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02/21/12

Though many of us may have personal experience with breastfeeding or know other women who do, we are kind of a growing minority. The latest Surgeon General's report on breastfeeding reports that we start out great with 58% of non-Latina black women and 80% of Latina women breastfeeding. By the time...

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Anayah Sangodele-Ayoka

02/21/12

Black History Month for me is an emotionally mixed bag. On one hand I feel great pride in having a month dedicated to celebrating my heritage. It is during this time that the strong black voices of our past are remembered and uplifted. However, early childhood experiences with black history lessons...

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Erika Evans

02/21/12

Editor's Note: Throughout history, African American activists have fought to break down the barriers, including equal access to employment. In this current climate of economic instability and high unemployment, particularly in African American communities, the following is an important discussion...

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R. L'Heureux Lewis-McCoy

02/20/12

As a Black man, I realize that I had a great mom. After having taught many mothers in adult literacy and helping them pass the GED test, it is clear to me that what made my mom great was the fact that she was a warrior and that she trained herself to become a warrior. My mom was raised in...

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Rodney Ferguson

Environmental Health

02/20/12

Sometimes it’s hard to discern what that funny smell is in your car if you have kids, pets, or both. But the smell I’m most worried about when I get into a car is that “New Car Smell.” Some folks love it because it means your car is bright, shiny and new. Personally, I’m not too keen on it...

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Rebecca Meuninck

Immigration

02/20/12

Editor's Note: Black History is now! The following post by activist and author Kevin Powell is an example of his ongoing mission to uncover, expose and remedy the still prevalent racism faced by African Americans all over the country. Many civil and human rights were realized through the struggles...

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Kevin Powell

02/20/12

Republished with permission from the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights . Black Women Writers– a timeless book that lays perched on my teeming bookshelf, tattered pages strewn with notes, insignificant to the naked eye. This critical evaluation of Black literary brilliance, that assesses the works...

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Shanelle Matthews

Health Care

02/18/12

XXL Magazine has published a video of a 45-year-old rapper encouraging teenage boys to force themselves on underage girls. The graphic monologue is disturbing. So is the willingness of Harris Publications, which owns XXL, to give this kind of dangerous rhetoric a platform. The ColorOfChange...

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Dani McClain

Immigration

02/17/12

Last September, a federal court judge allowed a sweeping immigration crackdown law to take effect. That legislation, which was signed into law by Alabama's Governor Robert Bentley in June of 2011, quickly progressed into a unrelenting nightmare for immigrant families living in the state. Many in...

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Tramonte Lynn

Health Care

02/17/12

My jaw dropped. Could I really be seeing a picture of the "expert" witnesses on birth control testifying before Congress, and ….they were all men?! [1] What year are we in anyway? This is beyond out-of-touch. It's downright offensive. With 1.86 children in the average U.S. family, it’s clear that...

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