Women and Politics
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506Paid Parental Leave in the United States: Still Optional, Still Inequitable, Still Failing Families
In the United States, having a child is treated less like a social responsibility and more like a personal inconvenience. If you...
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409Women Leading The Labor Movement: Roxanne Brown
This is not your father’s union movement. Early in the history of the labor movement, unions primarily focused on organizing industrial trade...
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904When the Nightmares Don’t End: America’s Endless Cycle of School Shootings
Another school shooting, another wave of outrage tweets, candlelight vigils, and “thoughts and prayers.” And then—nothing changes. On February 14, 2008, I was...
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1.0KWhat I am Afraid of as a Mother of Autistic Sons
I’m a mother to two amazing boys, both diagnosed on the autism spectrum—one with lower support needs, who is fully mainstreamed in...
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4.9KWhat Do We Do Now? Living in a Post-Roe America
In 2022, when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, many of us saw it coming. The leaked decision made it clear what...
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538I Survived a School Shooting. Now I’m Explaining Them to My Son.
Another school shooting. This time, it was at a Catholic school. And now I have to sit down with my seven-year-old and...
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6.0KPandora’s Box
The Myth In Greek mythology, Pandora was given a mysterious box by the god Zeus. Zeus told Pandora never to open it....
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5.8KWhat does labor want? “Pay us what you owe us”
WNBA The National Basketball Association Board of Governors created the Women’s National Basketball Association in 1996 with play beginning in 1997. The...
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7.0KMAGA Misogyny
MAGA Misogyny It’s interesting how political analysts on cable tv and the internet want to perform an autopsy on the Democrats losing...