A Maryland couple has accused police officers of tampering with evidence of their alleged unlawful arrest last year. Juley Harris (popularly known as local artist…
This week, many mothers and and supporters celebrated National Breastfeeding Day. Judging from the social media banter, the topic of breastfeeding is still one that…
In an effort to encourage to low-income Detroit, Mich., mothers to breastfeed, an Oregon company has teamed with the Clinton Global Initiative to buy their…
For many working moms, returning to work after maternity leave not only brings challenges regarding finding adequate childcare for their little one, it can also…
Laura Trickle is in quite a pickle! The Missouri mom, who has a breastfeeding seven-month old baby boy, Axel Graham, is in hot water with the…
You’ve probably seen or heard of the recent Time’s magazine cover of a 3 year-old sucking on a woman’s breast for her milk. It is a concept, known as extended breastfeeding, that has created a hot debate on the Internet. Jacque Reid invited a black mother, who supports extended breastfeeding, to call in to the […]
DETROIT — Afrykayn Moon was kicked off a SMART bus for breastfeeding her son, after the driver demanded that she cover up or get off. Moon refused and continued to breastfeed. According to Michigan state law, Moon did have the right to continue breastfeeding under public-indecency laws. Moon and a group of women will stage […]
First Lady Michelle Obama recently asked women to breast-feed more as she did with her children as part of her “Let’s Move” campaign. She believes there are health benefits with breast-feeding your children. Only 55 percent of Black women breastfeed their children. Whites and Latinos are both higher than 75 percent. The topic has always […]
WASHINGTON D.C.-As part of her campaign for better health, First Lady, Michelle Obama has been promoting breastfeeding. Politics Daily Reports: Looking ahead to what she will do in the second year of “Let’s Move,” Mrs. Obama said: “We also want to focus on the important touch points in a child’s life. And what we’re learning […]
