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07/25/11

Last Monday, unions and employers came together to make work-life balance a reality for hourly workers. The common assumption is that workplace flexibility is impractical for hourly workers. Not so: On Monday, models emerged to offer workplace flexibility in three contexts where it might seem...

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Joan C. Williams

Environmental Health

07/25/11

Green jobs, safer chemicals, cleaner air – Lisa Jackson is fighting for them all and more as the Administrator of the US Environmental Protection Agency. And it’s no easy job. As a recent article in the New York Times stated:   “No other cabinet officer is in as lonely or uncomfortable a position...

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Janelle Sorensen

Environmental Health Health Care

07/22/11

My daughters love strawberries and pretty much anything made with strawberries. I don't know that I've ever met a kid who doesn't. Do your kids? If they do, I urge you to take two minutes today to help stop a looming toxic legacy. As Heather Pilatic, Co-Director of Pesticide Action Network North...

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Janelle Sorensen

Health Care

07/22/11

If times are tough and you decide to sell your car to make ends meet, it might make sense if you rarely use the car. But if the car is your only way to get to work and earn a paycheck, you have just set yourself on course for a deep and long-lasting financial spiral. The conversation in Washington...

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Aimee Ossman

07/22/11

It seems every few days someone in Washington has a new plan, commission or deal to cut trillions from the federal budget. But these discussions are always about the dollar amounts cut, not the families cut off from services as a result. As policymakers ponder vast changes in how the government...

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Roberta Heine

Environmental Health

07/22/11

One day in late March, I visited a southwestern Idaho farmworker housing complex with April Flores Mason. April is a Nutrition Services Specialist for a Migrant and Seasonal Head Start program run by Community Council of Idaho , a nonprofit organization that provides services to farmworker families...

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Kara Ryan

07/21/11

New York has a new law, called the Palliative Care information Act (PCIA) . It’s simple, and short, and outlines a specific standard for doctors who care for patients at the end of life. The PCIA says when a disease has advanced to the terminal phase and a patient is unlikely to survive 6 months,...

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Barbara Coombs Lee

07/21/11

Last month, I joined with MoveOn.org and launched the Rebuild the Dream campaign to help give a voice to the millions of Americans who aren’t being heard in Washington. This past weekend, we organized nearly 1,600 house meetings across the country — nearly double the number of protests the Tea...

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Van Jones

Health Care

07/20/11

According to the Treasury Department, on August 2, 2011, the United States Federal Government will officially hit the nation’s debt ceiling. While much has been discussed about the impact of a potential agreement to raise the debt ceiling, very little has been said about what would happen to...

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Jared Solomon

07/20/11

The Obama administration is taking a fresh look at the housing crisis. This is welcome news to NCLR. We have been working for some time with our partners to deliver calls and petitions that challenge the White House and the Department of the Treasury to extend its relief beyond just investors to...

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