Summary: This has been yet one more sad example of how the nation puts an unacceptably low priority on the health and welfare of mothers and babies from failure to guarantee paid maternity leave for workers to lack of child-care support which affects the choices new mothers are forced to make. So it’s not a surprise that this nation has among the lowest rates of breastfeeding in the developed world. Though breast milk is known to be the healthiest form of nutrition for young babies, many working mothers simply don’t have the support needed to breastfeed and pump while trying to hold down a job.
Tri-Rail service is back up and running Wednesday after a system outage brought trains to screeching halt. The service was stopped for hours on Tuesday, leaving passengers scrambling to get home.