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#FoodFri Tweetchat: Overuse of Antibiotics in Meat & Poultry

April 30, 2014
It's estimated that up to 50 percent of antibiotic use in people is unnecessary and up to 70 percent of antibiotics sold in the U.S. are used on healthy livestock to compensate for crowded and unsanitary farm conditions, a troubling fact considering that the more antibiotics are used, the less...
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Migdalia Rivera
Family Economic Security

The Senate has a chance to raise the wage AND close the wage gap

April 29, 2014
The Senate is going to vote tomorrow to raise the federal minimum wage to $10.10. This bill would not only raise the wage but also help address the wage gap between men and women. The Senate needs to hear from YOU!
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Elyssa Schmier
Health Care

Closing the Gap for Children: Health Coverage for All

April 29, 2014
California has been a health reform trailblazer, enrolling over 1.3 million individuals in Covered California and 1.9 million people through Medi-Cal as of April 15. Missing from this picture, however, are the estimated one million children and families who remain uninsured and ineligible for...
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Wendy Lazarus
Immigration

One Phone Call Could Reunite an Immigrant Mom with Her Kids

April 29, 2014
Mother's day is less than two weeks away. And right now, a family in California's Antelope Valley is wondering whether they'll be together to embrace and celebrate their mom on that day, or whether they'll be torn apart by broken policies. The decision could be made in hours. And if we take action...
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Shamasunder Reshma
Environmental Health

Grow Your Own Organic Garden (tips this week on #EcoTipTue)

April 28, 2014
Are you growing a garden this year? Have a few pots of herbs and veggies? Then please join us for our weekly Twitter chat called #EcoTIpTue this week. We will have lots of tips for how to grow a productive, healthy garden. Best of all, the featured guest will be Tom Philpott , writer, farmer and...
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Katy Farber
Environmental Health Food!

Grow Your Own Organic Garden (tips this week on #EcoTipTue)

April 28, 2014
Are you growing a garden this year? Have a few pots of herbs and veggies? Then please join us for our weekly Twitter chat called #EcoTIpTue tomorrow. We will have lots of tips for how to grow a productive, healthy garden. Best of all, the featured guest will be Tom Philpott , writer, farmer and...
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Katy Farber
Family Economic Security Open Flexible Work

The Collateral Damage of Scheduling Challenges in Low-Wage Jobs

April 25, 2014
When policymakers discuss solutions to help nearly 20 million low-wage workers make ends meet, the focus is often on raising wages. Raising the minimum wage and tipped minimum wage would go a long way to help these workers, but ...
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Liz Watson
Childcare & Early Education

Parental Involvement Is Overrated-Can This Be True?!

April 25, 2014
There was a recent article in the New York Times called Parental Involvement is Overrated which has caused quite a stir in recent weeks. What this article says to me, and the reaction it seems to have provoked, is that this is another example of the difficulty we Americans seem to have with finding...
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Janine Murphy-Neilson, LPC
Health Care

Maryland is 19th State to Enact a Law against Shackling Pregnant Women

April 25, 2014
Maryland is now the 19th state with a law against shackling pregnant women.
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Rachel Roth
Food!

Request From a Mom: Stop, Now, Please!

April 25, 2014
As a mom of two little ones, I'm doing all I can to keep them happy and healthy. I try to cook fresh and healthy meals. I buy natural and organic products when I can. And I try to model good behavior. It's definitely not easy. I like sweets (a lot). I'm often too tired to argue over which snacks to...
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Karen Showalter

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