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12/04/08

Ever wondered why it seems so hard to make ends meet? The Colorado Self-Sufficiency Calculator allows anyone to type in family size and configuration to determine the minimum amount of annual income required to meet a household’s basic needs. Visit the calculator and you’ll find some staggering and terrifying numbers.

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Angela Sasseville

Paid Family Leave

12/02/08

In case you missed it, the New York Times ran a feature about men who care for their elderly parents. Nearly 40 percent of men are their family's primary care provider up from 19 percent in 1996, according to the Alzheimer's Association.

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Elisa Batista

11/30/08

I'm not an economist, and I don't play one on TV.

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Joanne Bamberger

11/30/08

In my job as a lawyer, I have ordinarily been the one giving advice to immigrant women. As a mother, though, I was the one in the position to receive consejos, to learn from stories of the women I represented, thereby strengthening my sense of self as a mother. Their voices, stories, struggles and wisdom have shaped my life, and my identity as a feminist.

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Gretchen Hunt

11/26/08

Cross-posted at MotherTalkers .

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Elisa Batista

Environmental Health Health Care

11/25/08

You can't take your eyes off them for a second. No, I'm not talking about the kids. This time, it's the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) monkeying around with toxic toys.

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Donna Norton

11/24/08

by Ashley B. Carson and Adam J. Payne (The Older Women’s League)

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Adam Payne

11/24/08

by Ashley B. Carson and Adam J. Payne (The Older Women’s League)

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Ashley Carson

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11/21/08

MomsRising is fighting for family economic security policies. Here’s what we recently submitted the Obama Transition Team as our immediate top priorities for families. Download and print our Building a Better Nation for Families priorities document here. Or jump to & read sections here: Why We...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Environmental Health Health Care

11/20/08

I got a call the other day from a mother in Louisiana whose two year old daughter had started growing breasts. Today, there came another call from a mom who is anguishing over the plastic baby bottles she has been using for her children.

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Stephanie Hendricks