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How Big Food Is Targeting My Toddler

October 30, 2013
This post, How Big Food Is Targeting My Toddler , was previously published at bmsg.org , AlterNet, and at MomsRising.org. It is part of the MomsRising Healthy Halloween Blog Carnival. “Dora, mama! Dora!” I’m walking with my 22-month-old daughter through Target, and I’m not surprised to hear her...
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Pamela Mejia
Health Care

The ACA Could Save My Life

October 30, 2013
In between naps on an early-morning flight to Colorado, I was reading the Summer 2013 issue of Ms. Magazine. I love when my new issues arrive in the mail, and for the next 48 hours I read as often as possible between work and school until I make it cover to cover. But this issue was different, and...
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Emily Vrotsos
Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days Open Flexible Work

Must Be Nice... Wish I Had a Kid

October 30, 2013
If you've not only heard about - but really thought about - the Family Friendly Workplace Ordinance that was just passed in San Francisco, you know what we're getting at with this title. If you're still celebrating the legislation that will go into effect on January 1, 2014, you may want to stop...
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Cali Ressler
Food!

Kicking Hungry Families Off a Cliff

October 29, 2013
This Friday, November 1st, all 47 million people who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, or food stamps) in order to put food on the table will see an automatic cut in their benefits. The overall cut will be $5 billion but individual families could see a monthly reduction...
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Elyssa Schmier
Health Care

Healthcare.Gov Technical Problems Aside, the Show Must Go On

October 29, 2013
At the three-week mark, it’s time to admit that the problems with Healthcare.Gov are more than opening day jitters and huge lines at the box office. On one hand, the sheer number and complexity of the business functions that Healthcare.Gov is intended to perform require extremely sophisticated and...
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Say Ahhh!
Podcast

#RADIO this week! – Flaming Sword of Change

October 28, 2013
On this show start with an analysis of what's going wrong in DC and how we can help turn our nation around, then hear from a journalist about why your story matters, get the details on the budget shenanigans in Congress and what specifics you should be paying attention to, and find out about how to...
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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner
Environmental Health

Supporting the Stroller Brigade and Toxics Action Day from Vermont!

October 28, 2013
Parents are descending on Washington D.C. next week to demand toxic chemical reform and to protect our kids and the public health-- and I'm with them in spirit for the Stroller Brigade and Toxics Action Day. I'm a BIG fan of parent activism, grassroots, real folks, bringing their message to...
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Katy Farber
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Moms Say No to Nick!

October 25, 2013
After being subjected to way too many SpongeBob SquarePants cartoons by my kids, I never thought I would be the one to stand up for the guy. But, pushing junk food on kids is no way for any self-respecting sponge to make a living. You see, SpongeBob airs on Nickelodeon and a 2012 study by the...
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Migdalia Rivera

Social Security Is Easier Than You Think

October 24, 2013
There is nothing remotely chic or glamorous about being poor and elderly. Yet women are far more likely than men to find themselves in that exact situation. Women make less and live longer, so smaller resources have to stretch to cover longer years. In many cases, if they'd clued in sooner, many...
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Valerie Young
Health Care

Top 8 Questions about the Affordable Care Act

October 24, 2013
For the last several weeks, MomsRising has been reaching out to members to share resources and help answer questions about the new, affordable health insurance options available thanks to the Affordable Care Act. We know folks still have questions, so we kept track of the most asked questions and...
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Jeannina Perez

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