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Sister, Can You Spare a Dime? Women & Unemployment Insurance

December 28, 2009
From Your (Wo)manInWashington blog MOTHERS changing the conversation @ www.MothersOughtToHaveEqualRights.org Like peeling away the layers of an onion, the recession has a way of peeling away the protective layers we put up to buffer ourselves from the bumps and jolts of hard times. When our...
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Valerie Young
Environmental Health

Who's Really Ruining Christmas

December 23, 2009
A few days ago an outrageous column was printed in the Wall Street Journal —it accuses “chemical crusaders” of “ruining Christmas” because we want to put safer regulations on toys. The Consumer Product Safety Commission is expected to vote on lifting the enforcement stay on testing of phthalates on...
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Janelle Sorensen
Health Care

Because You Stood Up for Sophie

December 23, 2009
Thanks for standing up for Sophie and all the other children in need of healthcare reform. Over the weekend, a number of last minute improvements on children's health coverage were made to the Senate health bill because of the amazing efforts of MomsRising members and other great advocates for...
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Donna Norton
Environmental Health

Dangers of Chemicals on Reproductive Health

December 22, 2009
Last week, I went to the Reproductive Health Technology Project , Association of Reproductive Health Professionals , and Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families congressional briefing on the “Dangers of Chemicals on Reproductive Health.” I was astounded by what I learned at the briefing, and also...
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Claire Moshenberg
Environmental Health

Shifting the Agenda: Replacing Problems with Solutions

December 22, 2009
The climate change conference in Copenhagen, Denmark is over. What happens, of course, will affect all of our families. But it will have profound effects for the poorest people around the globe, two-thirds of them are women and children. There is a world of difference in how environmental damage...
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Linda Tarr-Whelan

In Washington and Around the World

December 22, 2009
From Your (Wo)manInWashington blog MOTHERS changing the conversation @ www.MothersOughtToHaveEqualRights.org As Your (Wo)man in Washington , I focus on how the public policy work done in the nation's capital (or perhaps, more often, left undone) will affect your life wherever you are. From time to...
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Valerie Young
Health Care

Health Insurance Age Rating = Corporate Welfare

December 21, 2009
Age discrimination in the form of age rating, the practice of allowing private insurers to charge people higher premiums solely based on age, is wrong. And Congress is buying the false argument from the insurance companies that without age rating, insurance will be too expensive for younger people...
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Natale Zimmer
Health Care

Sen. Murray Replies Via Video to MomsRising Members!

December 21, 2009
You asked, she answered! Last month, we collected your questions on health reform for Senator Patty Murray. Senator Murray responded personally to MomsRising members, creating her video response that you can see right here: We're grateful that Senator Murray took time out to speak directly with us...
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Anita Sarah Jackson
Health Care Food!

Weekly Round Up

December 21, 2009
Here is the round up for this week. A lot of interesting articles and concern for food safety, which is good. Remember, to receive articles and food safety information and recalls sign up for our S.T.O.P. E-alerts . Have a great weekend! 26,500 school cafeterias lack required inspections USA Today...
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Donna Rosenbaum

The Grinch Who Stole Healthcare Reform?

December 18, 2009
Will one of your Senators be the Grinch Who Stole Healthcare Reform? The vote in the Senate is going to be incredibly close and the loss or gain of just one or two Senators could make or break this historic chance to finally start fixing our broken healthcare system. We are now just days away from...
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Donna Norton

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