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Personal Experience: Sometimes the Best Medicine

January 25, 2012
By Anita Youngkin , Director of Human Resources, National Women's Law Center Over the years I’ve worked with some leaders/employees who suggested, some more strongly, that we base employment related decisions such as hiring, promotion, benefits, terminations, etc. on an employee’s health. One such...
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Thao Nguyen

Can Latinos Change the Abortion Conversation?

January 25, 2012
Let’s hope so. And let’s hope political leaders and candidates are listening. In purple states and congressional districts across the nation, population growth and redistricting have strengthened our community’s electoral clout, making Latinos one of this year’s most critical swing constituencies...
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Lorena Garcia
Paid Family Leave Childcare & Early Education Environmental Health Paid Sick Days

MomsRising is Live Tweeting the State of the Union. Join Us!

January 25, 2012
Great news! MomsRising got invited to tweet at the White House during tonight's State of the Union speech by the President! And I'll be there representing us. We'll be keeping our ears open for the issues that matter every day to families, like health care coverage, unemployment insurance, fair pay...
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Monifa Bandele

Supporting Domestic Workers at the State Capitol

January 24, 2012
Photo by Flickr user mathoov This morning, the film The Help was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture. The movie depicts African-American domestic workers who undertake great risks to stand up for their rights in 1960's pre-civil rights Mississippi. For domestic workers around the...
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Anna Cecilia Blackshaw
Environmental Health Food!

Gloves Come Off in GE Food Fight

January 24, 2012
by Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff Executive Director/CEO Healthy Child Healthy World When is a salmon not a salmon? It sounds ridiculous, but that’s one of the most important issues in the food world, where the gloves are off in the fight about genetically engineered foods. Genetically engineered or...
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Rachel Sarnoff
Environmental Health Health Care Food!

A Non-toxic Kitchen Makeover

January 24, 2012
When I first started writing about toxic chemicals, a funny thing would happen. Every few weeks, after devouring a new study or Photo credit: Photo by Flickr user j l t article, I would race through my apartment, bagging up the series of surprisingly toxic products that lived in each room. At the...
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Claire Moshenberg

Year of the Dragon: Let the Baby Boom Begin!

January 24, 2012
This is what I remember about the Lunar New Year as a child: I got to stay up late to go to temple, people gave me money in red envelopes for no other reason than I was a kid, and a week of endless buffets with relatives. As an adult, this holiday has taken on a new meaning. Now, I can barely keep...
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Thao Nguyen
Environmental Health Blog Carnivals

Lunar New Year Wishes for my Mom: a Nail Salon Worker

January 24, 2012
When one thinks of Lunar New Years, words that come to mind include: prosperity, health, good fortune, and longevity. Growing up in a Vietnamese household, Lunar New Years was always about festivals, lion dances, special foods, beautiful flowers, wearing traditional clothes, cleaning the house,...
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Kristine Nguyen
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Mamas Occupy 2012 – Tell Big Banks to Share the Fortune

January 23, 2012
My 4-year-old, Soluna, prides herself in being a good chant leader. This is true. She is loud. She commands attention. She rarely mixes up the words. And since the Occupy Movement began last fall, she’s had plenty of time to get better at it! Just this past Saturday, Soluna was chanting “You’re no...
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Andrea Ibarra-Tacdol

UPDATED! MomsRising Celebrates the Year of the Dragon: Lunar New Year Blog Carnival

January 23, 2012
January 23 marks the Lunar New Year, a time for many Asian communities to gather in celebration. Some may don new clothes and exchange gifts or red envelopes, while others may light firecrackers, throw water and participate in lion dances and parades. Whatever the variation in Lunar New Year...
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Gloria Pan

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