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by Tina Fakhrid-Deen onMay 6, 2011
In a Mother's Day tribute, one grateful daughter describes the lengths to which her lesbian mom went to love and nurture her despite rejection, heartbreak and poverty.
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May 6, 2011
From the type-A multitasker to the struggling-but-regal welfare mother and even the mom-in-chief, we rounded up some of our favorite mother figures for Mother's Day and beyond.
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by Helena Andrews onJune 17, 2010
No one can be both a ''mother and a father'' to their kids. I'm so glad that my mom knew this.
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by Joel Dreyfuss onMay 8, 2010
Some stories from The Root and around the Web you might have missed in the mad rush of the week.
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by DeNeen Brown onMay 7, 2010
The first lady’s all about work-life balance. But for one working mother/journalist, being part of the East Wing press corps meant that her personal work-life balance got thrown out of whack.
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May 6, 2010
This Mother's Day and beyond, we're celebrating the many lovely -- and often troubled -- black mother-daughter relationships portrayed in films. To create the list, we asked our Facebook and Twitter family for their favorites. Guess how many star Alfre Woodard?
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by Theola Labbé-DeBose onMay 6, 2010
As a journalist who'd covered war, I got a kick out of rushing into danger. But would reporting on the earthquake hurt my unborn baby? Could I be a mother and a journalist, too?
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May 5, 2010
Skip the fancy-schmancy outing and plan something that doesn’t require overeating.
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by Martin Johnson onMay 8, 2009
Some NBA stars got their moves from their moms.
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by Marjorie Valbrun onMay 7, 2009
How my Haitian immigrant Manman became a liberated woman.
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