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Mother’s Day
Movement Grows to Free Black Women From Jail for Mother’s Day
For the third year in a row, “Black Mama’s Bail Out Day” is raising money to bail black women out of jail.
Mothering: Love on the Front Lines
Mothering is love by any means necessary.
Poor People’s Campaign Gears Up for Mother’s Day Launch
A major new report makes the case for a “fusion movement.”
Resisting Mass Incarceration by Bringing Black Women Home for Mother’s Day
This Mother's Day, SONG has organized “Mama's Day Bail Out,” campaign to bail out Black women leading up to the holiday.
Revolutionary Mothering
This week, a special Mothers' Day edition of the Laura Flanders Show, Alexis Pauline Gumb takes us on a journey to explore revolutionary mothering.
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As Obama’s Presidency Winds Down, Mothers in Federal Prison Hope for Compassion
For many federal prisoners, including hundreds of mothers, executive clemency is their only chance to rejoin their families.
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They Call It “Labor” for a Reason
“Just about any woman can have a baby. It takes a true boss - and this I know from experience - to be a mother.”
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Mothers of Resistance
These mothers are fighting for their children's rights - and a better, more equitable tomorrow.
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Poverty, Jail, Media Harassment: The Worst Year of This Mother’s Life
Taylor, a single mother of three, recalls how her dire economic situation and struggle to find employment led to her criminalization for being “poor while Black.”
Mothering Between A Rock and Prison
This Mother's Day, Shanesha Taylor, a 25-year old homeless and unemployed mother, will be fighting for her freedom and her children for committing the unspeakable crime: trying to feed …