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August 21, 2015
Esther Breger
Paid Leave This Week: 25 Percent of New Moms Return to Work After Just Two Weeks
August 14, 2015
Esther Breger
Paid Leave This Week: Flying Nannies, Infants in the Office, and Carly Fiorina's Big Mistake
August 10, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Carly Fiorina Is Dead Wrong About Paid Parental Leave
Netflix's policy shows precisely what's wrong with relying on the private sector to do "the right thing"
August 7, 2015
Esther Breger
Paid Leave This Week: Netflix and Microsoft Make Life Easier for New Parents
August 3, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
How to Make Millennial Dads Less Gender-Traditional
July 31, 2015
Esther Breger
Paid Leave This Week: Millennial Dads Discover That Work-Life Balance is Hard
July 24, 2015
Esther Breger
Paid Leave This Week: Everywhere Is Better Than Here
July 23, 2015
Rebecca Leber
How Do You Make Sure Generous Paid Leave Doesn't Backfire on Women? Focus on Men.
July 13, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Liberate Women From Full-Time Work
Hillary Clinton is pushing family-friendly work policies. Here's a different idea.
July 2, 2015
Esther Breger
Paid Leave This Week: It Just Got Easier to Be a Mother in the Navy
June 26, 2015
Esther Breger
Paid Leave This Week: It's Easy to Be a Working Mom (If You're Rich)
June 22, 2015
Esther Breger
Paid Leave This Week: Twitter Dads Take Time Off; Sheryl Sandberg Gives Fatherhood a Makeover
June 12, 2015
Esther Breger
Paid Leave This Week: Bernie Sanders Pushes Family Values, Richard Branson Offers 1-Year Paternity Leave
June 12, 2015
Matt Bruenig
Bernie Sanders's Family-Friendly Agenda Crushes the Competition
The Vermont senator believes every American should get paid vacation. But he can do even better than that.
June 7, 2015
Esther Breger
Paid Leave This Week: Goldman Sachs Doubles Paternity Leave; Prince William Goes Back to Work
June 3, 2015
Rebecca Leber
How Do You Get GOP Lawmakers to Support Paid Leave? Show Them That It Works.
May 30, 2015
Maia Booker
One Photographer Documents Sweden's Amazing Leave Policies
May 29, 2015
Esther Breger
Paid Leave This Week: Swedish Dads, Baby-Free TED Talks, and the Downsides of Maternity Leave
May 29, 2015
Naomi Shavin
Millennials Care About Paid Leave, and Aren’t Afraid to Take It
May 28, 2015
Rebecca Traister
“You Cannot Claim to Have Any Ideas About Family Values Unless You Value Fathers”

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