Shutdown this Silliness
Do you ever wake up and think, “Well, now, this is completely absurd?” Today is one of those days, because some members of Congress have decided that attempting to deny millions of people healthcare...
View ArticleListen to Mary: “Our lives depend on ending the government shutdown.”
In 2006, I was diagnosed with Stage I breast cancer. After surgery and six rounds of chemotherapy, I returned to normal life. Early detection should have kept me cancer free, but after four years, I...
View ArticleGoing hungry in the month of Thanksgiving? If Congress fails to fund the...
Congress has failed to pass a continuing resolution (CR) funding the government. While critical nutrition assistance programs like SNAP, WIC and school meals are expected to have the resources to...
View ArticleFurloughed and it doesn’t feel so good
I’ve been furloughed from the CDC in Atlanta; there are thousands of us here. We are anxious to get back to work. We work on strategies to reduce chronic illness like heart disease and diabetes and we...
View ArticleWIC: More than a check, it’s a village every mother and child need
Is this seriously up for debate? Does the necessity of WIC really need to be justified? Who questions whether or not support, matter of fact community support, is needed?! I remember… I remember being...
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When Government Is Too Small
Every American should have been in the streets when our elected officials labeled cancer care for children as “nonessential.” On a damp Friday morning, 11 days into the government shutdown, a few dozen...
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My Kids Participated in “A Wish for the Holidays” – Here’s How Yours Can, Too
Like every other parent out there, the winter holidays are crazy for my husband and me. Holiday shopping, the squirreling away of gifts, meals and decorations occur on top of full-time jobs and a...
View ArticleAdvocates Fasting for Families Embody the Strength and Determination of the...
Over the past year, the calls for action on immigration reform have been loud and unwavering. Activists have been arrested for staging sit-ins at their congressional representatives’ offices, DREAMers...
View ArticleGive Americans a reason to be thankful: A Congress that listens
This Thanksgiving, Congress should set aside dysfunction and the austerity mindset and give the American people a reason to be thankful: a federal spending and revenue plan that takes our best...
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Women Who Code – Why Including Motherhood in STEM Discussions Matters
With millions of students taking part in “Hour of Code,” a campaign supported by technology companies as part of National Computer Science Week, there is a lot of internet chatter about the importance...
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