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11/18/09

"When I started my faculty position, I occasionally would bring our 8-month-old to work. On several occasions my colleagues (male), would say, 'So, you're babysitting today, eh?" If our son had been with my wife, no one would have said she was babysitting, not being a parent. It discouraged me from...

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Joan C. Williams

11/18/09

Last night I saw a movie that started out with the rape and murder of a woman and her child. I wish I had been warned—why can’t there be a RAPE-FREE or RF rating on movies, along with PG14, R and X? Earlier this month, the Parents Television Council released a report saying that depictions of...

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Amy Cross

Food!

11/18/09

Recent reports have highlighted what S.T.O.P. has known for a long time: that the long-term consequences of foodborne illness are under-reported, under-diagnosed and not given nearly enough public health attention. The negative impact of this lack of attention comes in two forms. First, proper...

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Donna Rosenbaum

Environmental Health

11/18/09

Personally, I like my cranberries and pumpkin pie chemical-free. Pesticide Action Network's new What's On My Food? iPhone App makes the invisible problem of pesticides more visible, showing which pesticides are found on what foods, and how those chemicals can harm human health.

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Kristin Schafer

Childcare & Early Education

11/18/09

Almost every parent has a story about trying to find childcare or the mad dash to pick your child up on time. But this one really takes the cake: Sgt. Kimberly D. Munley, mother of two, and a first responder at the scene of the shooting at Fort Hood last week, was shot three times while trying to...

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Sarah Francis

11/17/09

"He comes back with dinner, and he has shot it! They are happy. American women don't have anyone hunting for them--that's the real problem," wrote author Michael Silverstein in the October 26th issue of the New Yorker . That's what he's got: Men hunting for dinner? Well then. Over the last month,...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

11/17/09

Prior to the House Healthcare Reform legislation passing last week 220-215, the House voted on the Stupak-Pitts Amendment which restricted the use of federal and private funds to cover abortions. The Democrats in Congress took a gamble that in order to be able to garner sufficient votes to pass the...

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Mable Yee

Paid Family Leave Health Care

11/16/09

Breastfeeding rights is a big topic with MomsRising members. In fact, as we were developing this blog to update our members and allies on the current status of breastfeeding legislation, the issue again came to the attention of the MomsRising team when several MomsRising members expressed concern...

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Dionna Humphrey

Family Economic Security Paid Sick Days

11/14/09

Domestic violence, stalking and sexual assault pose a great risk to far too many Americans--and the numbers of victims are increasing, not decreasing. A minimum standard of paid sick days, or "paid safe days," would provide victims with job-guaranteed paid time off when they need it most--to leave...

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Katie Bethell

Family Economic Security Paid Sick Days

11/14/09

Recently, the New York Times ran a compelling article about the vast numbers of American workers lacking paid sick days, and how critical paid sick days are in putting the breaks on the H1N1 epidemic. We have to act fast--the time for paid sick days in NYC is now! We can't do it without your help,...

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Katie Bethell