As the Senate leads hearings for the next Supreme Court Justice and the right for women to make their own medical decisions suddenly seems at risk, I thought it was important to share Haylie Grammar’s story.
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“I truly believe this election is one of the most critical in history, and if my perspective can help educate single-issue Republicans, I’m happy to share it,” writes Amanda Kreiger, a Democrat who describes herself as “staunchly pro-life.”
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“I am tired. Tired of the noise on the internet. Tired of getting mad every time I look at my phone. And tired of the constant pull toward a tiny device that is doing the thing it was built to do— suck my attention.”
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09/25/20
What it Means to be Pro-Choice
I’m beginning to think more and more people don’t understand what pro-choice means. It’s a spectrum…
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a trailblazer and a crusader and a feminist icon, but as I always tell my girls, she was once a small Jewish girl from New York, just like them.
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Liz Faria talks about how her family and her town are grappling over their school’s reopening plan and how she is planning to make it work for her three kids.
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Whether my kids attend school in-person or remotely this year, I am teaching them to pack their own lunch. It’s one less meal for me to make and the kids can access it themselves in the middle of the day.
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The most important tool for change is the next generation. Raising anti-racist kids is the single most powerful way to change the way our country views race. When parents become allies, things can change from the ground up.
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08/05/20
There are No Good Options
I’m in New York City, where COVID cases are currently low, so I’ve been hoping that means we are in a better place to send our kids back to school. Our school is optimistic, but will that ultimately matter?
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Liz Faria talks about her decision to take her kids to their local playground after it reopened, what new rules have been put in place and how it felt to be there.
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My dad and I have always lived close to each other, but throughout most of my adult life, we’ve had a tough time coordinating our schedules.
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At this point, a sort of resignation has set in for me, paired with sudden bursts of anxiety, anger, and frustration. And we are not even close to being done yet.
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07/13/20
Ruth Becomes a US Citizen
This past Spring, after years of applications, renewals, setbacks, interviews and tests, I’m happy to report that our longtime nanny Ruth was finally sworn in as a US citizen.
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07/10/20
How Working Parents Really Feel About No School This Fall
I’ve been talking to my mom friends a lot about the position many of them are being put in to choose between work and their kids, if schools don’t resume normally in the fall.
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07/08/20
Talking Politics with Harlow
Yesterday, Harlow and I were talking about the upcoming election. I told her that I would be voting for Joe Biden. She had one big question for me. “Is he a good man?”
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