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03/01/11

My son, Ethan, has had a very unusual first four years of life. Most of his first year was spent in and out of the hospital, receiving out-patient chemotherapy, three sclerotherapies, and intensive physical therapy - all due to a rare, non-cancerous (but very harmful) vascular tumor on his lower...

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Felicia Burnett

MomsRising Near You

03/01/11

Between the craziness of taking care of the kids, working, and the million other things every mom does every day, we too often put ourselves last. If you’re like us, you always plan to try to squeeze some time in for yourself or for a night out with your friends, but too often it doesn’t happen. We...

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Felicia Burnett

Blog Carnivals

02/28/11

Black History has always been a big part of my life. My father was a history professor and specialized in African and African-American History. So you know Black History Month was like Halloween or Easter for my family – a big deal and a real commemoration of past, present and future. I still...

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Cheryl Contee

Paid Sick Days

02/28/11

Everyone gets sick – but not everyone has time to get better. In Philadelphia, two out of every five workers who become ill (or whose kids become ill) have a terrible “choice” to make between the job they need and the family they love-all because they don’t have the opportunity to earn paid sick...

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Kathleen Scully

Health Care

02/27/11

From Your (Wo)manInWashington blog MOTHERS changing the conversation @ www.MothersOughtToHaveEqualRights.org The new Congress has immediately taken up several pieces of legislation which will restrict women's ability to obtain safe abortions in certain circumstances and change the current law in...

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Valerie Young

Immigration

02/26/11

Fair-minded folks breathed sighs of relief and gratitude when President Barack Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder announced that the shamefully discriminatory Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) will not be defended by the U.S. Department of Justice. At last, the Department of Justice lives up to...

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Sue Hyde

Paid Family Leave

02/25/11

There are some mysteries so dark, so staggeringly enigmatic, that the brain simply shuts down when forced to ponder them. Take, for example, the fact that we in the allegedly pro-family United States have almost no paid parental leave and very little open flexible work . As is so often pointed out...

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Smith Jeremy Adam

Paid Sick Days

02/25/11

I was saddened to learn this week that a patient under my care had died. A man in his 50s who worked hard on his feet all day in the food service industry, he was afraid of losing his job if he came to the doctor. He missed countless appointments. The last time I saw him, he had been having chest...

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William Jordan, MD, MPH

02/25/11

On Friday I had the opportunity to join a group of Latina bloggers and interview Dr. Cristina Rabadán-Diehl, deputy director of the Office of Global Health for the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) . Dr. Rabadán-Diehl, who has a degree in pharmacy from the Universidad Complutense of...

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Elisa Batista

Childcare & Early Education

02/25/11

This boy is a little warrior, but no one will acknowledge and respect who he is. Instead they want him to fit this mythical stereotype of the ethical, reasonable, self-controlled child. When he doesn’t fit this fantasy we decide he must be one of the psychologically disordered millions who require medication.

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