Health Care

January 22, 2014

Pictured below is my close friend and business partner, Marti Woodward, celebrating the bill she received for her first month of health insurance in 5 years! She's so happy because she's insured and the cost is affordable! “ Thank you, President Obama!”says her smiling face. As her friend, I can’t...

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Molly Wingate

Paid Family Leave Health Care Food!

January 22, 2014

I’m a working mother of two small children, and I’ve breastfed them both. In fact, I’m currently somewhere in the middle of breastfeeding my second child, who has cut some teeth recently and knows how to use them, so we’ll see how much longer this continues. And it’s been interesting, being alive...

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Jessica Shortall

Family Economic Security Health Care Open Flexible Work

January 17, 2014

My job requires frequent traveling. As a journalist, I've been reporting from places such as quake-stricken Haiti, war-torn Mexico, and typhoon-damaged Taiwan. These are challenging works. The biggest challenge, though, is collecting and transporting breast milk while traveling. After all, I'm more...

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To-wen Tseng

Health Care

January 9, 2014

Guess which famous Floridian recently signed up for a health insurance plan through Obamacare? Marco Rubio! Shocked? Me too! It's hard to believe that Rubio, a staunch opponent of the new healthcare law, not only signed up for health coverage through the federal marketplace, but also accepted a $10...

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Jeannina Perez

Health Care

January 6, 2014

This post originally appeared on the Go Ask Mom blog. The week before Christmas, I had the incredible opportunity of being invited to the White House to speak with President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama about the Affordable Care Act and share how it's impacted my life and my son's life. I...

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Felicia Burnett

Paid Family Leave Family Economic Security Health Care

January 3, 2014

Massachusetts hospitals banned formula company discharge bags Last year, we saw important advancements in creating the cultural shift needed for families to establish and maintain breastfeeding. In 2013, there was greater visibility of the “Break Time for Nursing Mothers” law and a spotlight on...

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Anayah Sangodele-Ayoka

Health Care

December 31, 2013

Believe it or not, earlier this month I had the incredible opportunity to introduce President Barack Obama at the White House for an event to bring awareness the benefits of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The event was one of many in a three-week campaign to refocus our national conversation on...

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Monica Weeks

Breastfeeding Environmental Health Families & The Federal Budget Health Care Maternal Justice Paid Family Leave Politics & Policy Social & Emotional Development

December 27, 2013

When I married my best friend, Noah, we were young, healthy, and so excited to start a family together. We expected our family building journey to be simple. But, we struggled with infertility. Three years later, our miracle babies found us. We were ecstatic to have twin boys on the way. We named...

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Jennifer Canvasser

Health Care Open Flexible Work

December 23, 2013

(c) Gisele Bündchen Instagram There has been lots of discussion about supermodel Gisele's breastfeeding photo. I'm thrilled that she is nursing her 1-year-old. I also envy her for being lucky to have such understanding colleagues that she could multi-task like that. For many mothers, it's not...

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To-wen Tseng

Podcast Families & The Federal Budget Health Care

December 23, 2013

This show starts out getting the inside scoop on the labor movement America, then we jump to hearing about the big conflict in Congress over unemployment insurance. Will 1.3 million people get left out in the cold? From there we move to explore the growing inequality in our nation and what you can...

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