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  • What's In a Name? Study Finds Hiring Bias Still Exists

    • Posted by Mommy Brown
    • December 4, 2012
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    Moms may want to think about the second gift given to their children after the treasure of birth - their names.
    Could someone named Jamal have more difficulty getting help from a mentor or attention from a higher-up than someone named Brad?
    That's ...

  • Yikes! No More Twinkies For Lunch As Strike Deadline Looms

    • Posted by Mommy Brown
    • November 16, 2012
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    Hostess Brands Inc., the maker of Wonder Bread and Twinkies, announced today that it will liquidate because not enough striking employees returned to work by a Thursday evening deadline set by the company.
    "We deeply regret the necessity of today's ...

  • How Young Working Women Really Feel About Working Moms

    • Posted by Mommy Brown
    • September 11, 2012
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    If you're a working mother, here's what some of your young, childless colleagues may be reluctant to tell you to your face: They admire you, but they also hope to avoid walking in your shoes.
    It's a sentiment I heard from young women like Taylor Lor...

  • As Times Change, So Do Attitudes About Taking Kids To Work

    • Posted by Mommy Brown
    • April 26, 2012
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    Thursday, April 26 is 'Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work' day, although perhaps you didn't notice.
    The annual event, started 20 years ago as a way to expose girls and young women to workplace and career opportunities, has attracted less attention ...

  • 'Table Side Racism' Study Shows Waitstaff Give African-Americans Poorer Service

    • Posted by Mommy Brown
    • April 26, 2012
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    New evidence of racist restaurant waitstaff may leave a bad taste in the mouths of African-American diners. After polling 200 servers in 18 North Carolina restaurants, researchers found that a shocking 38.5% discriminated against black customers. Wai...

  • Facebook COO & Mommy Sheryl Sandberg's 9 to 5 Schedule, Creates Uproar in Tech World

    • Posted by Mommy Brown
    • April 17, 2012
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    Most moms juggle through balancing work and family life on a daily basis, but when Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg recently  told an interviewer that she works a 9-to-5 schedule, she set off quite a debate in the tech world.
    "I walk out of this of...

  • Children's Hospitals Urged to Show McDonald's the Door

    • Posted by Mommy Brown
    • April 11, 2012
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    Over the last year, a network of more than 1,900 health professionals, including some of the nation's top pediatricians, cardiologists, and child psychologists, has called on McDonald's to stop marketing junk food to kids.
    Today, as part of the init...

  • Hospitals Pressured to End Free Baby Formula

    • Posted by Mommy Brown
    • April 10, 2012
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    New parents leaving U.S. hospitals often take home a corporate gift along with their babies: a tote bag filled with infant formula. Consumer advocates want to end the giveaways, which they say undermine breastfeeding.
    In a letter to more than 2,600 ...

  • Bald Barbie Campaign Successful, Mattel to Manufacture Bald Barbie

    • Posted by Mommy Brown
    • March 30, 2012
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    Big news for the campaign for a bald Barbie: Mattel has agreed to manufacture a hairless doll.
    Mattel company spokesman Alan Hilowitz told HealthPop that the company will produce a friend of Barbie that will have wigs, hats, scarves and other access...

  • Traveling with Young Children? Find a Sitter in the Sky

    • Posted by Mommy Brown
    • March 7, 2012
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    Inspiration strikes when you least expect it, and last summer it hit Julie Melnick on a flight from Los Angeles to Florida.
    She struggled onto the plane with a car seat, her 2-year-old son and assorted carry-on bags, and then had a tough time enrout...