Tag: marriage
Yes, more and more young adults are living with their parents...
Jeffrey Arnett, Clark University
When the Pew Research Center recently reported that the proportion of 18-to-29-year-old Americans who live with their parents has increased during...
The white supremacist origins of modern marriage advice
Jane Ward, University of California, Riverside
When I was conducting research for my new book on the destructive aspects of modern heterosexual relationships, I started...
Spinster, old maid or self-partnered – why words for single women...
Amy Froide, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
In a recent interview with Vogue, actress Emma Watson opened up about being a single 30-year-old woman. Instead...
A quarter of US parents are unmarried – and that changes...
Orestes 'Pat' Hastings, Colorado State University and Daniel Schneider, University of California, Berkeley
Family structure in America is sharply divided by class and race.
While 84%...
Why fewer and fewer Americans are getting divorced
Tera R. Jordan, Iowa State University
Fewer and fewer Americans are getting divorced, with the rates falling 18% between 2008 and 2016.
Among American adults, there...
What’s behind the belief in a soulmate?
Bradley Onishi, Skidmore College
The United States appears to be in a romantic slump. Marriage rates have plummeted over the last decade. And compared to...
How your genes could affect the quality of your marriage
Richard Mattson, Binghamton University, State University of New York
How important is it to consider a romantic partner’s genetic profile before getting married?
It is logical...
How Jackie Robinson’s wife, Rachel, helped him break baseball’s color line
Chris Lamb, IUPUI
Jackie Robinson will be remembered for his courage, athleticism, tenacity and sacrifice on Jan. 31, the centennial of his birth. By confronting...
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Even before Hiroshima, people knew the atomic bomb
Matt Lavine
, Mississippi State University
Milton Rothmar, an American army corporal stationed in Italy, got the news about the Hiroshima bombing from the Armed forces...
