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The Shame and the Light of Today’s SNAP Vote

September 19, 2013
Just weeks after the USDA reported that 14.5% of American households struggled to put food on the table, today the House of Representatives passed, 217-210 , a shameful bill that cuts $40 billion to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP or food stamps). Such a move would end benefits...
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Elyssa Schmier
Politics & Policy

Operation Secret Loopholes

September 19, 2013
The federal budget expresses our nation’s values and priorities in numbers. It’s a blueprint for how our elected officials plan to make money and how they plan to spend it. What happens in Washington, D.C. has a profound local impact. About 80 percent of all federal tax revenue comes from the...
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Jo Comerford
Childcare & Early Education

The Children Are Still Poor in America

September 18, 2013
Since the early part of the decade, the number of young children – those from birth to 5 years of age – living in poverty in the United States has been climbing. While that number held steady in 2012, according to data released today from the U.S. Census, the poverty report is far from good news...
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Hannah Matthews
Environmental Health

Progress on Toxics (Walmart and Procter and Gamble!)

September 18, 2013
You want proof that online and offline activism works, and that regular American parents and consumers can make a difference in multi-billion dollar corporations? Just take a look at some of the public health successes that have come across our radar in the last week. While we celebrate the good...
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Katy Farber
Health Care

TAKE ACTION: Mythbusting Healthcare Reform

September 17, 2013
We learned this week that only 24% of uninsured people say they understand how health reform will affect them. Opponents of the law continue to pump out misinformation and half-truths that have resulted in a very confused, reluctant public. This means we have a lot of work to do! As a member of the...
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Felicia Burnett
Politics & Policy Food!

Put Meals Before Political Deals

September 17, 2013
This week, the U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote on the “Nutrition Reform and Work Opportunity Act,” making an unprecedented move to separate the nutrition portion of the Farm Bill reauthorization. As part of this effort, an extreme group of House Republicans has gone all out to gut...
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Zoila Sanchez
Health Care

Why Preventive Care Matters

September 17, 2013
This post originally appeared on Get Covered America Blog. ******* Being uninsured means you often "ride out" your sicknesses, or only get treatment when things are really bad. Been there. Done that. Ugh. But wouldn't it be great to have a doctor check up on you when you're feeling relatively good...
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Letisha Marrero
Realistic & Fair Wages

New Rule Brings Home Care Workers One Giant Step Closer to Fair Pay

September 17, 2013
By Liz Watson, Senior Counsel, National Women's Law Center Read more on our blog. Because of a new rule out today from the Department of Labor, home care workers will no longer be left out of the basic wage and hour protections guaranteed by the FLSA. Today’s rule extends wage and hour protections...
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Liz Watson
Gun Safety

Testimony for the Senate "Stand Your Ground" hearing

September 17, 2013
Testimony of Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner Co-Founder, Executive Director, MomsRising Hearing on “Stand Your Ground” Laws: Civil Rights and Public Safety Implications of the Expanded Use of Deadly Force Before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Human Rights,...
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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner
Environmental Health Health Care

Target can hit a bullseye with a safe cosmetics policy

September 14, 2013
This time of year, Target becomes like my second home. Dropping by to pick up school supplies, clothes and fall sports equipment in addition to my regular shopping, I’m in and out of my local store so often, they should personalize a parking spot for me. Target is my go-to retailer, because I love...
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Gloria Pan

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