Role Reboot

I Do, Unfortunately, He Doesn’t: Name Changing and Egalitarian Marriage

To commemorate Women’s History Month, the Roosevelt Institute’s New Deal 2.0 blog asked me to reflect on past accomplishments and explore today’s key challenges as part of its ongoing ‘Feminomics‘ series. Here’s my take on marriage and what’s really in a name. Much has been made about this so-called woman-friendly recession. One woman in three now earns […]

Americans Seem to Love Huge Families, But Only If They’re White

A quick click through evening television reveals America’s obsession with the huge white family. A short list would include oldies like “The Brady Bunch,” “The Partridge Family,” “7th Heaven” and “The Waltons,” as well newer entries in the scripted and reality show genres (“Big Love,” “Sister Wives,” “19 Kids and Counting,” “Kate Plus Eight”). If television […]