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5 ways American policies make us lonely, anxious and antisocial

Lynn Stuart Parramore
Research shows that today's college students are less empathic than generations past. They're not the only ones

NBC’s “Parenthood” should loosen up its family values

Neil Drumming
One of the best shows on network TV also espouses some of television's most conservative ideas

Chris Hayes, pro athletes and “being a man”: Our demented masculinity debate

Elizabeth Stoker Bruenig
In 2014, are we really arguing over men taking paternity leave? Here’s what’s really driving this screwed-up debate

Don’t judge the sailboat rescue parents

Mary Elizabeth Williams
A couple comes under fire for setting sail with young children, but parenting is always a life or death risk

4 biggest things you don’t already know about the gender pay gap — but should

Katie McDonough
Women are still earning less than their male colleagues. Here's why the pay gap persists -- and what can change it

Atheists are adoptive parents, too! Why agencies must stop discriminating

Veronica Chenik Gilmore
As non-believers, my husband and I feared the worst. We were lucky -- but we shouldn't have needed to be

Doctors can be fat-shamers too

SAYANTANI DASGUPTA
A troubling Washington Post essay reminds us medicine is not a moralizing stick with which to beat our patients

A terrifying precedent: Woman to be tried for murder for giving birth to stillborn

Nina Martin
A new "fetal harm” case could open door for women to be prosecuted for everything from miscarriage to abortion

How I confronted Tyler Perry: A surprisingly frank phone call yields real results

Brittney Cooper
After I bashed him in a post, he shocked me by calling to pick my brain. And his new film suggests he was listening

Owning my mixed-race identity: Why I don’t have to choose sides

Eternity E. Martis
People can't seem to understand that I'm not either black or Anglo-Pakistani, but all of the above

Andrew Solomon on Peter Lanza: “He isn’t exceptional, really, in any way”

David Daley
The author of the New Yorker piece on the Newtown shooter's father tells Salon the personal story behind the story

“Parenthood” and the charter school dream

Neil Drumming
"Parenthood's" Kristina Braverman of Berkeley, CA takes up a cause New Yorkers are becoming all too familiar with

“Hi, I’m right here”: An open letter to Paul Ryan about poverty and empathy

Karen Weese
We need to change the conversation about poverty and inequality. It starts with compassion and kindness

Melissa Harris-Perry on sexism, parenting and work: “We reproduce this fantasy of perfected motherhood”

Katie McDonough
"My enjoyment of [maternity] leave raises the ongoing question of why my circumstances are so rare"

Nobody puts baby in a cooler! Learning to parent with first-world problems

Susan Rebecca White
I was determined to be a rational mom and not waste a fortune on unnecessary products. And then I got pregnant

State-backed “expert” in Michigan equal marriage case: Gay people are eternally damned

Katie McDonough
Douglas Allen told the court that gay people who do not repent for their "sins" will spend an eternity in hell

Michigan enlists author of discredited study as “expert” witness in case against marriage equality

Katie McDonough
Mark Regnerus' research has been widely discredited, with even his own university distancing itself from his work

Losing my son to drugs

Diannee Carden Glenn
The death of my child brought a pain like no other, and made me question every parenting decision I've made

When America’s the villain: Cold War scheming on “The Americans”

Neil Drumming
The series takes a dim view of the FBI and, to some degree, the whole 1980s United States

My father, the player

Zander Sherman
He flirts with every woman he sees, and in reaction, I'm practically a monk. Could we ever find common ground?

Stop freaking out, parents: Social media isn’t the problem

Andrew Leonard
Author Danah Boyd argues that social media isn't ruining kids. Society at large is doing the real damage

Why libraries deserve to be hip

Mary Elizabeth Williams
They face budget cuts and closures, but they're a lifeline for people like me. Libraries should get more respect

Jerry Seinfeld performs stand-up on the “Tonight Show”

Prachi Gupta
The comic mocked our reliance on cellphones and lamented the elaborate bedtime routine of modern-day parenting

The tyranny of the “bad mother”: Slacker moms are just as intimidating as perfect ones

Elissa Strauss
Moms who brag about being lazy and sloppy can be just as judgy as too-perfect ones
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