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Mom’s work is never done – and now it’s worth less, too

By Allison Linn If moms earned wages for the work they do around the house and with the kids, they’d be getting a pay cut this year.The take-home pay that a mother would earn for everything from cooking to handling … Continue reading

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Gwendolyn Brooks – The Mother

“The Mother” by Pulitzer Prize winner Gwendolyn Brooks is as poignant today as it was when she wrote it in 1963. In fact, it may have been even more so in 1963; Roe vs Wade was not decided until 1973. The speaker … Continue reading

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Prevent Another Steubenville: What All Mothers Must Do for Their Sons

  by Kim Simon   When Max was just a few months old, I sat cross-legged on the floor with him in a circle of other mothers. The facilitator for our “Mommy and Me” playgroup would throw a question out … Continue reading

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Women allegedly uses toddler to help pickpocket

This is so sad, using a baby to help steal. What a great parent. It may be out of desperation but wrong is wrong. On a lighter note, a wig store is a good spot. Some Yaki hair can go … Continue reading

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Single Moms Crushed by Recession

Black and Hispanic single mothers has zero median wealth. ZERO. That is surprising and depressing. When America encounters an economic recession or depression our community suffers earlier, longer and more dramatically than the majority. When looking at this issue from that … Continue reading

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