Plus, how to handle financial stress this holiday season and the first transgender woman to play pro soccer in Argentina
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Life

This extended family always spent Christmas together. 2020 marks a turning point — and a new beginning.

Even without the pandemic, ‘normal’ has shifted for the Corderos

By Rachael Allen

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Life

How to handle financial stress this holiday season: Create new traditions, let go of the guilt

‘Step away from commercialism’

By Soo Youn

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Life

Parents are at their wits’ end this holiday to make up for 2020

‘You want them to have a smile on their face, even for five minutes’

By Caroline Kitchener

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Spotlight

Mara Gomez is the first transgender woman to play pro soccer in Argentina. The sport saved her, she says.

‘I found joy in [soccer]’

By Lateshia Beachum

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Spotlight

When the Olympics were postponed, marathoner Aliphine Tuliamuk decided to get pregnant. She’s still competing in 2021.

She was the first Black American woman to make the U.S. Olympic marathon team

By Amanda McCracken

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First-person  //  Perspective

There will be no Black women in the Senate come January. That’s both disappointing and expected.

Newsom’s pick in Alex Padilla is historic. But why does it have to come at the expense of Black women?

By Chauncey K. Robinson

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First-person

No one talks about how difficult breastfeeding is. That’s hurting all moms.

Why do we only learn about breastfeeding when we have to do it ourselves?

By Stephanie Murray

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Advice  //  Perspective

Ask Dr. Andrea: I need practical advice for not getting annoyed at my parents this holiday season

Help me set boundaries

By Andrea Bonior

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First-person  //  Perspective

If you’re a new mom and feeling isolated, here are online resources to help

From ‘mom mentors’ to low-cost group therapy, social support is still possible in a pandemic.

By Juli Fraga

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Comics  //  Perspective

My mom asked to be in my pod. I feel guilty saying no — but I want to keep her safe.

With the holidays looming, it’s becoming more difficult to find a balance

By Marian Blair and Lily Feinn

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Inspired Life

This preschool director drives an Uber so she can buy gifts for kids who wouldn’t otherwise have Christmas presents

‘I can’t rest,’ said Renee Dixon. ‘These kids need me.’

By Sydney Page

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Technology

Google hired Timnit Gebru to be an outspoken critic of unethical AI. Then she was fired for it.

The abrupt firing of one of the most high-profile Black women in AI shows that Google is pushing back on the kind of scrutiny that it claims to welcome

By Nitasha Tiku

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Style

Enjoy these tales of awkwardness and mortification from Zoom holiday office party season

’Tis the season for muted applause, logistical hiccups and ‘a lot of secondhand embarrassment’

By Maura Judkis

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