Why Do We Pretend That One-Parent Families Are No Big Deal?
In the New York Times today, Christina Cross writes about “The Myth of the Two-Parent Home.” Her overall point is the single-parent homes aren’t the hellholes they’re made out to be, especially for black kids. But I’m confused. First there’s this: I tracked children’s household living arrangements from birth to adulthood, and I demonstrate that…
25 Rooms to See Before You Die
The New York Times Style Magazine has a big ol’ piece this week about the “The 25 Rooms That Influence the Way We Design.” It starts off badly with Stonehenge, which is not a room even by their panel’s loosey-goosey definition, and then moves on to the Pantheon in Rome—which is a building, not a…
It’s 2019 and Female Pilots Are Still Fighting Pregnancy Discrimination in the Workplace
Airlines are “no stranger to sex stereotypes,” but a group of pilots and flight attendants are pushing back on that.Thomas_EyeDesign/Getty Back in 2013, Shannon Kiedrowski was 11 years into her dream job as a pilot at Frontier Airlines when she gave birth to her second child. On her first day back from maternity leave, a…
Kamala Was a Cop. Black People Knew It First.
Kamala Harris, then California’s attorney general, with Long Beach Police Chief Jim McDonnell (left), Los Angeles Deputy Police Chief Michel Moore, and Los Angeles interim County Sheriff John Scott at a 2014 event. AP Photo/Nick Ut In a roundtable discussion hosted by Blavity in October, Sen. Kamala Harris briefly addressed the meme that had beset…
Inspector General’s Report Shows Trump’s “Spygate” Conspiracy Theory Was the Real Hoax
Evan Vucci/AP Sorry, Donald Trump. Sorry, Rudy Giuliani. Sorry, Devin Nunes. Sorry, Jim Jordan, Sorry, Sean Hannity. Sorry, Fox News watchers. There was no Deep State conspiracy to cook up a Russia investigation to sabotage Trump’s campaign and, then, his presidency. There was no witch hunt. There was no hoax. The Obama administration did not,…
The Republican Impeachment Counsel Just Made a Blatantly False Claim
Republican counsel Steve Castor with Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) and Rep Jim Jordan (R-Ohio)Susan Walsh/AP In his presentation during Monday’s House impeachment hearing, Republican counsel Steve Castor deployed a thoroughly debunked talking point to argue that President Donald Trump did nothing wrong when he pressured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate Trump’s political enemies. Several…