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Food, Inc. Inspires Moms to Cut the Crap

Sarah Newman | Posted 07.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Center for Science in the Public Interest, Sarah's Social Action Snapshot, White House, Takepart.com, Congress, Childhood Nutrition, California Center for Public Health Advocacy, Obesity, Cspi, Junk Food, Child Nutrition Reauthorization, Food Inc., Nutrition, Moms Rising, Soda, Desperate Housewives, Healthy School Lunch Brigade, School Lunches, Diabetes, Deidre Hall, Andrea Bowen, Childhood-Diabetes, Politics News
Sarah Newman

Parents have had enough. They know their kids need nutritious, fresh ingredients that encourage healthy growth and fuel their minds instead of foods that fuel an obesity epidemic amongst kids.

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Peaceful Revolution: Congress: Include Unemployment Insurance Modernization Act in the Recovery Package!

Elizabeth Lower-Basch | Posted 02.14.2009 | Living

Read More: Women, Unemployed Workers, Jobs, Eligibility, Parenting, Unemployment Insurance Modernization Act, Mom's Rising, UI Benefits, Part-Time Workers, Unemployed, Full-Time Workers, Unemployment, Middle Class Families, Child Tax Credit, Unemployment Insurance Benefits, Domestic Violence, Mandatory Job Transfer, Living News
Elizabeth Lower-Basch

Astonishingly enough, what the government often does is give breaks to everyone except the people who need them the most. Less than 40 percent of unemployed workers receive UI benefits.

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Peaceful Revolution: I Love Seeing Babies at Work!

Joan Blades | Posted 02.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Babies at Work, Babies-at-Work Programs, Poverty, Work, Moms Rising, Parenting at Work, Parenting in the Workplace Institute, Parenting, A Peaceful Revolution, Parents, Childbirth, Birth of a Child, Living News
Joan Blades

When you consider that the birth of a child is a leading cause of a "poverty spell" in America, this solution is one simple answer and it turns out it is good for business.

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Peaceful Revolution: Women's Issues Do Matter (and Palin is Wrong)

Robert Drago | Posted 11.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Women, John McCain, Children, Moms Rising, Momsrising, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Mothers, Politics News
Robert Drago

Obama's plan to expand after-school programs to cover one million additional children is clearly superior to McCain's proposal for no change in expenditures.

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