Health Care

March 23, 2010

On February 24, I attended California Governor Schwarzenegger's Summit on Health, Nutrition, and Obesity: Actions for a Healthy Living, with special guest President Bill Clinton. At the Summit the Governor described his platform for fighting obesity and promoting a healthier California: Restricting...

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Ellen Wu

Health Care

March 21, 2010

UPDATE: Last night health reform passed the House. Representative Loretta Sanchez voted YES. Interested in what passage of this bill means for you and your family? Here's a terrific, interactive article from the New York Times today, titled, " How The Healthcare Overhaul Could Affect You" . One big...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Health Care

March 19, 2010

Every once in awhile, history sneaks up on us. In movements past, the sting of injustice couldn’t be more clear. Bold acts of violence interspersed within wide-ranging systems of injustice, made the steady march towards civil rights an obvious moral imperative in need of correction. Yet, somehow,...

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Avis Jones-DeWeever, Ph.D.

Health Care

March 18, 2010

The imminent vote on health reform is going to be incredibly close. We've got to pump up the volume to help make sure it passes. That's right: It's time to make sure our voices are heard once again by Congress that healthcare reform is critically important to our nation's families in order to...

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Donna Norton

Health Care

March 16, 2010

After reading bad news about the recession and the crisis of health coverage for months, it’s pretty difficult to shock me. But today’s report about the dramatic spike in the number of uninsured in California over the last two years is truly shocking. A report released this morning by UCLA’s Center...

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Ashley Boyd

Health Care

March 12, 2010

I love Michelle Obama's new initiative Apps for Healthy Kids ! What a great savvy way to approach the obesity epidemic in kids. I love the whole go to the people project....except for one rather glaring glitch, the esteemed 9 expert judge panel is 85% men. Just one woman on the team. Now if I was...

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Joan Blades

Paid Sick Days Health Care Family Economic Security

March 11, 2010

When Ashley's son started going to child care, he started bringing home more than macaroni art and cute little scribble pictures. He also brought home colds, the flu, pink eye, and a weird unidentifiable rash -- all things that meant Ashley needed to miss work to care for him. "I didn't realize...

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Katie Bethell

Health Care Open Flexible Work

March 3, 2010

So I have been pondering... which option would you choose? Enter Parenthood and: ♦ stop working/stay home and recieve a stipend from your employer or a govt. subsidy ♦ continue working and have childcare that is government owned and operated ♦ continue working and have childcare that is privatized...

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Janna Waldher

Health Care

March 3, 2010

if Congress and the Administration are unable to find a way to follow-through on health reform this time around, only time will tell how this missed opportunity would impact all of us, our children and our grandchildren. Let’s hope they are able to rise to the challenge so future generations won’t look back on this moment in history and think to themselves how much better life would be “if only …”

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Say Ahhh!

Environmental Health Health Care

February 22, 2010

The issue of disinfectants is a controversial topic for those trying to eliminate toxic cleaning products from their businesses, homes, and schools. It is a product that is commonly used in places where large amounts of people visit to help lower the risk of spreading bacteria; like bathrooms, office buildings, and theme parks, but often contain harmful chemicals that can impact your respiratory, development, and reproductive systems.

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