Health Care

June 22, 2012

In the year that has passed since Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law the New York Marriage Equality Act, thousands of same-sex couples have vowed to take each other "in sickness and in health." Yet because of discriminatory and inadequate federal laws that deny LGBT spouses the protections...

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Jared Make

Health Care

June 21, 2012

Knowledge, encouragement, and support. That's what I needed to make my first attempt at breastfeeding a success in the first bleary weeks with a newborn. For several years, new mothers who receive support through the WIC (Women, Infants and Children) program have been getting exactly this type of...

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Ashley Boyd

Health Care

June 20, 2012

If it’s not broken, don’t fix it. California’s Healthy Families program is most definitely working. Each year, the Healthy Families Program provides approximately 875,000 children from low to moderate-income families the health coverage they need to stay healthy and succeed in school. Unfortunately...

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Ashley Boyd

Health Care

June 20, 2012

Photo credit: Photo by Flickr user Rik Ruff 3.1 million people are newly insured because of a provision in the Affordable Care Act that lets young adults to stay on their parents’ health care plans up to age 26. That is amazing. I graduated four years ago, and I saw the fallout firsthand of a bad...

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Claire Moshenberg

Health Care

June 20, 2012

Yesterday we told you about an amazing change in the Law School Admission Test (LSAT), lactation policy for nursing mothers. The new policy allows nursing mothers, to request extended or additional breaks to pump during the LSAT, for up to one year following childbirth. We got involved after...

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Roger Baldwin

Environmental Health Health Care

June 19, 2012

Photo credit: Photo by Flickr user Andrew Currie Summer is here, and for a lot of families that means it's time to hit the road for a family road trip. Make sure you and your family stay healthy by taking your nontoxic habits with you when you travel. With a few small tweaks, you can make your road...

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Claire Moshenberg

Health Care

June 19, 2012

It used to be Americans viewed Catholic hospitals and healthcare systems with universal respect and trust. They had no reason to do otherwise. Founded in the nineteenth century by orders of nuns with a mission to care for the poor, Catholic hospitals grew and thrived in modern industrial medicine...

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Barbara Coombs Lee

Health Care

June 13, 2012

This week marks the 30th anniversary of the Plyler v. Doe Supreme Court ruling, a statute that embodies our belief as Americans that all children should have the opportunity to achieve their full potential. The ruling established that every child, regardless of their immigration status, is entitled...

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Bruce Lesley

Environmental Health Health Care

June 7, 2012

Since discovering a known cancer-causing chemical hiding out in Tide Free & Gentle , Women’s Voices for the Earth (WVE) and Healthy Child Healthy World have been mobilizing moms across the country to call on the company to remove 1,4-dioxane. More than 76,000 people have contacted the company...

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Cassidy Randall

Environmental Health Health Care

June 6, 2012

Photo credit: Photo by Flickr user 3liz4 When it comes to summer events, usually picnics and barbeques are what come to mind. For me, it's birthdays! I have a summer birthday, and I'm from a family full of summer birthdays. If birthday parties are on your summer horizon, try these easy tweaks and...

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Claire Moshenberg