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Robin Jaffin is a media executive, writer, and policy communications professional with deep experience spanning sustainable development, human rights, environmental policy, and digital publishing. She is the co-founder and managing partner of Shift Works Partners, LLC, which operates two established media brands, FODMAP Everyday® and The Queen Zone™, reaching broad audiences with evidence-based health reporting, lifestyle journalism, and cultural analysis, with particular attention to women’s e…

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What Has Changed for Women, LGBTQ+ People, and Minorities in the U.S. Military In 2025

What Has Changed for Women, LGBTQ+ People, and Minorities in the U.S. Military In 2025

What has changed for women, LGBTQIA+ people, and racial and ethnic minorities who want to serve in the U.S. m…

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Can Medicine "Engineer" a Healthy Life in the First 1,000 Days?

Can Medicine "Engineer" a Healthy Life in the First 1,000 Days?

Doctors have long known that pregnancy and early childhood matter, but a growing body of research now argues …

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Are You Being Charged More Because You're a Woman? The Data Says Yes

Are You Being Charged More Because You're a Woman? The Data Says Yes

When stepping into a drugstore, it's easy to notice that razors, shampoos, and even deodorants marketed to wo…

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Opinion: Mitchell Farm -The Wrong Site for the Right Goal - Amherst Indy

Opinion: Mitchell Farm -The Wrong Site for the Right Goal - Amherst Indy

I've lived in North Amherst for nearly thirty years, on land that abuts the Mitchell property. Over that time…

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Celebrating the Unsung Women Who Shaped New York's Modernity - The Queen Zone

Celebrating the Unsung Women Who Shaped New York's Modernity - The Queen Zone

In the annals of New York City's history, a group of pioneering women quietly, yet profoundly, reshaped the c…

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5 Easy Steps to Change Any Habit - FODMAP Everyday

5 Easy Steps to Change Any Habit - FODMAP Everyday

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10 voting changes that are reshaping how Americans cast a ballot

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By Robin Jaffin
| The Queen Zone
Share on Facebook Share on Pinterest Share on Flip it Share on Reddit Share on X (Twitter) Share on Email Share on WhatsApp Share on Bluesky For generations, voting in America followed a fairly familiar script. You registered, showed up on Election Day—or later, voted early or by mail—and cast your ballot. While every state had its own rules, the differences often seemed like procedural details rather than fundamentally different systems. That has changed.
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10 states where voting has changed the most since 2020

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By Robin Jaffin
| The Queen Zone
Share on Facebook Share on Pinterest Share on Flip it Share on Reddit Share on X (Twitter) Share on Email Share on WhatsApp Share on Bluesky Where you live has always influenced how you vote in America. Every state writes its own election laws, sets its own registration deadlines, and decides how early voting, absentee ballots, and voter identification work. But in recent years, those differences have grown dramatically.
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Your representative keeps missing votes. At what point are they no longer representing you?

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By Robin Jaffin
| Yahoo Verified
Most of us probably assume that when we elect someone to Congress or our state legislature, they show up to work. Not every day. Not every vote. Life happens. Illness happens. Family emergencies happen. But we generally assume that if there's an important debate, a committee hearing, or a consequential vote, our representative is there speaking for us.
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