, our daily food challenge might be more on the order of just getting our little ones to eat their broccoli. I’ve found some simple strategies that help raise awareness about the world...

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Homa Tavangar

Food! Health Care

10/17/11

Cross-posted from CryWolfProject.org . An apple a day and eating your peas led to good health, we once thought. Now, according to major food manufacturers, fruits and vegetables are “ job killers ” that will devastate the American economy. Photo credit: James Vaughan (via Flickr). In April of this...

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Donald Cohen

10/17/11

Cross-posted from New Deal 2.0 . When the second Google hit (after Wikipedia) for "corporate cronyism" links to a speech by Sarah Palin, you know why progressives need Occupy Wall Street. Occupy Wall Street's power lies in the "We are the 99%" theme. The poignant and evocative stories on the Tumblr...

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