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Billboards, like this one, had been installed in Tampa, Fla., in time for the Republican National Convention, but the company installing them removed the billboards after receiving death threats. Photo: American Atheists, Inc., David Silverman.

New Atheist Billboard Campaign Targets Religious Beliefs of Presidential Candidates

August 14, 2012 Carmen Russell Culture, Religion 00:15:13 0 Comments

WASHINGTON — The American Atheists organization has launched a new billboard campaign going after the religious beliefs of the presidential candidates and hopes to create some revealing interfaith dialogue.

Host Jamila Bey spoke with David Silverman, president of the American Atheists, Inc., to discuss the billboard campaign and what kind of reaction Silverman hopes to get from the Republican and Democratic national conventions.

Photo: iStockphoto/Thinkstock.

Child Abuse and Adult Obesity

July 18, 2012 Carmen Russell Culture, Politics, Religion 00:14:43 0 Comments

Another factor that may in part explain a link between behavior and obesity in African-American women is the subject of this conversation.

Pediatrician with the Boston Medical Center, Dr. Renee Boynton-Jarrett shares the data the paper she authored, “Child and Adolescent Abuse in Relation to Obesity in Adulthood: The Black Women’s Health Study.”

More than 33,000 women were studied, and there is growing evidence that mild, moderate or severe sexual or physical abuse can cause a girl to become an obese adult.

Mother and Child. Photo: RIA Novosti.

Protecting Pregnant Women in the Workplace

February 13, 2012 Carmen Russell Culture 00:17:34 0 Comments

Yes, it really is just as simple as protecting pregnant women on the job.

Jamila Bey talks with Phoebe Taubman, senior staff attorney with A Better Balance: The Work and Family Legal Center, about how U.S. law should be modified to ensure pregnant women are not disenfranchised in their places of business.