Tag: marriage
Most couples still make decisions together when they give money to...
Jacqueline Ackerman, IUPUI and Jon Bergdoll, IUPUI
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Single on Valentine’s Day and happily so
Elizabeth Brake, Rice University
In this pandemic year, many Americans are focused on how to have a socially distanced...
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...
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March for Our Lives awakens the spirit of student and media...
Errol Salamon, University of Pennsylvania
A student movement against gun violence is receiving sustained news coverage.
Students are using social and news media to build momentum...
