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06/08/11

Today is an "orange alert" day in Washington, DC. That means air pollution levels are high enough to be unhealthy for people with asthma and other sensitivities. In New Mexico, ash and smoke from the wildfires in Arizona are making the air similarly harmful for certain people. With all of that...

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Senator Tom Udall

Paid Sick Days

06/08/11

In recent weeks, I've written here and here about legislation before Philadelphia City Council that would allow every worker in the city to earn paid sick days. To round things out, I am now passing along an op-ed I co-authored with Lonnie Golden, a professor of economics and labor studies at Penn...

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Steve Herzenberg

06/08/11

I’ve just finished one more article on what essentially becomes “The Three Main Things” that we need to do to improve our schools. They aren’t bad things. Well, sometimes they are. But, basically they sound essentially reasonable. And I hate, hate, hate to argue with something that sounds...

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Lily Eskelsen

Environmental Health

06/08/11

UPDATE: Did you take action on this one yet? The blogpost and action below shares details about toxics chemicals in infant car-seats, but the sad news is that this issue impacts us all because toxic flame retardants have been found in a wide variety of cushioning from car-seats to couches. And even...

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Sarah Francis

06/07/11

When President Johnson signed the Fair Housing Act into law in 1968, the Act did not include women, families with children and people with disabilities. Since then, advocates and public officials strengthened the Act and today the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development uses these powers...

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Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity John Trasviña

Open Flexible Work

06/07/11

More than 150 companies have discovered that enforced separation of parents from their newborns when they return to work is no longer necessary. These organizations have hosted an astonishing 1,800 babies over the years and have seen consistent benefits from allowing babies at work, including...

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Carla Moquin

Paid Sick Days

06/07/11

The Institute for Women's Policy Research is venturing into new territory. IWPR has been selected to compete in the Pepsi Refresh Project , a voter-driven contest that could win IWPR $25,000 for raising awareness on the status of women. With previous grants going to projects that build playgrounds...

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Clark Jennifer

06/07/11

BERKELEY, Calif. -- You could say I have been busy. This past weekend I ran my first half marathon , and I also hosted a book giveaway for kids courtesy of iVillage , PBS Kids and Scholastic . To encourage children to read this summer, the three companies joined forces to launch a FREE six-week...

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Elisa Batista

Health Care

06/07/11

In 2002, an elderly client of Compassion & Choices , Margaret Furlong, went to the hospital armed with her advance directive, clearly stating she did not want elaborate, life-extending treatment. The hospital delivered those treatments anyway. She spent ten miserable days in the ICU, tethered...

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Barbara Coombs Lee

Environmental Health Health Care

06/07/11

ALAMEDA, Calif. -- Ever since I lost my pregnancy weight running -- I gained between 48 and 50 pounds with each of my two kids -- my friends have been pushing me to run a half marathon. I wanted to do it, but like every other mom out there, I had no time. As a New Year's Resolution, I signed up for...

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Elisa Batista