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If your boss disapproves of birth control, Can he take it out of your health coverage?

May 21, 2014
OMG: The Supreme Court is about to decide whether your boss can strip birth control out of your health coverage simply because he disapproves of it. In her latest blog series, One Mom's Career In Sex Law, Roberta Riley sheds light on this troubling new affront directed against American women.
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Roberta Riley
Family Economic Security

When Women Organize, America Succeeds

May 20, 2014
Today, the Senate’s Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hosts a roundtable discussion on economic security for working women (you can see the livestream starting at 2:30 p.m. and find the participants’ testimony at http://help.senate.gov ). Lori Pelletier, executive secretary-treasurer...
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Liz Shuler
Food!

It's Time to Call out the Mouse!

May 20, 2014
Note: I am thrilled to join the Center for Science in the Public Interest to pressure Chuck E. Cheese to improve their menus. This post, along with a version in Spanish , was published on my blog last week. Please join us in pressuring Chuck E. Cheese's to take our kids' nutrition seriously! As a...
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Diana Limongi
Health Care Open Flexible Work

Thriving After Transitioning to a Third Metric Life

May 20, 2014
I recently finished reading Arianna Huffington’s latest book, Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom and Wonder , and I have three words to describe it: It’s. About. Time. Anyone who has a job that requires constant connectivity can identify with...
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Elisa Batista
Childcare & Early Education

Mompower comes to Seattle!

May 20, 2014
Tuesday was a great day for mom power! Seattle MomsRising members brought their questions, ideas, and littlest learners with them to meet with Seattle City Council Member Tim Burgess and staff to discuss the current Seattle Preschool for All proposal. And we brought the cookies! Council Member...
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Lauren Hipp
Nat'l Women's Health Week
Health Care

When Clinical Obesity Threatened My Health, I Made a Change I Never Thought Possible

May 16, 2014
I sat frozen as my doctor told me the truth. The cold. Hard. Truth. I was not O.K.
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Elizabeth Martin
Health Care Politics & Policy

“It Blows My Mind that I Have to Sign a Law”: Massachusetts becomes 21st State with a Law Against Shackling Pregnant Women

May 16, 2014
After signing a bill to outlaw the shackling of women in labor, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick told the packed room, “It blows my mind that I have to sign a law for that.”
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Rachel Roth
Nat'l Women's Health Week
Health Care

Leaning In or Falling Over?

May 16, 2014
I'm a mom, a stay-at-home mom, with ADD.
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Stephanie Lormand
Food!

Mom Victory! My kid ate (and loved) a veggie wrap on #FRD2014!

May 16, 2014
Mom Victory! My son knows it's important to eat healthy, fresh food. But it's still not easy to get him to actually eat it. That's why I'm so proud of getting not only him - but his ENTIRE CLASS OF 4-YEAR OLDS - to eat Rainbow Salad Wraps on this Food Revolution Day (#FRD2014)! Woot! Jamie Oliver's...
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Karen Showalter
Food!

[Good Food Force] Protect the healthy school meal!

May 15, 2014
Dear Marianne, Welcome to this week's Good Food Force update! Please find updates, resources and action ideas below. 1. The Hot Line: Threats to healthy lunches, and No Big Potato! Healthy changes to school meals are under attack! We're anticipating a new pushback on the meal standards, which went...
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