Politics & Policy

April 24, 2015

More than 88,000 people have applied to enter the "poor door" at a new luxury condominium tower on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Only one in 1,600 will win the lottery to live there. Some months ago a New York developer made headlines with the plans for this building, which takes advantage of...

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Marian Wright Edelman

Politics & Policy

April 23, 2015

I listened to my five year old try, very patiently and politely, to explain to this stranger that he was, in fact, in the right place. That he had every right in the world to go into the Men's room. That he just had to pee.

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Rev. Eliza Buchakjian-Tweedy

Health Care Immigration Politics & Policy

April 23, 2015

Vivek Murthy, MD, sworn in as the nation's 19th Surgeon General, calls for a Great American Community focused on pedestrian lifestyles, smoke-free campuses, mental health awareness, and citizen involvement to end domestic violence.

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Dora Wang, M.D.

Environmental Health Food! Health Care Politics & Policy

April 21, 2015

Blue Bell creamery has suffered a series of brain freeze-level headaches this spring. For the first time ever, the Texas-based company is voluntarily recalling all of its ice cream products from the market after being linked to three food-illness-related deaths. Lysteria bacteria contaminated ice...

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Anya Vanecek

Health Care Politics & Policy

April 19, 2015

“I believe that our concern must be for pregnant women everywhere, and especially for those who suffer most deprivation and who are denied their liberty.” — Sheila Kitzinger, 1997 Sheila Kitzinger, whose pioneering research and activism on behalf of woman-centered childbirth helped to transform...

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Rachel Roth

Environmental Health Politics & Policy

April 17, 2015

Two years ago today (April 17th, 2013), a fertilizer plant explosion devastated West, Texas. Fifteen people died, including 12 volunteer firefighters. The blast demolished an apartment building and nursing home, and damaged three nearby schools. In the two years since, there have been over 350...

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Anya Vanecek

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Politics & Policy

April 17, 2015

This week found my husband and I scrambling to make sure we had all of our I’s dotted and our T’s crossed as we hurried to make sure we had our taxes filed on time. As he sat watching us from the couch, my almost ten-year old remarked about what a bummer it is to have to pay taxes. His sister...

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Beth Messersmith

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Politics & Policy

April 17, 2015

By repealing the estate tax, the House is giving millions to the wealthy and adding billions to the deficit, instead of helping those who need it most.

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Lecia Imbery

Families & The Federal Budget Politics & Policy

April 15, 2015

Today is Tax Day, and millions of Americans are trying to get their taxes doen before the deadline. As you send in that check to the IRS or eagerly await your tax refund, have you stopped to think about what the federal government is doing with that money? Many Americans don’t, and for good reason...

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Jasmine Tucker

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Food! Politics & Policy Realistic & Fair Wages

April 14, 2015

This week, the House will vote on a measure to repeal the estate tax, which would shower the wealthiest 0.2 percent of estates in the country with an average tax cut of $2.5 million. Meanwhile, the House has already passed a budget proposal that would convert the nation’s bedrock nutrition...

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