Blog Carnivals

August 27, 2013

My 5 year-old son and I have had two conversations about the police -- or “la policia,” as we call them – already this week. In the first, he declared to me that “all police are not bad.” That’s part of a larger and ongoing post-Trayvon talk we’ve been having this summer (more on that here ). Then...

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Lisalyn Jacobs

Blog Carnivals

August 27, 2013

I knew from the beginning that I was a black girl and I was proud. I have my mother to thank for that. She taught me and my sister to be proud of being black. My parents filled our home with relics of black pride. Daddy loved listening to Bob Marley and Jimmy Cliff, Momma preferred Billie Holiday...

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Emma Akpan

Blog Carnivals

August 27, 2013

There could be a lot of reasons I see everything through a race lens. I have a biracial son, for instance, and I know I’m going to get questions about why a whole lot of folks who look like his mother seem to live differently than the folks who look like his father. I’m also a political scientist...

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Julie Ajinkya

Blog Carnivals

August 27, 2013

Race/ethnicity has always created a dividing line in the United States, and it’s no different with the pay gap. Each year, AAUW’s The Simple Truth about the Gender Pay Gap addresses this question, and, of course, the answer is that the pay gap affects all women. But it doesn’t affect all women...

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Katie Benson

Immigration Blog Carnivals

August 27, 2013

We've come a long way since the Civil Rights March on Washington. It's commonplace nowadays for a family to adopt a child from another country. There's still much to be done regarding society fully embracing diversity, but teaching our children to be open-minded is a good start. -Maria Adcock,...

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Julie Nelson

Family Economic Security MomsRising Near You Blog Carnivals

August 27, 2013

The kids were sitting “crisscross apple sauce” and waiting for story time to begin. Almost a thousand people gathered in Durham, North Carolina to celebrate Dr. King’s birthday -- a sea of black, brown, and white faces looking expectantly at the stage. And when Ms. Virginia Williams stepped up to...

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Beth Messersmith

Gun Safety Blog Carnivals

August 27, 2013

Note from the author: Fifty years after the March of Washington we have so much more to do to make sure the dream for which so many gave lives during the Civil Rights Movement is truly birthed. Those of us who are white, and who are persuaded of the meaning and truth of the dream, must (and can)...

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Jennifer Harvey

Paid Family Leave Open Flexible Work Family Economic Security Blog Carnivals

July 10, 2013

Today's the last day of my paternity leave, so I wanted to reflect a bit on the experience. When I tell people I'm on a 4-month leave, the initial response is typically surprise that my company offers such a generous benefit. Facebook's paternity leave policy is unusual, but I hope it becomes less...

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Tom Stocky

Paid Family Leave Family Economic Security Blog Carnivals

June 14, 2013

Eight years ago, our first son was born. Like many, I found becoming a parent to be an amazing, life-changing experience. I was humbled by the realities of this new responsibility and overwhelmed by the love that I had to give. Nine months of anticipation only partially prepare you for parenthood...

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David Uy

Paid Family Leave Open Flexible Work Family Economic Security Blog Carnivals

June 12, 2013

Fatherhood is a lifestyle. Fatherhood should not just something that you get to do after work, on the weekends or when you are allowed to by the courts or the mother. Fathers live for the betterment of the lives of their children. It is very disturbing that we live in a society that has bestowed...

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