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03/25/09
Some powerful members of Congress are threatening to torpedo President Obama's efforts to fix our healthcare system by saying that we can't afford healthcare reform right now. It reminds me of the time I decided to save on plumbing bills by ignoring the leak in my ceiling.
Donna's picture
03/25/09
Our trusted public figures are busy telling us about the state of the economy, how soon it will be better, and how to deal with it. We’ve got television experts on the case daily to help all of us working women be financially savvy during these stressful times. The question is: can these experts relate to the economic situation of the masses? Let’s see what they make…
03/24/09
Yesterday the Washington Post inappropriately fed the insecurities of American workers with the headline, "As Cuts Loom, Will Working From Home Lead to a Layoff?" My response "Only if we are committed to a work model inspired by the 1950s and ‘working stupid’ by rigidly adhering to old work models that are less effective." I’ve been working in a virtual work environment for over 10 years.
joan's picture
03/22/09
Pediatricians see the problem every day in their offices: so many apparently well babies, so inconsolably fretful; not sleeping well; not feeding well, or feeding too much. So many toddlers whose behavior is out of control: obstinate, hyperactive; real temper tantrum factories. Could it be ADHD? Or bipolar disorder? At such a young age?
03/22/09
Yesterday the Washington Post inappropriately fed the insecurities of American workers with the headline, "As Cuts Loom, Will Working From Home Lead to a Layoff?" My response "Only if we are committed to a work model inspired by the 1950s and ‘working stupid’ by rigidly adhering to old work models...
joan's picture
03/19/09
Click here to read the entire post from Your (Wo)man in Washington®.
Valerie Young's picture
03/19/09
MomsRising.org member Tracie, like many other Californians in this recession, is struggling for the first time to provide healthcare coverage for her kids.
Anita's picture
03/18/09
Did you see the headlines yesterday about the bailed out Wall Street firm, AIG, that gave $165 million in government funded bonuses to their executives? We need your help getting federal stimulus money where it was intended to go: Into the pockets of people who really need it.
Kristin's picture
03/17/09
Through the recently enacted federal economic stimulus package – the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act – the federal government has made available over $11 billion to California for our Medicaid program, Medi-Cal. However, receipt of these additional dollars is contingent on maintaining July 2008 Medicaid eligibility levels and enrollment/renewal procedures.
03/17/09
Here’s what Hanna Rosin is missing in "The Case Against Breastfeeding" : Moms are being urged to breastfeed but set up to fail.

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