Tag: marriage
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...
Low-income parents want a white picket fence, not just money, before...
Christina Gibson-Davis, Duke University and Anna Gassman-Pines, Duke University
Marriage rates in the U.S. are declining, especially among the lowest-income Americans.
However, in October, wage...
How do Americans really feel about interracial couples?
Allison Skinner, Northwestern University
According to the most recent U.S. census, approximately 15 percent of all newlywed couples are interracial. More interracial relationships are also...
In the US, fairy-tale royal weddings clash with reality
Laurie Essig, Middlebury College
Unless you’ve been living in outer space, you probably know that on May 19, Prince Harry will marry Meghan Markle. Many...
Tips from negotiation experts for truly happy holidays
Rachel Croson, Michigan State University
I had the most awesome Thanksgiving this year.
My husband took our two boys, ages 8 and 10, to his family’s...
Child marriage is still legal in the US
Nicholas Syrett, University of Kansas
The recent outrage over Alabama Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore allegedly targeting teenage girls for sex has elicited reports that...
How Obamacare changed the love lives of young adults
Joelle Abramowitz, University of Michigan
It seems that each week, a new development about the Affordable Care Act calls into question the future of health...
Will women vote for women in 2018? It depends on if...
Leah Ruppanner, University of Melbourne; Christopher Stout, Oregon State University, and Kelsy Kretschmer, Oregon State University
The 2018 elections promise to be the “Year of...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
