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Knowledge, encouragement, and support: Helping a new mom breastfeed

June 21, 2012
Knowledge, encouragement, and support. That's what I needed to make my first attempt at breastfeeding a success in the first bleary weeks with a newborn. For several years, new mothers who receive support through the WIC (Women, Infants and Children) program have been getting exactly this type of...
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Ashley Boyd
Environmental Health

We Stopped the Clean Air Shenanigans!

June 21, 2012
Yesterday, Oklahoma Senator James Inhofe tried to use the obscure Congressional Review Act (CRA) to get rid of the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) Rule . I am thrilled to report that his efforts came to naught. Because of tens of thousands of letters and phone calls from moms and families...
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Gloria Pan

Goddess Gathering

June 21, 2012
This was a gathering of Goddesses. Shedding our shirts and revealing the places where we grew humans (and one was actively growing) felt so freeing, inspiring, and powerful it is hard to put it into words. Thankfully the smiles on our faces, the laughter to the point of tears, and the energetic joy radiating from each of us speaks for itself.
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Michelle Noehren
Health Care

If It's Not Broken, Don't Fix It!

June 20, 2012
If it’s not broken, don’t fix it. California’s Healthy Families program is most definitely working. Each year, the Healthy Families Program provides approximately 875,000 children from low to moderate-income families the health coverage they need to stay healthy and succeed in school. Unfortunately...
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Ashley Boyd
Health Care

#WellnessWeds: 3.1 Million Young Adults are Newly Insured

June 20, 2012
Photo credit: Photo by Flickr user Rik Ruff 3.1 million people are newly insured because of a provision in the Affordable Care Act that lets young adults to stay on their parents’ health care plans up to age 26. That is amazing. I graduated four years ago, and I saw the fallout firsthand of a bad...
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Claire Moshenberg

Say NO to Rush Limbaugh disparaging Dolores Huerta and women in general

June 20, 2012
I think we all can agree that Dolores Huerta, the UFW's co-founder and president of the Dolores Huerta Foundation is an exemplary role-model of a good American. Dolores has spent her life sacrificing to advocate for workers, immigrants, and women's rights. She has a fierce determination to help the...
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Jocelyn Sherman
Health Care

Congratulations Moms. This One Is For Us!

June 20, 2012
Yesterday we told you about an amazing change in the Law School Admission Test (LSAT), lactation policy for nursing mothers. The new policy allows nursing mothers, to request extended or additional breaks to pump during the LSAT, for up to one year following childbirth. We got involved after...
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Roger Baldwin
Childcare & Early Education

CalWORKS and Childcare - Critical Programs for Mothers - and the Economy

June 19, 2012
Beckie Moralez I recently saw Magali Sanchez-Hall and Beckie Moralez share their personal stories. A single mother and survivor of domestic violence, Magali will soon graduate from UCLA – precisely because she was able to get help from CalWORKS, childcare and Cal Grants – with a degree and a...
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Sande Smith
Environmental Health Health Care

Tips Tuesday: Top 5 Green Road Trip Tips

June 19, 2012
Photo credit: Photo by Flickr user Andrew Currie Summer is here, and for a lot of families that means it's time to hit the road for a family road trip. Make sure you and your family stay healthy by taking your nontoxic habits with you when you travel. With a few small tweaks, you can make your road...
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Claire Moshenberg
Health Care

The Demise of the Catholic Hospital Brand

June 19, 2012
It used to be Americans viewed Catholic hospitals and healthcare systems with universal respect and trust. They had no reason to do otherwise. Founded in the nineteenth century by orders of nuns with a mission to care for the poor, Catholic hospitals grew and thrived in modern industrial medicine...
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Barbara Coombs Lee

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