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Health Coverage for Mothers & Increasing Health Equity

April 28, 2013
While our culture revers mothers as the heart and soul of a family, our public policies often ignore the importance of a mother’s health in shaping her family’s future. In the last 15 years, our country has made amazing strides in reducing the number of children who do not have health coverage...
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Ashley Boyd

How do you change a diaper at 30,000 feet?

April 26, 2013
My 9-week-old daughter was lying, docile and stinky, in the crook of my arm on a flight from Hartford to Atlanta. I had prepared, like a warrior for battle, for this and every other possible complication. Change of clothes in case of accident: check. Natural wipes approved of by parents in my...
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Rachel Simmons

This May 17, Stand Up For Essential Cooking Skills

April 26, 2013
Food Revolution Day 2013 is just around the corner! On May 17 people from all over the world will stand together in support of good food and essential cooking skills. Why Diet-related diseases are among the world's biggest killers (1). This year alone, over 2 million people will die as a result of...
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Jamie Oliver
Family Economic Security

You Can't Survive on $7.25

April 26, 2013
Last week, I joined hundreds of striking fast-food workers on the streets of Harlem, where they held signs that read "I am a Man" and "I am a Woman" and chanted: "You can't survive on $7.25." The demonstration, led by workers struggling to survive on the minimum wage, recalled the organizing that...
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Benjamin Jealous

'It's Only Natural' for African-Americans moms to breastfeed

April 25, 2013
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office on Women’s Health recently launched the It’s Only Natural resource to support mothers. The videos, photos and some of the content has a specific focus on African-American moms and for good reason. By now, you may be aware of the fact that...
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Anayah Sangodele-Ayoka
Environmental Health

Tell Retailers: No More Hazardous 100+ Chemicals!

April 25, 2013
Does this supermarket scene sound familiar? I’ve got a shopping list in my hand, an empty fridge back home, and a wailing toddler at my side whose having a full blown supermarket meltdown. I don’t have time to meander in the aisles: I have dinner to make, a toddler to soothe, and five minutes...
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Sarah Francis
Paid Sick Days

Why I Believe in Paid Sick Leave

April 25, 2013
Moms shouldn’t have to choose between their jobs and the health of their families. But too often, companies that are fixated on their bottom lines force women to make this choice. I know. It happened to me. I became pregnant with my second child while I was working at a T-Mobile call center in...
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Kristi Rifkin

The Chicago Walk-out! Hear the stories of workers on the front lines

April 25, 2013
Yesterday, Chicago’s fast food and retail workers stood up and said ENOUGH! The corporations they work for are raking in huge profits, but they don't pay their employees – mostly adults with families to support – enough to cover the most basic needs like food, rent, health care, and transportation...
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Monifa Bandele
Paid Sick Days

Paid Sick Days: A Matter of Life and Death

April 25, 2013
I have paid sick days but, sadly, know firsthand that we’re all at risk if we don’t ensure that everyone has this basic benefit. My mother, a Holocaust survivor, developed Parkinson’s disease and had a major stroke. She was hospitalized and then sent to a nursing home. The doctors told my father...
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Cindy Weasen
Paid Sick Days

Brotherly Love? Check. Sisterly Devotion? Check. Earned Sick Days? Not So Fast.

April 24, 2013
It’s the stories that I keep coming back to. The story of a cook who was hit by a bus and hit with an eviction notice when he couldn’t pay his rent. The story of a mother who missed two weeks of work with illness and, five months later, still wasn’t back on her feet financially. The story of a man...
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Marianne Bellesorte

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