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It’s Sudden Infant Death (SIDS) Awareness Month: And Black Babies Carry the Burden
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This isn’t rocket science, but it does mean disrupting power systems that have long favored scientific research over experiential knowledge.
Black Maternal Health
Dear White Women: Are You Behind What’s Suppressing Black Breastfeeding Rates?
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What better time than Black Breastfeeding Week to have an uncomfortable and overdue public conversation about the ways power and white privilege work.
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For Breastfeeding Awareness Month: How Breast Milk Shapes the Gut…and Brain!
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Breast milk’s effects on health has more to do with its impact on early formation of the gut, which has been found in recent years to benefit the body and brain long term.
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Get Off My Nipple: Stop the Baby Food Industry from Milking Profits
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Let’s remember that corporate power over breastfeeding choices is as personal as it is political.
Exclusive Investigative Report: Harvard’s Pediatric Nutrition Star Comes Under Scrutiny for Conflicts of Interest
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“It is still unclear how all of these conflicts do not raise ethical flags for Harvard.”
Commentary
The Black Infant Remembrance Memorial: Where No Infant is Forgotten
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Data proves that the US is catastrophically failing black babies. This is no time for silence.
Weekly Update: Us in the U.S.
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Trump mocked #MeToo, repeatedly attacked Sen. Elizabeth Warren, and nominated a judge to the Supreme Court who could help overturn Roe v. Wade.
Babies for Bucks: Trump and the Value of Children
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Leveraging the emotional power of children while doing nothing to improve the actual lives of children is, quite frankly, diabolical.
MIT Shows How to ‘Make the Breast Pump Not Suck’ for Women of Color
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From making Native American regalia more breastfeeding friendly to “smart” technologies, this weekend’s hack-a-thon goes above and beyond the breast pump.
Why Every Feminist Should Stand Up for Breastfeeding
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As women, we have to wake up to the ways we are told and sold what are acceptable uses of our bodies or acceptable pursuits.