Paid Maternity Leave: breastfeeding won't work without it
February 26, 2009
There’s no question among health experts that breastfeeding is best for babies.
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10:30am EST: Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act!
January 29, 2009
Today I had the enormous privilege of representing you, and all of MomsRising, at the White House to watch President Obama sign the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act into law. As you know, MomsRising members played a major role in getting this Act passed with their over 150,000 supporting contacts to Congress.
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More Men Taking Care of Elderly Parents
December 2, 2008
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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Excuse Me, Senator McCain -- What I Want for my Daughter Isn't About Being Liberal or Conservative
October 20, 2008
As the mother of a daughter, there are things I want for my eight-year-old especially when she becomes a woman -- things that I was lucky to have, but that generations before me didn't. Interestingly, John McCain, as the father of daughters, doesn't seem to want those same things.
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Victim of Our Own Success
July 31, 2008
I regret to inform you that you're a victim of your own success: As a result of mothers across the country expressing their outrage at wage discrimination, we have not one, but two (yes, two!) major pieces of legislation moving in Congress to protect women and people of color from discrimination in the workplace.
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Bush Says New Moms and Their Babies Cost Too Much
June 24, 2008
When it was time to travel to China to bring home our little PunditBaby , I was working at a large government agency in a pretty senior position.
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New Jersey: Major Progress toward Paid Family Leave
March 12, 2008
In New Jersey, a broad coalition of organizations including MomsRising is in the final stages of passing Family Leave Insurance. This is terrific news that has important national implications.
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