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Jenny Brown

  • Organizer, National Women's Liberation, Author and Contributor, Freelance
  • Assistant Editor, Labor Notes
As seen in: Labor Notes, MSN, Yahoo Life, HuffPost, Aol, Psychology Today, Flipboard, Real Simple, Tampa Bay Times, The Wire (India), Jezebel and
Covers:  Feminism, healthcare, labor, politics
Assistant editor @Labornotes. Author, Birth Strike: The Hidden Fight Over Women's Work.

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Jenny Brown is an assistant editor at Labor Notes. She is author of Birth Strike: The Hidden Fight Over Women's Work (PM Press, 2019) and Without Apology: The Abortion Struggle Now (Verso, 2019). She was a leader in the grassroots campaign to make “morning-after pill” contraception available over-the-counter in the United States and was a plaintiff in the winning lawsuit. For ten years she co-chaired the Alachua County Labor Party, organizing for national health insurance, the right to a job at…

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Trump Tries to Blow Up Airport Screeners Union

Trump Tries to Blow Up Airport Screeners Union

In a memo that that one TSA employee said sounded like "a teenage blogger writing about someone they don't li…

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Federal Workers Mobilize against Musk's and Trump's 'Corporate Coup'

Federal Workers Mobilize against Musk's and Trump's 'Corporate Coup'

Federal employee union members have been speaking out, rallying, and suing, as agency after agency has been h…

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It's Time to Re-Radicalize the Abortion Movement

It's Time to Re-Radicalize the Abortion Movement

THE SUPREME COURT gave us abortion rights, and it can take them away. This is the fallacy at the heart of the…

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The Supreme Court Will Not Deliver Justice on Abortion Rights

The Supreme Court Will Not Deliver Justice on Abortion Rights

Defying expectations, the Supreme Court narrowly struck down a hyper-restrictive Louisiana abortion law on Mo…

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Roe v. Wade Was Bigger Than Jane Roe

Roe v. Wade Was Bigger Than Jane Roe

The news broke this week that Jane Roe, the plaintiff in Roe v. Wade, was paid by the anti-abortion right to …

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"Stay Home and Have the Baby"

"Stay Home and Have the Baby"

Texas and Ohio have ordered a stop to abortions, saying they're not essential medical services, while state o…

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Articles

Parents on the Sidelines

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By Jenny Brown
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When a child is struggling emotionally, parents will do almost anything to help. They search online late into the night. They sit on waiting lists. They read books and articles. They attend appointments, rearrange work schedules, and worry constantly about whether they are doing enough. Yet many parents discover something unexpected once treatment begins. They find themselves on the sidelines.
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Parents on the Sidelines

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By Jenny Brown
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What's a Parent's Role? Take our Authoritative Parenting Test Find a family therapist near me Parents are often sidelined in treatment despite their influence on a child's well-being. A sickness lens can reinforce anxious focus on struggling children for both parents and professionals. Strengthening parent agency supports children's resilience and recovery. When a child is struggling emotionally, parents will do almost anything to help. They search online late into the night.
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Counter Manufacturers are Killing Workers with Silica Dust, Safety Group Charges

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By Jenny Brown
| Labor Notes Verified
Silicosis is a lethal workplace illness that killed thousands each year up through the 1960s. In recent decades, thanks to union workplace safety fights, it became much rarer. Annual deaths dropped to the hundreds. The disease affected mostly older workers with longer exposures. So it was hard for stonecutter Gustavo Reyes Gonzalez, 35, to get a clear diagnosis in 2019 when he first developed a cough and shortness of breath.
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Interview

What was your first job as a journalist?

Editor of the Gainesville Iguana in Gainesville, Florida

What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?

Ask questions and write down the answers.

Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?

London Review of Books
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