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Two Mothers are Better than One

June 21, 2010
cross-posted to http://womenmakenewscom If quality mothering promotes the healthy development of children, maybe doubling the mothering yields a better result. You might well think so, if you heard the recent news story about a study of lesbian parents. The research got a lot of play, with a...
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Amy Cross
Immigration

Ripping Families Apart

June 3, 2010
At 7am one January morning last year, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents knocked on Shirley Tan's front door. The agents had come to deport her back to Philippines because her application for asylum, filed years earlier, had been denied. In front of her twin boys, ICE handcuffed her...
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Jennifer Chrisler

Equality as a backdrop

June 24, 2009
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 to...
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Jennifer Chrisler

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