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Topic: parental leave

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Both parents need paid leave experts say

Nicole Karlis
Tucker Carlson (Janos Kummer/Getty Images)

Carlson mocks Pete over paternity leave

Igor Derysh
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Can the U.S. embrace paid leave for all?

Lauren Schiller
Sam Jay (AP/Amy Harris)

Why SNL's Sam Jay isn't a feminist

Emily Rems - Poptarts
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Rubio's GOP paid leave plan falls short

Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner
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Jay L. Zagorsky - The Conversation
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How to win the working class

Sean McElwee
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"My baby died. Why'd I leave?"

Kim Brooks
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Netflix's parental leave

Scott Timberg
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"We're number 80!"

Scott Timberg
(AP/J. Scott Applewhite/Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Jae C. Hong)

John Oliver's lesson for GOP

Katie McDonough
Ted Cruz, Mitch McConnell (Reuters/Brian Snyder/James Lawler Duggan/Photo montage by Salon)

GOP's disastrous triumph

Elias Isquith
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Chris Hayes, Jess McIntosh and Rebecca Traister appear with Traister's daughter, Bella, on "All In with Chris Hayes" (MSNBC/"All In with Chris Hayes")

Jenny Kutner
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Paternity leave isn't easy

Katie McDonough
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Parental leave for teens

Katie McDonough
In this Oct 7, 2014 photo released by Stacy Ehrisman-Mickle, Ehrisman-Mickle poses for a photo with her daughter, in Atlanta. Ehrisman-Mickle, an immigration lawyer, brought her 4-week-old baby to court after Immigration Judge J. Dan Pelletier Sr. denied her request to delay a hearing that fell during her maternity leave. During the hearing, her baby began to cry, and Pelletier scolded her for inappropriate behavior. (AP)

No leave means babies in court

Jenny Kutner
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