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Moms, let's talk about health care

July 27, 2013
My name is Angela Warren and I am an uninsured mother of four in Arizona. I had worked full-time since I was 15, but that changed after the birth of my 4th child at 34. For years I went to work at 4:30 AM and was able to provide quality health insurance for my children. I had great coverage as a...
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Angela Warren
Gun Safety

"Trayvon Martin could have been me, 35 years ago." - Pres. Barack Obama

July 24, 2013
In the wake of the collective sadness and disappointment across the country when George Zimmerman was allowed to walk away free after killing 17 year-old Trayvon Martin, our President spoke as a parent and shared this heartfelt statement: “When Trayvon Martin was first shot, I said that this could...
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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner
Environmental Health

6 Tips for Safe and Non-Toxic Bug Repellent for Children

July 24, 2013
The bug season is here! For us up in Vermont, it is an unpleasant trifecta of mosquitoes, black flies, and deer flies. Across the East coast, wet and hot weather is creating the perfect conditions for many insects to thrive. Climate change is also causing and increase in mosquitoes and the...
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Katy Farber

Mothers of Dead Children

July 24, 2013
Mothers are driven to protect their children. It’s innate. When the very laws we live by allow our children to die, with bullets buried in the bodies we birthed and love, our hearts explode in rage and pain that transforms us and makes of us something distinctly other than that which we were before...
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Valerie Young
Paid Family Leave

Happy Birthday, ADA!

July 23, 2013
Expectant mothers risk losing their jobs, their babies, or both when employers deny them pregnancy accommodations at work - accommodations as modest as the right to carry a water bottle due to persistent pregnancy-related urinary tract infections or the right to take more frequent bathroom breaks...
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Joan C. Williams
Environmental Health Health Care

Secret Toxic Chemicals: From the SC Johnson Family to Yours

July 23, 2013
You know that SC Johnson commercial that’s on 24/7 about how they they disclose all ingredients right down to fragrance? (Except that they don’t.) We spoofed it. Watch to get the real story!
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Cassidy Randall
Food!

No Hunger for the Summer

July 23, 2013
For many kids, summertime means ice cream trucks, pools, family vacations, and camp. Unfortunately, summer also means there are low-income children who no longer have access to guaranteed meals from school. We make sure kids have lunch during the school year through the National School Lunch...
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Nancy Correa
Food!

A Side of Foodborne Illness With That? Common Food Safety Mistakes in Cookbooks

July 23, 2013
I love flipping through cookbooks to get ideas for dinner from the glossy pictures and the enticing descriptions of the meals I could create with the right ingredients in my pantry and fridge and a few more minutes in my day. But, as the communications director for the food safety non-profit, the...
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Laura Trivers
Family Economic Security

Urge Congress NOT to raise taxes on families!

July 22, 2013
In 2009, after taking care of my newborn full-time while he was going through chemotherapy, all of our life savings had been spent. Tax credits like the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and Child Tax Credit (CTC) enabled us to--just barely--keep our heads above water by decreasing our tax burden...
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Felicia Burnett

Swimming in Junk Food

July 19, 2013
All year I’ve been looking forward to enjoying lazy days at the swimming pool with my children, alternating between reading a good book in the shade and jumping in for some laps every hour or so. I love how swimming makes you feel like you have really worked every muscle in your body, and the kids...
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Kate Uslan

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