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A Letter to My Daughter: Dear Baby Girl, It’s Okay to Feel Scared Right Now

June 26, 2020

By Topacio Marrero

  My 9-year-old daughter is questioning a lot of what is going on in our world right now. I explain to her the importance of Black Lives Matter and answer…

My first time using a food pantry—One moms story

February 12, 2020

By Sharisse Tracey

This past holiday season was the first after my mid-spring divorce, and also the first time my children and I ate from a food pantry said Cynthia—the woman who wishes…

What to expect when you’re expecting… the worst

February 4, 2020

By Danielle Atkinson

Being asked to be the guest to Donald Trump’s State of the Union Address (SOTU) by Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, a representative from my home state of Michigan, is like being…

We cannot tolerate innocent children dying on our watch. No matter where they are born

October 14, 2019

By Sharisse Tracey

I recently heard U.S. Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney on local News12 reference the inhuman treatment of undocumented immigrants being detained in our overcrowded border patrol facilities. Every time I hear…

But fandom aside, I am a black mother first, last and always and this is racial injustice at its best.

October 4, 2019

By Sharisse Tracey

Before I get into this two minute jail sentence for actress Felicity Huffman’s role in the college admissions scandal, let me start by saying that I am a mom. I…

Want to win in 2020? Focus on child care!

April 15, 2019

By Carmella Salinas and Tameka Ramsey

The evidence is clear: the lack of affordable and accessible child care is drowning America’s working families. A 2018 poll by the Center for American Progress and Community Change found…

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