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Debunking Obamacare Myths

October 4, 2012
We thought this post would be interesting to MomsRising readers, because especially during election season, it's important to get the facts straight about the Affordable Care Act and know how to sort out truth from fiction. For more myth-busting about the ACA, you can go to www...
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Stephani Becker

Healthy School Meals: A Step Forward for Latino Children

October 3, 2012
The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) applauds the USDA’s new nutritional guidelines for school meals. Many Latino children across the nation will be able to enjoy a variety of nutritious options as they enter the new school year this fall. As the number of Latinos in the U.S. grows...
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Jessica Fuentes
MomsVote Politics & Policy

Want to hang out tonight?

October 3, 2012
Want to hang out tonight? Throw some popcorn with us! Tonight, at 6pmPST/9pmEST, we're going to be playing a national game of Presidential Debate BINGO with thousands of moms, dads, kids, neighbors, and people across the country as we watch the debate--and we'd love for you to play too! * Get your...
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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner
MomsVote Childcare & Early Education

The Presidential Debate You Won't Hear

October 3, 2012
The U.S. education system is what made this country prosperous in the twentieth century -- but no longer. Perhaps no issue is more urgent than this, yet for all the talk of teacher’s unions and testing, real education programs, ideas that will matter, are nonexistent this election season. Flickr/...
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Mattea Kramer

Waiting for 2014: One Family's Story

October 3, 2012
How the Affordable Care Act’s essential health benefits may help Henry get the health care he needs to grow and thrive. By JoAnn Volk, Georgetown University Center on Health Insurance Reforms Losing health care coverage just before your due date is not something you read about in “What to Expect...
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Health Care

California Activists Prove the Third Time is the Charm: Governor Signs New Law against Shackling Pregnant Women

October 3, 2012
On September 28, 2012, Governor Brown of California signed Assembly Bill 2530 into law, ushering in a new era of legal protection from shackling during pregnancy. Beginning January 1, 2013, the new law will prohibit shackling women around the belly, at the ankles, or with handcuffs behind their...
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Rachel Roth
Environmental Health Health Care Food!

Kids and cartoons? Classic. Kids and chemicals? Not so much.

October 2, 2012
Phthalates are toxic chemicals already banned from children's toys because we know they're dangerous to kids. But they aren't yet banned from all products intended for kids: It turns out phthalates can be found in many back-to-school products as well, including lunch boxes and backpacks! This year...
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Claire Moshenberg
Immigration

A Surprising Issue Will Change the Way Moms Vote in 2012

October 2, 2012
This op-ed originally appeared in ABC News / Univision . Lily Eskelsen is a mother, grandmother and teacher with 20 years of classroom experience. While she's not an immigrant, she has passionate views on immigration because many of her students have dealt with the struggles of being undocumented...
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Mary Olivella
Paid Family Leave Childcare & Early Education

16 Million Reasons for the Candidates to Care about Poverty

October 2, 2012
By the time President Obama and Governor Romney throw out the first punches in the October 3 debate, many of the nation’s 16 million poor children will be fast asleep. Some of them will have gone to bed hungry. Some of them will be sleeping in homeless shelters or substandard housing. Many of them...
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Hannah Matthews
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You and four friends: NOW is the time to help make sure everyone's registered!

October 2, 2012
Large groups gathering in Iowa in the early morning hours? People camping out in Ohio before the doors open? Click here to help register 4 more! It’s starting! Early voting has begun: In Iowa, voters have been able to vote since last week . And when I flipped on the radio this morning, I heard that...
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