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Women will lead the way

November 29, 2013 Susan Cunningham 2014 Election, Consumer issues, Economy, Health, Health care, Media, Politics, Women Leave a comment

As long as our country has Gail Collins, Rachel Maddow and Elizabeth Warren,  I can clutch a tiny bit of hope in my wrinkly,

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What to expect when you’re expecting

November 15, 2013 Progress Women Activism, Children, Civil Rights, Congress, Consumer issues, Corporations, Employment, Health, Health care, Reproductive rights, Women Leave a comment

By Sarah Casteel, Clayton High School senior, St. Louis MO While our society still faces sex-based workplace discrimination — clearly most often targeted at

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Accidentally kosher

November 11, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik Consumer issues, Food, Humor One comment

Although the worship [what does that mean, anyway?] service was long, the bar mitzvah boy did himself proud, and this here atheist survived another

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Obamacare shopping made easy: Click here

October 22, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik ACA/Obamacare, Consumer issues Leave a comment

Want to know how affordable your health insurance might be under the Affordable Care Act, without actually having to sign up for a policy?

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Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) myths: “It all starts on Jan. 1, 2014”

October 9, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik ACA/Obamacare, Children, Congress, Consumer issues Leave a comment

Republicans who want to “stop” Obamacare should know better: Not only is the Affordable Care Act already a law [not just a bill up

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Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) myths: “Death panels”

October 3, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik ACA/Obamacare, Consumer issues, Health care, Republicans One comment

“Death panels” are not dead. Although the “death panel” argument against the Affordable Care Act has been debunked, shot down, mortality injured and ostensibly

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Where your electronic waste goes: A ruined city in Ghana called “Agbogbloshie”

October 3, 2013 Renee Shur Consumer issues, Environment, Health, International, Technology 4 comments

Agbogbloshie. Does the name mean anything to you?  Probably not. But it should. Agbogbloshie is hardly a household word. It doesn’t exactly roll off

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Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) myths: The “government takeover of health care”

October 1, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik ACA/Obamacare, Consumer issues, Health care Leave a comment

It’s a bit too generous to use the term “myth” when it comes to the outright lies that have been told about the Affordable

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Blue voices in a red room: Notes from an Obamacare “informational” town hall

September 24, 2013 Mary Clemons Activism, Consumer issues, Health care, Missouri region, Obama, Politics, Republicans, States Leave a comment

What could be better on Constitution Day than a traditional American town meeting?  What a perfect way to celebrate the document that is a

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The muscle and sweat behind Labor Day

August 30, 2013 Renee Shur Consumer issues, Economy, Employment, History, Labor and unions Leave a comment

Before you fire up the grill this Labor Day or check out the discounts at the stores, how about taking a moment to consider

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