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TTC Film Fest Winner The Ties that Bind chosen for PBS Online Film Festival
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July 17, 2018
The Ties that Bind follows Diana Newton’s family journey of her younger sibling’s gender transition. Newton reveals the truth about coming to terms with the transition. The film gives an inside look into a non-traditional family in a traditional Southern culture.
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July 12, 2018
The National Domestic Workers and Women Farmworkers Alliances met with Jane Fonda at the United States Capitol Thursday morning to discuss protections for women workers across industries.
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More Women Are Having Heart Attacks During Pregnancy And Birth
TIME
July 19, 2018 | Read More »
The number of women who have a heart attack during pregnancy, labor or in the weeks following birth appears to be rising. In a new study, published Wednesday in the journal Mayo Clinical Proceedings, researchers looked at more than 49 million births. Among the women who gave birth, 1,061 had a heart attack during their labor and delivery; 922 had heart attacks during their pregnancy, and 2,390 women had heart attacks after they gave birth.
‘A Difficult Situation’: Republican Women Run in the Trump Era
Politico
July 19, 2018 | Read More »
For the past 20 months, four-term Republican Rep. Martha Roby has had to grovel to President Donald Trump to regain her political standing and beat back a primary challenge in her staunchly conservative Alabama district.
The Next Ocasio-Cortez: Will These Candidates Pull Democrats to the Left?
The Guardian
July 19, 2018 | Read More »
The New York activist’s upset primary victory has fueled hopes – and boosted funding – for progressives in Democratic races across the US
The Hidden Sleep Epidemic That’s Ruining Women’s Lives
CNN
July 19, 2018 | Read More »
When Lori Ann King had a total hysterectomy in 2015, she was surprised to find that the surgery triggered menopause, which in turn brought insomnia. “It would take me an hour to get to sleep and then I’d be waking up at 1 a.m., 2 a.m. and so on,” the 46-year-old, who suffered from ovarian fibroids and endometriosis, tells The Post. “The fatigue was overwhelming.” Sleep expert Dr. Mayank Shukla of the Asthma, Allergy and Sleep Center of New York says insomnia is a common consequence of this change in life. “Women’s bodies undergo many changes before, during and after menopause,” Shukla says. “There’s a dramatic shift of hormonal balance which often causes cycles of insomnia because of the depletion in estrogen and progesterone.”
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