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Nipples and Ninny: An African-American Mom’s Breastfeeding Journey

Posted February 21st, 2012 by Denene Millner

Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared at MyBrownBaby. -E.B. It was a no-brainer for me: All the books said I should breastfeed my baby because it was best for her that she would be stronger, faster, smarter, better for it. And so I rushed out and bought myself a fancy Medella breast pump and stocked [...]

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Black Women Speak Up! Tell Congress To Stay Out Of Our Wombs

Posted August 25th, 2011 by Denene Millner

Make no mistake about it: Planned Parenthood is under attack. With not even two months under its belt, the new Republican-controlled House of Representatives passed legislation that would eliminate federal funding, including Medicaid, for the organization, cutting off 48 percent of Planned Parenthood patients—approximately 1.4 million people, mostly women, mostly poor—from basic primary and preventative health [...]

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Equal Pay for Moms Now

Posted August 25th, 2011 by Denene Millner

She’d called me into her office, this lady boss of mine, newly charged with running what was then the 6th-largest newspaper in the country. Honestly, I thought I was in trouble—somebody always had a problem with the black girl who insisted on writing about rappers from Brooklyn and black actors in Hollywood. Let’s just say [...]