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What do 7 out of 10 women have in common?

June 19, 2009
Like most Americans, I'm a sitting duck. A million things could happen that would cause my family to become one of the 46 million Americans without health insurance. My husband or I could lose our jobs, one of us could get some illness that would then make us uninsurable if we changed jobs or - as...
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Donna Norton
Childcare & Early Education Health Care

Time to Turn Over Those Couch Cushions!

June 19, 2009
If my family budget was in such deep crisis that I didn't have enough money to feed my kids, I would turn over every cushion looking for spare change, get a weekend job, or sell things in a yard sale. I'd do anything I could to find new ways to bring new money in the door before eliminating the...
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Anita Sarah Jackson

Donna Brazile: Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act Not Enough

June 18, 2009
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – Political strategist Donna Brazile urged a hotel ballroom packed with hundreds of women not to settle for the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act that allows women to file pay discrimination lawsuits and was signed into law by President Barack Obama earlier this year. She said the...
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Elisa Batista

This has GOT to stop.

June 17, 2009
Have you heard about the Calvin Klein ad in New York City that shows a young girl in a threesome/foursome with young men? Moms are outraged, and they should be. With child pornography and child slavery on the rise, we can look to folks like Calvin Klein for glorifying sex with young girls. This is...
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Gina Robison-Billups
Health Care

A Mom's Story: Why I Speak Now for Kids

June 17, 2009
First, I want to thank MomsRising for allowing me space on your blog. I am a mom of two great kids, Madeline (4) and Eli (19 months). I want to share why I am passionate about why health reform needs to work for kids and how I got involved in the Speak Now for Kids campaign. When my daughter was 10...
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Bridgette Flack
Childcare & Early Education Environmental Health Health Care Food!

In what universe are candy bars NOT junk food?

June 17, 2009
Which of the following is considered a junk food according to national school nutrition standards? A. Hi-C Blast - vitamin fortified sugar water B. Poland Springs seltzer water - water with bubbles C. French fries D. Candy Bars If you guessed A, C or D you'd be wrong. Believe it or not, seltzer...
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Joan Blades
Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days

It Only Looked Like Business As Usual

June 16, 2009
From Your (Wo)man in Washington Blog Another Hill hearing room, fresh-faced staffers buzzing in the background, Congressmen and women at their microphones, witnesses seated at the witness table. June 11 was just another day for the Nation's Capital of the World's Greatest Democracy. Except it wasn'...
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Valerie Young

A Kid Gives 10 Reasons Why Kids Need Affordable Health Coverage

June 10, 2009
Joan Alker, Co-Director of the Center for Children and Families at Georgetown University's Health Policy Institute , has been working on children's issues for over twenty years. When thinking about why children's health needs deserve more attention in health reform, she decided to seek out experts...
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Emma Walsh-Alker
Paid Sick Days

Big hearing tomorrow for Paid Sick Days!

June 10, 2009
Together, we're creating powerful momentum in the fight for paid sick days. But having the support of the Congresspeople who introduced the Healthy Families Act isn't enough to win this essential protection for working families. We need more Congresspeople on board with us.
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Katie Bethell

Link blogging health care reform- why no single payer option?

June 9, 2009
While doing research for a CNN.com Live appearance on health care reform and the Senate, I collated a series of helpful links. I am a proponent of single payer reform, but as has been reported, it's just off the table on Capitol Hill. Obama himself said, "if he could start from scratch, single-...
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Morra Aarons-Mele

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