Something's Gotta Give
October 10, 2015
How my unexpected breakdown in front of my class put my role as mom into perspective
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Grab your friends, kids, and pets for the next presidential debate!
October 8, 2015
As the youngest in my family, I often had to wait my turn. Waiting was no fun, but when my turn came, I was sure to make a splash. After two Republican Presidential debates, the Democratic candidates will finally have a chance to make a splash next Tuesday, October 13th at 8 pm ET /5 pm PT. Will...
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Grab your friends, kids, and pets for the next presidential debate!
October 8, 2015
As the youngest in my family, I often had to wait my turn. Waiting was no fun, but when my turn came, I was sure to make a splash. After two Republican Presidential debates, the Democratic candidates will finally have a chance to make a splash next Tuesday, October 13th at 8 pm ET /5 pm PT. Will...
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New Texas Law Aims to Improve Treatment of Pregnant Women in Jail
September 30, 2015
A new law took effect this month in Texas to open a window onto jail conditions for pregnant women. This new Texas law is unusual because it requires the government to compile and make available detailed information about jail policies and practices. Too often, when people try to get this...
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The Piercing Cry of Child Poverty in Economically Rich but Spiritually Poor America
September 25, 2015
“ Poverty in the world is a scandal. In a world where there is so much wealth, so many resources to feed everyone, it is unfathomable that there are so many hungry children, that there are so many children without an education, so many poor persons. Poverty today is a cry.” –Pope Francis " Poverty...
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Unshared Recovery: 46 Million Poor; Poverty Rate Unchanged
September 18, 2015
New data released by the Census Bureau show that poverty remains too high and the economic recovery is unshared.
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Young Black Males: Pushed Out and Pushed Away
September 18, 2015
Damien Durr is a brilliant young man who grew up in Ohio in a family of teachers where education was always stressed. No one—including Damien—ever thought he wouldn’t finish high school. When his father, grandfather and aunt all died within a short time of each other as he was starting high school...
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The Power of "Prophetic" Grief
September 11, 2015
“Prophetic grief is more than crying and sighing and weeping and mourning . . . Prophetic grief is planting gardens of healing in the midst of raindrops of blood. Prophetic grief is declaring to the world that love is stronger than hate, that God’s grace is greater than our grief, that God’s power...
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8 Things Moms Don't Need on #LaborDay, or Any Other Day
September 6, 2015
Several companies recently announced new or expanded perks to help the mothers in their ranks: extending maternity leaves, paying to fly a baby and nanny when mom takes a work trip or to ship breast milk back home, offering a mother local work for the first year of her baby’s life, or allowing her...
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When Celebrating Women Traps Them In A Silo
September 1, 2015
By Gina Glantz, Founder of genderavenger.com W hen is “celebrating” women not all that good for women? Let’s face it. Something tagged exclusively for or about women is all too often a revenue generating strategy alongside a way to deflect criticism about the lack of attention to women and an...
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