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Make Our Food Safe

October 7, 2009
Our food supply could be safer than it is. Many of the hazards can be prevented. As an attorney, an activist and – most importantly – the mother of three, I know the most important thing the Senate can do right now is update the laws that protect the public from dangers on our dinner plates...
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Sandra Eskin
Paid Sick Days

Paid sick days help vulnerable families

October 6, 2009
I heard the wonderful Dr. Barbara Ferrer speak on Boston’s NPR station about the recent study conducted after this spring’s influenza/H1N1 outbreak. She was asked to comment on the fact that H1N1 had disproportionately affected blacks and Latinos in the Boston metro area and why this may be. Three-...
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Marianne Bullock
Food!

Are we all crash test dummies for the food industry?

October 6, 2009
People often ask me how I manage to eat, given what I do for a living. It’s true—by all rights, I should be starving. As the lead author of the new report just released from Center for Science in the Public Interest , The Ten Riskiest Foods Regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration , today...
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Sarah Klein
Open Flexible Work

Work Environments that Work for Families

October 6, 2009
From Your (Wo)manInWashington blog Written by MOTHERS volunteer Kelly Coyle DiNorcia ( ahimsamama.blogspot.com ) Before I became a mother, I spent long hours in the office. I probably logged sixty or seventy hours a week as an administrator for a non-profit organization on average - during busy...
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Valerie Young
Environmental Health

UPDATED! Dear Kraft-- a form letter isn't good enough.

October 6, 2009
In August more than 32,000 MomsRising members and sent a letter to the CEO of Kraft asking her to keep harmful chemicals out of Mac and Cheese. Here's the main point of the letter: I applaud the decision you made to remove synthetic growth hormones, artificial colorings like yellow #5, and chemical...
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Sarah Francis
Health Care

We're pinning our hopes on you because children need health reform too!

October 5, 2009
The over one million members of MomsRising have one top priority and that's our kids. We're willing to wear our support for health reform that works for America’s kids on our sleeves. And we're asking our legislators to wear it on their lapel. MomsRising is collecting photographs of members of...
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Donna Norton
Open Flexible Work

The Opting Out Myth

October 1, 2009
From Your (Wo)manInWashington blog The US Senate decreed in 2003 that October be designated Work and Family Month . This year's observance started off with a BANG this morning with the Washington Post announcing on its front page that the "opt out revolution", i.e. working women leaving the board...
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Valerie Young

Don’t forget our littlest patients!

October 1, 2009
Before I begin, I want to thank MomsRising.org for bringing pediatric healthcare to the forefront of people’s minds. Healthcare reform is a highly debated topic, and sometimes the littlest patients get left out. It is our job as moms (and dads) to make sure our kids have a voice and are a part of...
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Michelle Perry

Come On, Abstinence-Only Programs Shouldn't Have to Prove They're Effective to Get Funding

September 30, 2009
Written by Julia Kaye , Health Policy Associate, National Women's Law Center Last night, in a “hat-tip” to common-sense and efficacy, the Senate Finance Committee approved an amendment introduced by Chairman Baucus to provide funding for evidence-based comprehensive sex education. The Chairman...
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Thao Nguyen

Women & Workplace Violations - Exploiting Us All

September 30, 2009
From Your (Wo)manInWashington blog The (Wo)man in Washington is always looking for ways to level the playing field for women. After all, the structure of our society and economy impacts men and women in different ways, and it is not accidental. Women, especially those with children, make up the...
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Valerie Young

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