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color photograph of an outdoor protest against the police. in the foreground is a yellow sign in the shape of a police badge with red paper on the bottom shaped to look like blood dripping. black handwritten text reads "police city of chicago, you don't serve nor protect us"
Posted inCrime, Reform & Abolition

Caregivers on the front lines of Chicago’s abolitionist movement

by Makaelah Walters March 10th, 2023May 3rd, 2023

Mothers in Chicago are partnering with the UN to pressure Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx to pardon all survivors of police torture and wrongful convictions

Disabled boy wearing face mask writing while sitting on his wheelchair in class
Posted inGender & LGBTQIA+

Hostility to children in the US helps maintain an unjust status quo

Vilissa Thompson Headshot (1) by Vilissa Thompson March 1st, 2023May 3rd, 2023
color photograph stock image of a young black man sitting on a grey sofa with his mother. they are both smiling and holding coffee mugs, and the mother rests her head on her son's shoulder
Posted inEconomy & Workers' Rights

Universal basic income eases caregiving after incarceration

by Makaelah Walters January 5th, 2023January 5th, 2023
color photograph of African American woman feeling sick and holding her chest in pain while sitting on the sofa in the living room
Posted inGender & LGBTQIA+

Why protecting heart health is critical for Black mothers

by Pamela Appea November 15th, 2022January 23rd, 2023
Posted inRace

Overstretched ‘sandwich generation’ caregivers need more support

by Pamela Appea August 4th, 2022August 4th, 2022
Frustrated young annoyed Black woman sits on beige leather couch in a living room, tired from noisy playing children, who run around, blurred, in the background
Posted inRace

For parents with substance use disorder, advocates call for resource and support instead of family separation

by Pamela Appea July 12th, 2022May 3rd, 2023
Sick African American boy blowing nose while sitting wrapped in a blanket on mother's lap at home.
Posted inRace

Black mothers discuss continued struggles in year three of the pandemic

Vilissa Thompson Headshot (1) by Vilissa Thompson May 17th, 2022May 3rd, 2023
Posted inGender & LGBTQIA+

Without additional support, families of preemies can fall through the cracks

by Pamela Appea March 30th, 2022April 1st, 2022
Posted inEconomy & Workers' Rights

Without accessible child care and economic support, low-income parents are pushed into financial insecurity

by Sydney Pereira March 10th, 2022May 3rd, 2023
Posted inHealth

COVID-19 vaccine delay for children under 5 leaves families of color unprotected and on their own

by Natasha Ishak January 21st, 2022May 3rd, 2023

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