Poet Gene Grabiner reminds us that even in the intimacy of the family one encounters intimations of past horror.
Stopping in Trempealeau, Wisconsin, during a trip along the Mississippi, historian and poet Peter Carroll contemplates the flow of time.
As the economy opened up to women a half century ago, one in three working women was an office employee. As the clerical workforce grew by leaps and bounds, so did a sense of injustice among the women, leading to the founding of the 9 to 5 Movement.
Over the course of the pandemic, the vast majority of essential workers were women. The vast majority of those who lost their jobs in the pandemic were women. And now the vast majority of those organizing their workplaces are women.
Rich countries contribute an average of $14,000 per year for a toddler’s care, compared with $500 in the U.S. The Democrats’ spending bill tries to shrink the gap.
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Feminist voices emphasize that production and reproduction are inextricably linked to one another. We need to collectively reflect on our contradictory longing for family and dare to challenge seemingly natural forms of living together.
Declines in manufacturing employment are shaping the structure of the American family.
Acclaimed Native American novelist Erdrich's fifteenth novel is a "multigenerational tale," writes reviewer Round, that "stretches across two centuries of life on the Northern Plains."
“Amoris Laetitia” sums up everything that’s awesome and frustrating about Pope Francis.
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