If you need to replace a husband, you might consider a union. What women used to find in marriage– lifetime material security- might well come from collective agreements.
A few weeks ago, I interviewed a a single mother from California. After Jessica Garcia’s husband left, she found herself with three children–after having been [...]
You know the drill: A baby has something in her hand that’s incredibly appealing like a chocolate bar, or say, real healthcare reform, and you slyly remove it from her grasp and offer her melba toast, or in this case, a broken healthcare system.
Yes, the insurance industry is trying to beat us at our own [...]
What are you doing with your Summer?
Normally, when people ask me this question I have fabulous answers like spending a lot of time poolside, enjoying lazy summer weekends with my kids, catching fireflies and enjoying the TV coverage of Wimbledon. Although this summer, I have tried to carve out some time to spend with [...]
This article is cross posted with permission from NC Policy Watch blog.
by Louisa Warren
Today, hundreds of MomsRising.org members delivered a message to state legislators: give kids and families a fair shake in their budget negotiations. That means preserving investments in programs like Smart Start and NC Health Choice, which ensure that young children get [...]
Sometimes I have the same dream over and over again – I am rushing, always rushing while my child is talking to me and I can’t hear anything he is saying to me and I keep asking him to speak louder and if only he could speak louder I would be able to hear him. [...]
On Friday, we heard a story that we felt we had to share with you. It’s about Daniel’s 84 year-old mom, Irene. Her bank is selling the house she has lived in for 34 years.
In case you missed it, Newsweek’s science editor Sharon Begley wrote a story on how anyone with an agenda can find research to support that agenda. The example she used were companies who make products with the toxic chemical bisphenol A.
So-called “BPAs” are found in hard plastic like baby bottles, water bottles and the lining [...]
One of the lessons of identity politics is that success requires knowing not just what you’re for, but also what you’re against. Blacks are for racial justice and against racism. Women are for gender equity and against sexism.
Moms are for ending discrimination against mothers (fair pay, flexible work, paid sick days, maternity and paternity [...]
Cross-posted from the Huffington Post
Brenda Barnes, now CEO of Sara Lee, has gotten a lot of press because she left the corporate workforce for a decade to spend more time with her children, and recently returned to be CEO of a major company. Barnes is indeed a rare person, and women can make themselves feel [...]
I grew up in Upstate New York, but went to college in Western Massachusetts and moved to Boston thereafter. I fell in love with a city and a state so steeped in history yet so forward-thinking. I started my career in politics and advocacy here. I met my future wife, Cheryl Jacques. I gave birth [...]
