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The GOP War on Women and Immigrants Continues: the Battle Over VAWA

May 7, 2012
Last month we wrote about how Republicans were warring on immigrants and women by opposing revised health care standards for detainees. Now, a new front in the GOP war against both groups is emerging. Last Friday, Huffington Post's Ryan Grim and Elise Foley wrote about House Republicans’ plan to...
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Tramonte Lynn

Our “New Economy” Requires a Policy Solution for Care

May 6, 2012
I have copied this post from Cali Yost’s Work+life fit Blog . It is perfectly relevant and could not be expressed better! The Workplace Challenges Political Candidates Have to Address Posted: 02 May 2012 08:37 PM PDT It’s not your grandpa’s workplace anymore, but if you listen to the presidential...
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Valerie Young
Paid Family Leave Childcare & Early Education

Women’s Issues in the Presidential Election: A View from Across the Pond

May 4, 2012
Having lived in France for the past several years, I am often asked which differences with the US strike me the most. Aside from being able to buy delicious baguettes every few blocks, what surprised me the most were the differences in social services available. As a student, I receive full health...
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Erina Aoyama

Here Comes the Sun

May 4, 2012
Late last year I went out for drinks with a group of moms with kids similar in ages to mine. (I’m sure I had puke on my shirt somewhere.) And I listened to them talk about how wonderful life was. How the transition from one to two wasn’t that big of a deal at all. And I actually said, “REALLY?!” What the hell was wrong with ME, then?
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Michelle Noehren
Environmental Health

New York Times’ Kristof Lays Out the Case Against Endocrine Disruptors

May 3, 2012
In recent years, the incidence of hypospadias, a congenital malformation of the penis, has doubled . Leading health experts blame this surge on a family of toxic chemicals called endocrine disruptors, which attack the hormone system. o Photo by Flickr user F-oxymoron Nicholas Kristof , a columnist...
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Alex Formuzis
Childcare & Early Education

Comcast's OnDemand Responsibility

May 3, 2012
Making Miss Representation has changed my life in more ways than one. Not only has the documentary transformed the way I consume media but it’s also influenced my parenting decisions when it comes to household media consumption. If I want to challenge the way the media represents women and girls –...
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Jennifer Siebel Newsom
Health Care

#WellnessWeds: Start a Walking Routine

May 3, 2012
"I feel like I've been in the eye of a perfect storm of messages about the need to walk," says Anita Jackson, Social Media Director at MomsRising. "From articles detailing how my sedentary lifestyle is killing me to a hilarious Funny or Die video featuring the West Wing cast walking and talking...
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Claire Moshenberg
Childcare & Early Education Environmental Health Health Care Food!

Autism and Chemicals, Cancer Report Under Fire, and Kudos!

May 2, 2012
by Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff Executive Director & C.E.O Healthy Child Healthy World www.healthychild.org Potential Autism Causes Identified What causes autism? Dr. Phil Landrigan, professor and chair of preventive medicine at Mount Sinai Medical School in New York and Honorary Board member of...
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Environmental Health

The BP Oil Disaster Keeps On

May 2, 2012
On April 20, the Gulf Coast remembered the day two years ago that changed our lives. The BP Oil Disaster may no longer be headline news but it's not over for the thousands of Americans who have lost their livelihoods, suffered health consequences, and greatly fear the decades long fight ahead. In...
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Renee Blanchard
Childcare & Early Education

Affordable College is not a Luxury. It´s the Foundation of a Healthy Middle Class

May 2, 2012
I was lucky that I went to college in 1976. I was working as a secretary but I wanted so much to be a teacher. My husband and I were living paycheck to paycheck and could meet our bills just fine, but we had no extra money to send me to college. My parents were doing just fine, but they were still...
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Lily Eskelsen

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