'Marijuana Mom' Lobby Emerges as a Powerful Advocate for Ill Children

'Marijuana Mom' lobby emerges as a powerful advocate for ill children
The "mommy lobby" has been successful at opening the doors to legalizing marijuana — if only a crack, in some places — where others have failed. In the 1970s and '80s, mothers were on the other side of the issue, successfully fending off efforts to …
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Trayvon and Jordan: Why Knowing Their Names Hurts
After the death of Trayvon Martin, his mother, in her painfully eloquent manner, wondered rhetorically about the safety of "black and brown boys" because you can't walk fast, you can't walk slow… how do you get home without people… assuming you're …
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A diary of mysterious difficulties…
It was indeed strange to think about Agnes, the poetry of her physical being, and her existence as the caretaker of the boy. …. She imagined what her child might look like, as an infant, holding a toy, trying to figure out how to use his digestive …
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