Category Archives: Families

Trump is stripping immigrant children of protections, critics say. Supporters say he’s closing loopholes

Posted on September 8, 2019 by

Andrea Castillo of the Los Angeles Times – Continue…

Posted in Children, Families, Immigrants

Since Parkland…

Posted on February 18, 2019 by

From SinceParkland.org – Fatal shootings of children have been on the rise, government data show. But as the deaths mount, the toll is bigger than numbers can capture. Working with The Trace, Miami Herald, and McClatchy, student reporters set out to measure … Continue reading →

Posted in Children, Families, Guns and gun control

A congressman rails against undocumented immigrants as his estranged siblings care for them and other patients in need

Posted on January 13, 2019 by

By Greg Jaffe of the Washington Post – Three months had passed since Grace Gosar and five of her siblings decided they had to do something to stop their brother, a hard-line conservative and staunch defender of President Trump, from … Continue reading →

Posted in Congress, Democracy, Economics, Elections, Families, House of Representatives

This is the most sexist place in America. For women born there, it will have significant impacts.

Posted on October 7, 2018 by

Adapted from a story by The Washington Post’s Christopher Ingraham If you want to move to the least sexist state in America, then head to New Hampshire, according to an index of sexist attitudes developed by economists at the University … Continue reading →

Posted in Children, civilization, Demographics, Education, Fairness, Families, Gender Gap, income, Marriage, Science, Thought-Provoking Analysis, United States, Washington Post

The Changing Profile of Unmarried Parents

Posted on May 16, 2018 by

By Gretchen Livingston of the Pew Research Center A growing share are living with a partner One-in-four parents living with a child in the United States today are unmarried. Driven by declines in marriage overall, as well as increases in … Continue reading →

Posted in Controversial, Families, Marriage, Pew Research