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Boat is Sinking for Opponents of Paid Sick Days – Quinn Should Bail Out Now

October 7, 2010
The case against a proposed law requiring paid sick days in New York City is falling apart. City Council Speaker Christine Quinn should change her current course, embrace the bill as her own, and move forward aggressively before further delays and equivocation cost her politically. Far from...
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Tim Judson
Health Care

Rep. Martin Heinrich and Physicians discuss Health Reform over Organic Food

October 7, 2010
Must health reform discussions always be so unhealthy? U.S. Representative Martin Heinrich (D-NM) met with Albuquerque physicians Saturday, October 2, for a luncheon of local organic produce and a discussion of health care reform.
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Dora Wang, M.D.
Childcare & Early Education

Share Your Story on 10.10.10 - One Day on Earth

October 6, 2010
Imagine what it’s like when musicians from disparate countries, playing diverse instruments, dedicated to different genres come together on one stage, having never met each other before. Initially the collaboration produces dissonance, but among skilled practitioners dedicated to their craft,...
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Homa Tavangar
Open Flexible Work

Moms turned inside out

October 6, 2010
Do you compare your insides to other people’s outsides? Most of us do, even though we know better. We’re social creatures. It’s natural to make comparisons. But we rarely get to glimpse other people’s insides . When we make our comparisons, we inevitably wind up comparing how we feel to how other...
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Katrina Alcorn

Why is Jimmy so angry?

October 4, 2010
Sometimes the child with the worst attitude is the child with the biggest struggle. It’s important to remember that a child’s attitude toward school is often shaped by the reactions they get from parents and teachers. When we take a deeper look at children with behavior problems we can see the...
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Joe Newman
Open Flexible Work

Virtually Perfect Work

October 1, 2010
I work from home. So do all the people who work with MomsRising.org and MoveOn.org , the two organizations I co-founded. It works great for us and has for years, and so, when I read that the number of U.S. telecommuters dipped to 8.7 million in 2009 from 9.2 million in 2006 (according to the IDC, a...
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Joan Blades
Open Flexible Work

Babies in… Parliament?

October 1, 2010
Licia Ronzulli, a member of the European Union's Parliament from Italy, with her baby. Licia Ronzulli, a member of the European Union's Parliament from Italy, sat poised and focused in her parliamentary seat. Her right hand raised in a vote, her left hand turning a page on her desk, and wrapped...
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Katie Bethell
Health Care

Question of the Week: Will there eventually be a public option?

September 30, 2010
Question: Will there eventually be a public option? Answer: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, signed by President Obama on March 23, 2010, is a huge step forward for health care consumers. It will bring quality, affordable coverage to all Americans through the creation of health...
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Claire McAndrew
Food! Blog Carnivals

Today’s Lesson: Always Read Nutrition Facts

September 30, 2010
Sometimes, even a healthy food isn’t so healthy. Take, for example, the package of bison hot dogs I received recently for review . Bison, I know, is an incredibly healthy meat, especially when compared to beef: it’s lower in calories, fat, and cholesterol. So surely hot dogs made from bison would...
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Debbie Koenig

Simple

September 30, 2010
In 1854 Henry David Thoreau wrote, “Our life is frittered away by detail” and called for “Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand; instead of a milion count half a dozen, and keep your accounts on your thumb-nail. ” It’s good...
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Lisa Harper

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