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Kids? What Kids? A Working Woman's Bluff

November 11, 2013
At a recent business dinner, I was seated next to a woman who had founded a venture-backed startup. Her company was about four years old, and had raised tens of millions of dollars. I’m an editor-at-large for Inc and Inc.com. At Inc, we write about entrepreneurs, and about burnout. So I asked her...
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Kimberly Weisul
Podcast

#RADIO this week! – Advertising. Politics. Childcare. Junk Food Marketing

November 11, 2013
On this show we talk about advertising directed at women and how it impacts our body images; hear the latest about women in politics; uncover how to fix the fact that childcare now costs more than college; and explore food marketing, how it impacts kids, and what you can do about it. *The following...
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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner
Environmental Health

Argentina's GE odyssey tells powerful global tale

November 10, 2013
In the spring of 2012, we profiled a courageous mother from Argentina who took on Monsanto to protect her children and her community from pesticide harms. Sofia Gatica received the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize for her inspiring organizing efforts. Now the story continues. The Associated...
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Kristin Schafer

A Message to Millennials: You Can Afford Health Coverage

November 8, 2013
Young adults (18-34 years old) are the age group most likely to be uninsured in the United States . Currently, there is an estimated population of 20 million uninsured young Americans in this country. Is it invincibility or unaffordability that’s the cause? Maybe a bit of both. Everyday millions of...
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Angelique Roche
Environmental Health

A Doctor Tells the EPA About Why We Need Carbon Emissions Standards

November 8, 2013
All day yesterday, the EPA held a public hearing for comments regarding proposals to cut carbon emissions from existing power plants. Here is what I said during my speaking slot last night: Existing power plants create 38 percent of the carbon pollution in the United States, making them the largest...
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Chris Lillis
Families & The Federal Budget

Tell Congress to Protect Kids in the Budget!

November 8, 2013
Recent statistics are alarming: One out of five children live in a family that is food insecure. Over 1.1 million homeless students are currently enrolled in U.S. preschools and K-12 schools, the highest number ever recorded. The top 1% of households own 35.4% of all privately held wealth in the...
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Elyssa Schmier
Family Economic Security Families & The Federal Budget

Momentum Is Building to Close Corporate Offshore Tax Loopholes

November 7, 2013
Some folks in Congress are ready to close up offshore corporate tax loopholes. Others still need convincing. A total of 538 organizations – representing tens of millions of people – came together to tell the Senate to close up the loopholes that encourage big corporations to move jobs, profits and...
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Margarida Jorge
Paid Family Leave

A Long Time Comin'...

November 7, 2013
Ladies, we are in serious trouble here. In the annual ranking of 133 countries around the globe on the issue of gender equality, the U.S. once again fails to make the top 10. Or the top 20. We may be the world's only remaining super power, but women are worse off here, according to the World...
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Valerie Young
Family Economic Security

HUD Announces Settlement With Bank of America Resolving Allegations of Lending Discrimination Against Women on Maternity Leave

November 6, 2013
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced on Monday that Bank of America will pay $45,000 as part of Conciliation Agreements resolving allegations the lender discriminated against pregnant women seeking mortgage loans. HUD had alleged that the Bank of America refused to...
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Bryan Green, HUD Acting Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity
Health Care

20 minutes flat! Time it took Seattle hairstylist to sign up for free health and dental coverage

November 6, 2013
My own daughter is thousands of miles away in college, far from mind, but my maternal instincts kicked into overdrive this morning. I arose bright and early, hell bent on a mission to safeguard the lovely young woman who cuts my hair. Time and again, I've seen Heather go the extra mile for others,...
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Roberta Riley

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