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Kids are at risk. What's the hold up?

February 22, 2013
Something's rotten in Denmark. Well, in DC actually. That's where the decision's been made — again and again and again — to keep a nasty insecticide called chlorpyrifos on the market. The result? A generation of kids is sicker and less smart. I'm truly not being melodramatic, though I admit the...
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Kristin Schafer
Health Care

NM - ASAP action needed!

February 22, 2013
Do you want to give the insurance industry *more* power over New Mexicans’ health coverage choices?! If you answered, “No!”, you must call New Mexico’s legislators RIGHT NOW to speak up to stop the insurance industry's attempt to gain more control over our state's new health coverage marketplace...
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Ashley Boyd
Gun Safety

It's working! Moms are being heard!

February 21, 2013
Great news! Moms' voices calling for common-sense gun violence prevention laws are working! Today, we're hearing that support among lawmakers for universal background checks for gun purchases is really gathering steam, with even the likes of Senators Tom Coburn of Oklahoma and Joe Manchin of West...
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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner
Health Care

Is Too Much Being Asked of Mothers? Rethinking the "Burden" of Breastfeeding

February 21, 2013
Lately, I’ve been getting the feeling that too much is being asked of mothers. Yes, we are notorious multi-taskers and play into the Supermom archetype, but when you look at the political, social and economic landscape, the expectations upon mothers, I fear, is reaching tipping point status. What’s...
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Kimberly Seals Allers
Gun Safety

Why This Latina Mamá Wants Commonsense Gun Reform

February 21, 2013
Para español, haga clic aquí . Last week on Valentine's Day, MomsRising.org held an event in a DC church that included MomsRising staff members -- I gave a speech in Spanish! -- a performance by the World Children's Choir, and speeches by victims of gun violence. A staff member of Gabby Giffords,...
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Elisa Batista
Gun Safety

Una madre latina por la reforma de armas en EE.UU.

February 21, 2013
For English, click here . La semana pasada en el día de san valentín, la organización con quien yo trabajo, MomsRising.org, tuvo un evento en Washington contra la violencia de armas. Tuvimos presentaciones por el coro famoso "World Children's Choir" y de una colega de la diputada Gabby Giffords...
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Elisa Batista
Health Care

New Report Highlights How Health Information Technology Can Improve Health in Communities of Color

February 21, 2013
It’s amazing how much technology has advanced in just 15 years. Back in the mid-1990s, the internet was new and everyone was still learning how to use it. Flash forward to today, and you might be reading this blog on your phone! While enormous medical and technological advancements have been made...
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Ellen Wu

Food Power

February 20, 2013
Join us on Saturday, March 2 in NYC for an inspirational gathering with amazing moms, influential bloggers, award-winning filmmakers, and fabulous MomsRising members and staff! (It's free and kids are welcome too!) We'll be talking about Food Power! -- what moms, dads, bloggers, and community...
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Karen Showalter
Environmental Health

The perfect goodbye gift for a super hero mom

February 20, 2013
On February 1 4, Lisa P. Jackson stepped down from her post as the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. She will go down in history as the first African-American leader of the Environmental Protection Agency, but we will also remember her as a mom. With her own experience of...
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Gloria Pan
Environmental Health Health Care

Sensitive to Fragrance? You're Not the Only One

February 20, 2013
A new report from Women's Voices for the Earth, Secret Scents: How Hidden Fragrance Allergens Harm Public Health , finds that millions of people are affected by skin allergies caused by chemicals in fragrance. In fact, allergic reactions to fragrance chemicals are common, and have increased...
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Cassidy Randall

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