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Remember Mama?

Elizabeth Gregory | Posted 06.05.2009 | Politics

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Elizabeth Gregory

The stress and struggles women workers and their families undergo while trying to do their jobs are not only a national disgrace -- they're completely unnecessary.

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A Family-Friendly Recession?: Cut Hours, Not Jobs

Elizabeth Gregory | Posted 04.06.2009 | Business

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Elizabeth Gregory

During a recession, gains for women earned through years of effort may be swept away in the undertow of layoffs, when flexibility and diversity efforts suddenly disappear.

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Childcare as Infrastructure: Minting the Common Wealth

Elizabeth Gregory | Posted 01.08.2009 | Home

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Elizabeth Gregory

While Obama aims to fund traditional infrastructure-maintenance work, in the big picture, good, affordable childcare shores up infrastructure of an even more essential kind, our citizens.

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