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To Ban BPA, All Gov Brown has to do is sign!

September 20, 2011
Governor Jerry Brown has landmark legislation heading to his desk that would ban the toxic chemical bisphenol-A (BPA) in baby bottles and sippy cups. [1] We need your help to make sure it gets signed into law. Help us keep California kids safe! *Tell Governor Jerry Brown to sign the Toxin-Free...
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Claire Moshenberg

130 Death Row Inmates Have Been Found Innocent Since 1973: Troy Davis’ Execution is Set for Tomorrow.

September 20, 2011
This is a startling and disturbing statistic. The reality is: These 130 people were originally found guilty based on eyewitness testimony. Once physical DNA evidence surfaced, it turned out that the eyewitnesses, who testified against them, were wrong. [1] There is no DNA evidence in the case of...
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Monifa Bandele
Health Care Family Economic Security

Kick it to the curb?!

September 20, 2011
Sometimes when I open the newspaper, I feel like throwing it right back out to the curb. (No disrespect intended to the curb.) Last week, for example, there was the terrible new census data report that nearly one in six Americans is living in poverty, and one in four babies born in America right...
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Donna Norton
Childcare & Early Education

I think we're up to the challenge, WA State!

September 19, 2011
Woah, WA State-- this is big. Our state is applying to win a $60 million federal grant to back critical early child care and education programs. But with only a few Race to The Top, Early Learning Challenge grants available to all 50 states, the competition between states to get this money is going...
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Sarah Francis
Environmental Health

Fish For Thought

September 19, 2011
This post originally appeared on Sightline Institute's blog . To eat fish, or not? If you're pregnant, nursing, or even thinking about becoming pregnant, it's a Catch-22. Seafood is the best possible source of the long-chain omega-3 fatty acid DHA, which is critical for a baby's brain and eye...
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Anna Fahey
Childcare & Early Education Health Care

5 freedoms I enjoyed in school that my daughter won’t

September 19, 2011
At six months pregnant, like most moms and moms-to-be, I’m finding plenty of things to worry about. When I’m not fretting over my daily calcium intake or environmentally friendly diaper options, I find myself plagued with anxiety about the longer-term realities of child rearing today. I want to...
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Kerala Taylor

The Land of (Unequal) Opportunity

September 18, 2011
From Your (Wo)manInWashington blog MOTHERS changing the conversation @ www.MothersOughtToHaveEqualRights.org The weather changed literally overnight. Yesterday it was shorts and sunglasses. Today it’s socks and sweaters, and some serious statistics about what mothers are facing as they try to raise...
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Valerie Young

Urgent message on the #UNSummit on #NCDs

September 17, 2011
Jamie and the Food Revolution Team need your help. WHAT'S HAPPENING? On 19 - 20 Sept 2011, policy leaders from around the world will come together in New York for the United Nations High-Level Summit on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) - which encompass smoking, alcohol & diet-related illnesses...
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Jamie Oliver

The Execution of Troy Davis - A Mother’s Story

September 16, 2011
As told by Martina Davis-Correia to Jen Marlowe and Monifa Bandele My son was six weeks old when I first brought him to meet his uncle, Troy Davis. You would have thought I gave Troy a gold bar. He was scared to hold my tiny baby. I literally had to just put De’Jaun in his arms and walk away. And...
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Martina Davis-Correia

The Thurgood Marshall of the Women’s Movement

September 16, 2011
Cross-posted from New Deal 2.0 . Ruth Bader Ginsburg's mother left her with two key pieces of advice: Be independent, and be a lady. She's both. I was able to talk with the Justice about everything from her mother to the role of international law in American courts to her now infamous plane ride on...
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Joan C. Williams

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