HAPPY MOTHERS DAY

A national paid family leave program could go a long way toward offering families choices. And there’s more political support for it than many people realize.

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Fighting for paternity leave is the best Mother’s Day gift a dad can give

Equal paid parental leave for moms and dads is good for families—and the bottom line.

There’s no reason to believe that the children of moms who work full-time are any worse off than their peers.

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Saying goodbye to working mom guilt is the best way to celebrate Mother’s Day

Four women tell stories of how their moms inspired them to be the best versions of themselves.

Paula E. Kirman is with Janis Irwin and 2 others at Alberta Legislature Building.

May 9 at 2:11 PM · Edmonton · 

Some scenes from the counter-protest against the “March for Life” - which is not only against abortion, but also birth control, assisted death, being transgender, etc. Just days after Premier Jason Kenney said students should stick to political protests after school hours, his supporters took their children out of school to go to a political protest. Which had lots of older white men telling women what to do with their bodies. And wearing pink and blue ribbons representing bo...

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YOU WOULD NOT THINK ABORTION WAS LEGAL IN THE USA

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Celebrate Mothers Day For Peace
Before Hallmark Cards and Fin de siecle 19th century capitalism commercialized Mothers Day it was originally a celebration of Peace and a call to End War.

History of Mother's Day: Julia Ward Howe
The idea of official celebration of Mothers day in US was first suggested by Julia Ward Howe in 1872. An activist, writer and poet Julia shot to fame with her famous Civil War song, "Battle Hymn of the Republic". Julia Ward Howe suggested that June 2 be annually celebrated as Mothers Day and should be dedicated to peace. She wrote a passionate appeal to women and urged them to rise against war in her famous Mothers Day Proclamation, written in Boston in 1870. She also initiated a Mothers' Peace Day observance on the second Sunday in June in Boston and held the meeting for a number of years. Julia tirelessly championed the cause of official celebration of Mothers Day and declaration of official holiday on the day. Her idea spread but was later replaced by the Mothers' Day holiday now celebrated in May.
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Theresa Malkiel came to New York as a teen after fleeing anti-Semitic violence in Russia. Eighteen years later, she founded Women's Day, the forerunner of IWD.

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The Woman Behind International Women's Day Was a Refugee and a Socialist

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NO GO JOE

Joe Biden is the Hillary Clinton of 2020 – and it won't end well this time either | Arwa Mahdawi

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A Biden Presidency Would Be a 'Death Sentence,' Climate Activists Warn

Resurfaced video shows Joe Biden pushing border fence, calling for employers who hired 'illegals' to be punished

Broadsheet wrote: Let's keep a tally - how does the law treat men who rape women, men who kill women, and women who kill their rapists? Here's how a male judge punished a woman who killed her rapist...

In Australia, Roxanne Eka Peters, 35, slashed Grant Cassar, 51, with a kitchen knife after he threatened to harm her daughter unless she submitted to more sex. Justice David Boddice said Peters was “enraged” at Cassar’s previous rape of her and sick threats, but that did not excuse her lack of respect for Cassar's “human dignity.” Peters was sentenced to nine years for manslaughter plus another 18 months for interfering with a corpse. The judge acknowledged that the humiliating rape followed by Cassar’s threats to harm her child had been a “significant provocation.” He said: “I accept the stabbing occurred in circumstances when you were enraged by what the deceased had done to you and was threatening to do to you again.”

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Woman sentenced to 9 years in prison for killing rapist

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Kurl: Here's why Elizabeth May's Green Party is drawing so much voter attention

Many left-of-centre Canadians, who pulled together under the Liberal banner in 2015, have jumped ship. But so far, they’re not exactly flocking to Andrew Scheer or Jagmeet Singh.