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On the line: Health care for 1 in 3 kids!

Summer is heating up and so are the politics in Washington. Right now, Congress is debating how to reduce the deficit. Well-heeled lobbyists representing big business and the very wealthy are descending on Washington, D.C. in full force to make sure that their corporate subsidies and tax cuts don't...

Child Care Cuts Would Affect Us All

This morning, like millions of other parents across the country, I dropped my daughter off at child care on my way to work. In choosing a licensed child care provider to care for her, I made certain assumptions about the standards that provider would be required to meet. And, probably like many...

Paid Sick Days Laws Could Become Contagious

It may be time to say, "As Connecticut goes, so goes the nation." Any day now, Connecticut's governor is expected to place his John Hancock on a bill that will make Connecticut the first state in the nation to enact a minimum standard for paid sick days. That sends "an important signal to the other...

Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution Wins The Milk Battle!

The Food Revolution is celebrating today following the news that yesterday the LAUSD Board voted to approve a new milk contract, paving the way for no flavored milk next fall. Jamie appeared with Superintendent John Deasy on the Jimmy Kimmel show last month, where Deasy first announced that he...