cross-posted to womenmakenews.com
The Huffington Post’s Move Your Money Campaign is urging people to leave Citibank, BofA, and the like. Why? Because, the BIG Banks got BIG TARP money from the government and are about to pay out BIG bonuses. With squat for the little people—too many of whom are out of jobs, [...]
A lot of parents feel schools should teach sex ed—promoting abstinence only when it comes to Mountain Dew or Red Bull.
But we can’t really outsource this task entirely. To have sexually healthy kids, parents need to talk about the birds, bees and STDs. And timing is everything.
Last week, a study in Pediatrics reported that [...]
Last night I saw a movie that started out with the rape and murder of a woman and her child. I wish I had been warned—why can’t there be a RAPE-FREE or RF rating on movies, along with PG14, R and X?
Earlier this month, the Parents Television Council released a report saying that depictions [...]
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 [...]
We know women get paid less for the same job. We know mothers get paid even less.
We know this from studies and the newspaper. Not because HR circulates charts showing females get 22% less.
No, salaries are kept private—pay slips are passed out in sealed envelopes. Why such secrecy? Things we generally keep secret—affairs, warts, are [...]
cross posted to womenmakenews.com
Everybody thinks we need more women in government—well everybody except the Taliban. And it’s probably a good idea if some of those women are moms. Mothers of young kids. There’s nobody better to stand up for the vulnerable than those whose children so young, they do random breathing checks [...]
These days between May day and Mothers’ day, it seems the perfect moment to suggest a little something for moms from the labor movement–a strike.
That’s right, I want mothers everywhere to walk off the job, excepting single moms who are essential workers.
For at least 24 hours, or as long as you can hold out, I [...]
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