For many working women, motherhood is a major interruption to their career. Some eventually work their way back up to full-time work, but there are many other paths that women might follow.
Trump isn’t the first to think a country can be full.
Arthimedes/Shutterstock.com
President Trump says that the white working class is being pushed out of the job market. But that doesn’t seem to be true for the best-paying blue-collar jobs.
Millennials carry more student loan debt than previous generations.
Rawpixel.com/Shutterstock.com
Sen. Warren is proposing universal child care as a way to rein in the soaring costs of raising a family. A sociologist explains what’s driving the trend.
A man holds up a joint during a 2017 rally to support the legalization of marijuana in Washington, D.C.
AP Photo/Alex Brandon
As politically polarized as the country may seem, when it comes to marijuana, Americans across the spectrum have changed their minds. A new study says it’s all thanks to the media.
Older. More suburban. Less fertile. More diverse. This year, Americans grappled with some major shifts in the demographic landscape.
Before they walk down the aisle, many couples want to own a house, have a bank account and have a job that offers health insurance.
MNStudio/shutterstock.com
A new study suggests that Americans face an ‘economic bar’ to marriage. Before they walk down the aisle, many couples want to have a house, a bank account and a job that offers health insurance.
Women were key to morale on the home front.
Imperial War Museum (IWM)
A White House Council concluded that the war on poverty is “largely over.” But, while poverty among seniors has declined, poverty among adults and children as changed little over the last 40 years.
For many, the job of a pilot has lost its luster.
Emilian Danaila/shutterstock.com
Anthropologue et démographe, professeur émérite au Muséum national d’histoire naturelle et conseiller de la direction de l'INED, Muséum national d’histoire naturelle (MNHN)