What must a parent endure to prevent their child being sent abroad to be with an abusive parent? The justices take up a Solomonic case.
work and family
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal, Politics
The Phony Conservative Attacks on Child Credits
Joe Biden and Mitt Romney have interesting, important plans to help working mothers. Conservatives say this will reduce work. Oh, please.
Posted inPolitical Animal
What Obama Did/Didn’t Accomplish for Working Class Americans
You can’t consider Obama’s accomplishments without acknowledging all the proposals Republicans blocked.
Posted inEconomy
Why Dads Should Demand Paid Leave
A new study finds that fathers are increasingly stepping up to the plate as primary caregivers. Why is public policy so far behind?
Posted inPolitical Animal, Politics
On Mother’s Day, Let’s Remember How Far Behind America Is in Taking Care of Moms
Today is Mother’s Day, a day to appreciate the women who carried us, brought us into this world and nurtured us. Americans celebrate the day with flowers and cards and brunches and all the tokens of respect that can only provide a shadow of thanks for all that was done for us. But in typical […]
Posted inEconomy, Politics
Could a Woman Demand “Family Time”?
Progressives have been quick to call Rep. Paul Ryan a “hypocrite” for demanding “family time” as a condition of running for the speakership. While declaring that he “cannot and will not” give up time with his family, Ryan has repeatedly opposed paid leave and other workplace protections. But what should irk progressives more than Ryan’s […]
Posted inEconomy
Lagging Behind the World on Paid Leave
D.C.’s proposed paid leave benefit would lead the nation – but it still wouldn’t match what the Slovak Republic already offers its citizens.
Posted inEconomy
Getting Child Care Off the “Mommy Track”
Child care is more than just a “women’s issue.”
Posted inMagazine, March/April/May 2014, Politics
Nana for President
Could becoming a grandmother ease Hillary Clinton’s path to the White House?
Posted inBooks, Magazine, Politics, September/October 2012
Identity Politics Revisited
By most accounts, economic issues are the real core of politics, and social issues are a distraction. A historian begs to differ.
