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03/03/11

Carol Ann and Laura Stutte owned a beautiful home on a beautiful piece of land in rural Tennessee. Together for 16 years with a grown daughter, this family had developed a community for themselves in the heart of a very, very red state. Their next-door neighbor began threatening them, repeatedly...

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Heather Cronk

Health Care

03/02/11

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) has already had a huge impact on the health of millions of Americans. While most of the attention has been paid on the ACA’s provisions that expand access to health care, the law also opens doors for many more Americans in underserved communities...

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Ellen Wu

Health Care

03/02/11

To mothers of children without health insurance, I say ask your loved ones where they receive care. There is a good chance that if the clinic is small enough, you'll be able to obtain healthcare coverage there. I am undocumented - I have been waiting 13 years for immigration to process my...

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Alicia C

Health Care

03/02/11

A madres con hijos sin seguro médico, yo les aconsejaría que le pregunten a sus conocidos donde ellos están recibiendo atención médica. Si la clínica es suficientemente pequeña, hay una gran posibilidad de que puedan conseguir cobertura médica en la misma. Yo soy indocumentada - he estado esperando...

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Alicia C

Health Care

03/02/11

It is important for all of us to have healthcare coverage: children, adolescents, adults, seniors, U.S. residents and non-residents alike. Sometimes I hear someone say, “I sought medical coverage but they only gave me emergency care.” Why? “Because my children were not born in this country. It is a...

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Adriana Mandujano

Health Care

03/02/11

Es importante que todos seamos cubiertos por un seguro médico: niños, adolescentes, adultos, ancianos, residentes y no residentes. A veces escucho a alguien decir que “fuí a buscar un seguro médico pero me dieron solo de emergencia.” ¿Por qué? “Porque mis hijos no son nacidos aquí. Que lástima,”...

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Adriana Mandujano

Open Flexible Work

03/01/11

We hear a lot about the struggles modern parents face in juggling work and family needs. Meeting the demands of today’s 24-hour, blackberry-fueled workplace and still finding time for your kids (let alone time for yourself ) can seem next to impossible. But here’s the thing that should really scare...

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Rex Flexibility

Open Flexible Work

03/01/11

Every clued-in business leader in America is now aware that workplace flexibility is a business imperative. Employees across all industries say their lives are increasingly complicated and the traditional workplace structure just doesn’t work for them anymore . They are demanding new options, so...

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Kathleen Christensen

Open Flexible Work

03/01/11

A British Mum discusses pre-toddler tantrums and why the challenge of balancing work and life in the USA is so much harder than in the UK - and concludes that if government and business did more to encourage decent part-time job opportunities America would be a less divided society.

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Jodie Reed

Childcare & Early Education

03/01/11

The recently approved House budget for the remainder of FY 2011 and the Presidential budget for FY 2012 both include plans to reduce or eliminate funding to vital safety net and social support programs that provide critical assistance to low-income women and families. Though social spending...

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J. Mijin Cha