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One More Thing to Worry About in Middle School - Energy Regulations?

October 22, 2010
My colleague Mary Anne Hitt, the director of the Sierra Club Beyond Coal Campaign , is a new mom and has some words for those trying to greenwash schoolkids and college students: As a new mom, I'm paying more attention these days to how big companies are trying to influence our kids. I just learned...
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Sarah Hodgdon
Open Flexible Work

Telework Red Flags

October 22, 2010
I’m just back from the Telework Summit in Philadelphia. The conference was rather focused on the technical requirements for telework—issues of hardware, space and policy. All necessary stuff. But… With all the technical set-up, training and coordination required (HR, finance, facilities, IT), it’s...
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Kyra Cavanaugh
Health Care

Health Reform Question of the Week: How will the penalties for not having coverage be enforced?

October 21, 2010
Health Reform Question of the Week: How will the penalties for not having coverage be enforced? I already can't pay for coverage now—will I be fined or sent to jail if I don’t have health insurance? ANSWER: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (or “Affordable Care Act”) is designed to...
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Claire McAndrew

Want to chat with Speaker Pelosi? You can!

October 21, 2010
Something I love about being a part of MomsRising is the chance to make my voice heard, along with over a million others who care about moms and families, directly to our elected local and national leaders at the highest levels. But how often do we get to have an informal, friendly chat with those...
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Anita Sarah Jackson
Immigration

Imagine Giving Birth While Shackled to a Bedpost

October 21, 2010
By Steph Drahan , National Women's Law Center Can you picture it? Neither can I. But for pregnant inmates in many states, this is how motherhood begins: with their legs shackled to metal hospital bedposts. For Shawanna Lumsey, this isn’t an exercise in imagination, but in fact her experience when...
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Thao Nguyen
Health Care

Stand up for my son, Wesley. Say NO to going back to pre-existing condition exclusions!

October 21, 2010
"Everything is covered. Your family is fully covered." I could hardly believe it. My son Wesley has an eye condition called strabismus, and I'd been worried because we already had one insurer drop us and another exclude Wesley's condition from coverage. Then, as the new patient protections under...
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Dawn Josephson
Health Care

Insurance Commissioner Kreidler Stands Up for Children in Washington State

October 21, 2010
"Hundreds of consumers have contacted my office, upset over Regence refusing to cover kids and for blaming its recent rate increases on health reform," said Commissioner Kreidler in a statement. "I can understand why they're confused and mad. I'm sick and tired of the insurance industry pulling these stunts and misleading the public about health reform. I expect better of companies wanting to do business in Washington."
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Say Ahhh!
Health Care Food!

Galacta-what?

October 20, 2010
Recently I was testing recipes for the galactagogues chapter of Parents Need to Eat Too . I see you scratching your head—either you were never a nursing mom with supply problems, or you’ve blissfully erased that episode from your memory. A galactagogue is something that stimulates or promotes the...
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Debbie Koenig

Why Do Moms DREAM?

October 19, 2010
Odds are, if you are a mom, you're one of the 72 percent of women in the United States who support the DREAM Act. [1] But we want to know why. First, a quick refresher: The DREAM Act is short for the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act. Currently, undocumented immigrant children...
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Mary Olivella

¿Con qué sueñan las madres?

October 19, 2010
Por Mary Olivella, Elisa Batista, y Julissa Gomez Traducido con ayuda de Julissa Gomez y Ricardo Mosso 18 de octubre 2010 Es probable, si usted es madre que es parte del 72% de mujeres en los Estados Unidos que apoya la ley conocida como el “DREAM Act.” (1) Pero queremos saber sus razones. El...
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