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08/27/12
“So how do I make my little boy as clever as you are?” The question came out of nowhere. We were teenage waitresses in a Wimpy hamburger joint in a working-class town in England, taking our break squeezed together in a little red naugahyde booth, chowing down on the greasy burgers the management...
Annette Laing's picture
08/24/12
A small bus is making waves as it rolls across the country, showing us all what is possible when communities that are being pushed into the shadows come out and reclaim their human rights and dignity. The riders of the “Undocubus: No Papers, No Fear Ride for Justice” are mothers, students, and...
Lisa Moore's picture
08/24/12
Cross posted with author permission from the Huffington Post » In 2010, China and the United States each conducted a national census. China found that 76.0 million of its citizens were children under the age of 5, about four times the number the United States has, 20.2 million . ­No real surprise...
Ann OLeary's picture
08/24/12
It’s that time of year when parents are busy with school shopping and taking our kids to the doctor for back-to-school checkups. If you have an older teen, you may want to consider adding one more task to your to-do list: talking about sex and contraception and helping him or her get the...
Leslie Kantor's picture
08/24/12
I don't know firsthand what it's like to balance work and family -- I graduated from college last year -- but I bet there's no hard-and-fast, works-every-time rule. There's no one article that will tell us exactly how to fill the many roles we envision for ourselves. There are stories and insights...
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08/23/12
By Sabrina Corlette, Georgetown University Center on Health Insurance Reform When Joshua Lemacks of Richmond, Virginia takes the field for one of his Little League games, the other team may not be overly impressed with his batting average stats, but those who know him realize that he has beaten...
Say Ahhh's picture
08/23/12
The race to the Presidency. With the November election fast approaching, things are really heating up! At the center of this massive political heat wave is, believe it or not, a federal budget proposal. This budget proposal has been called the “Path to Prosperity” by those who wrote it. But on the...
Kristin's picture
08/21/12
As busy moms, sometimes it's nice to stop and think about all the lessons we've learned throughout our lives because it can help keep us focused on what's important to us. Over at CTWorkingMoms.com we started a new blog series titled Things I've Learned and each day one of my 24 bloggers posts up...
Michelle Noehren's picture
08/21/12
Lately I’ve seen a raft of new books aimed at helping women achieve success, which include lists of “secrets,” often contradictory. Looking back over my experience, here’s an alternative: be open to constant learning and risk-taking, live a full life and have a great career. Several years ago my...
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08/21/12
Last week, the Commission on Presidential Debates announced that a woman, Candy Crowley of CNN, would moderate one of the three nationally televised Presidential debates. This makes Crowley the first woman in 20 years (!) to moderate a Presidential debate. Although women have done a great job...
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