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This is what happened when I drove my Mercedes to pick up food stamps
By Darlena Cunha Sara Bareilles played softly through the surround-sound speakers of my husband’s 2003 Mercedes Kompressor as I sat idling at a light. I’d never been to this church before, but I could see it from where I was, across from … Continue reading
How I lost my middle-class life
By Jayme Reid Recently I read an article in the New York Times Magazine by Dominique Browning, the former House and Garden magazine editor who lost her job when the magazine folded in 2007. Like “The Bag Lady Papers,” a … Continue reading
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Tagged economy, Great Recession, life, middle class, money, motherhood, Mothers, recession, United States
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The Color of David: Raising Brown Kids in America
By Lucia Brawley I zoomed around the bend with our double stroller, excited to show my girls, three and one, the Baby Jesus sleeping in his manger, surrounded by Mary, Joseph and the wise men on Alhambra Circle in Coral … Continue reading
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Tagged biracial, children, motherhood, parenting, parents, race
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Single motherhood in U.S. increases sharply
By Carol Morello More than six out of 10 women who give birth in their early 20s are unmarried, the Census Bureau said Wednesday in a report that shows sharp discrepancies in single mothers related to income, education and race. … Continue reading
An Open Letter To Moms from Kid President
Happy Mother’s Day!!
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Tagged Kid President, Mother's Day, motherhood, video
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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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Tagged Bureau of Labor Statistics, economy, equal value, middle class, money, Mother, motherhood, parenting, Wage
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Why did the ‘poor Mercedes lady’ evoke such a passionate response?
By Soraya Nadia McDonald By now, you’ve seen it, or heard about it, or at least scrolled past the link on Facebook. The first-person account in The Washington Post of Darlena Cunha, the mom who drove her husband’s 2003 Mercedes Kompressor … Continue reading →