Academic mothers don’t need encouragement to be ambitious and optimistic. They need relief from grossly inadequate support systems that deprive them of real choices and a fair shot at successful careers. In the now-viral clip of political science professor Robert E. Kelly’s BBC interview-gone-wrong from his home office, two toddlers crash through the door in […]
If you believe your right to buy an AK-47 this afternoon is more important than reasonable gun control legislation that simply supports background checks and magazine limits, then you should rethink your “pro-life” identity. Early last Thursday morning, the Senate approved by a vote of 51-48 a “budget blueprint” in Republican efforts to repeal the […]
The question of whose life is more luxurious, who is more selfish, who is lazier, etc., is a genuine distraction from truly important issues that affect all families. Last month, Allison B. Carter posted a piece in the New York Times about her decision to be a stay-at-home mom. It’s not a “luxury,” she argued. […]
We shouldn’t need the terrible luck of an inheritance in order to give our children the beginning we want. When I had my daughter in January 2014, my father—always the first to grab his checkbook when I needed rent money, or a non-thrift store winter coat, or a load of groceries—gave my burgeoning family the […]
Doing whatever I want doesn’t automatically make me a feminist. I’m a feminist because I advocate for a world in which every woman has the freedom and resources to do the same. When my partner and I started talking about having a baby—how it would change our lives, what we would need to do to […]
The percentage of costs that go to childcare varies from state to state, with the national average measuring 30%. New York and Massachusetts came in at 80% of a minimum wage worker’s yearly income, and D.C. measured an impossible 102%. Surprise to no one, raising children is not cheap. Especially if you are making minimum […]
