U.S. marriage rates have plummeted. But the babies keep coming, and the U.S. now leads the world in single-parent households. In her new book The Two-Parent Privilege, the economist Melissa Kearney says this is a huge problem, and that it’s time for liberals to face the facts. Plus: our friends at Atlas Obscura explore just how many parents a kid can have.
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593. You Can Make a Killing, but Not a Living
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592. How to Make the Coolest Show on Broadway
591. Signs of Progress, One Year at a Time
EXTRA: The Opioid Tragedy — How We Got Here
590. Can $55 Billion End the Opioid Epidemic?
589. Why Has the Opioid Crisis Lasted So Long?
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588. Confessions of a Black Conservative
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586. How Does the Lost World of Vienna Still Shape Our Lives?
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585. A Social Activist in Prime Minister’s Clothing
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