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Families & The Federal Budget

Spook Congress for America's Families!

October 28, 2010
That bone chilling, pit of fear in your stomach feeling. Could it be Halloween? Or possibly, could it be the very scary job market? Currently more than one in six working age adults - or 26.8 million people - are either unemployed or underemployed. And it's tough to find a job when there’s only one...
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Donna Norton
Open Flexible Work

WOMEN in Management: Why Progress Has Stalled

October 27, 2010
Five reasons WOMEN's progress into management has stalled.
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Nanette Fondas
Food!

Parents Need to Eat Too: Whaddya Got Fried Rice

October 27, 2010
I’m a big believer in authenticity. My husband and I (and now our son) will trek far and wide for a real taste of a particular kind of food, from New Jersey (and Connecticut) hot dogs to New England donuts to the fresh mozzarella made by the 90something Italian lady around the corner. But frankly,...
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Debbie Koenig

What Does Birth Control Have to do With Your Mortgage?

October 26, 2010
By Galen Sherwin, Staff Attorney, ACLU Women's Rights Project & Vania Leveille, Legislative Counsel, ACLU Washington Legislative Office Imagine if you were applying for a loan and were asked to write a letter to the bank discussing your "family planning." Believe it or not, that is what...
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Roger Baldwin
Environmental Health

How green is your child care?

October 25, 2010
By Lisa Frack with Rebecca Sutton, PhD, Environmental Working Group Truth is, when my husband and I chose a childcare facility for our kids (way back in 2003), the question of environmental health didn't even cross our minds. Why not? Because what mattered more, at the time, was its affordability,...
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Lisa Frack
Environmental Health

The lowdown on home improvement products at HealthyStuff.org

October 25, 2010
The Ecology Center recently released research on chemicals in home improvement products on www.HealthyStuff.org . We tested over 1,000 flooring samples and nearly 2,300 types of wallpaper for a variety of chemicals based on their toxicity or tendency to build up in people and the environment. These...
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Jeff Gearhart
Open Flexible Work

Balancing on One Foot?

October 25, 2010
We moms start to learn from that first day a new baby arrives how to work faster, smarter, better. I, for one, often feel like the character in Dr. Seuss's Cat in the Hat , balanced on one foot, with several plates twirling in the air so that I can meet my responsibilities both at home and at work...
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Joan Blades
Childcare & Early Education

"School Reform" Manifesto: The Reality Check

October 25, 2010
Last week the Corporate Model School Reformers issued a manifesto. Like most manifestos, it’s simple and slick … and wrong.
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Lily Eskelsen
Health Care

Insurers View Pregnancy as Pre-Existing Condition

October 24, 2010
An investigation conducted by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce confirmed that major insurers consider pregnancy to be a pre-existing condition that would result in an automatic denial of coverage, and that insurers typically exclude maternity coverage from the plans they offer individuals who are not pregnant.
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Say Ahhh!
Paid Sick Days

Support Paid Sick Days When You Eat Out

October 22, 2010
Imagine going to work with the flu. How about having a toddler with an ear infection? When a child in Washington, D.C. gets sick, she may not make it to a doctor if her parent is a waiter or a waitress. It isn’t because the parent is neglectful. Despite a paid sick days law passed two years ago in...
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Andrea Lindemann Gilliam

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