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First they go after unions. Then they go after your kid.

February 17, 2011
Perhaps some of the lawmakers who support legislation to pauperize their middle-class constituents have good intentions. Maybe they really do believe that cutting government workers' pay or busting unions or cutting funds for education will result in a stronger economy. But it’s hard to see how anyone can justify returning to the days when children as young as 5 worked long hours in atrocious conditions, when the vast majority of children had no schooling, when child miners were kicked by foremen and when children lost their fingers, their limbs and their lives in dangerous factories.

You Want Better Teachers?

February 17, 2011
There is a convergence of politicians, activists, venture capitalists and even movie-makers, looking for a slick, simple storyline as to why, in neighborhoods with growing crime, unemployment, drug use and incarceration rates, students are failing and dropping out. Their answer: Those kids must have bad teachers.
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Don’t Stamp Out the Breast Cancer Stamp

February 17, 2011
...without Congressional action this year, these stamps and the research they support will be in jeopardy.

Flex 2.0: From Why to How

February 17, 2011
This is excerpted from a longer blog post at Corporate Voices . For the last 15 years, the Sloan Foundation has invested $120 million in more than 350 projects focused on work/life issues. And that investment paid dividends in elevating visibility of workplace flexibility issues--all the way to the...
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Giant cuts proposed to kids' programs!

February 16, 2011
Something doesn't add up. These days you hear a lot of members of Congress saying, "Governments need to budget like families do." I couldn't agree more. Every family I know budgets by putting the health, safety, and future of their children first. But what gets me is that some of the same members...
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Big Soda’s Caramel-Colored Secret

February 16, 2011
Food marketers have long had a special knack for euphemism. (If you didn’t believe me I’d offer you a Rocky Mountain oyster.) But even as someone who has watched the food industry closely for 40 years, sometimes even I can get taken by surprise. One such case is an innocent-sounding ingredient that...
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Women and Girls and the President's Budget

February 16, 2011
From Your (Wo)manInWashington blog MOTHERS changing the conversation @ www.MothersOughtToHaveEqualRights.org Valentine's Day ushers in the most unromantic topic of the federal budget this year, and President Obama's proposed spending plan has now been unveiled. Much wrangling and intense debate is...
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¡Padres Californianos, Aseguren a Sus Hijos Hoy!

February 14, 2011
Estimados padres Californianos: Hoy es el día para asegurar sus hijos aunque estén enfermos o hanyan sido negados por las compañias de seguro médico. Debido a las nuevas leyes de seguro privado, no se le puede negar cobertura a ningún niño, incluso a aquellos con condiciones preexistentes como el...
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Our Kids Deserve A Digital Detox

February 14, 2011
Whenever I ponder of the excess of technology in today’s society, I think of a posting on my friend’s Facebook page complaining that her kids were driving her crazy as they waited in line for ice cream. It seemed obvious to me why her kids were acting up--they wanted her to stop the constant mobile...
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You want me to pump where?

February 13, 2011
Victory! After moms across the country expressed outrage that breast pumps and supplies weren't tax deductible, but items like artificial turf were, on Thursday the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) reversed their decision! [1] Breast pumps are now a tax-deductible expense. Thanks go to the tens of...
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