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October 26, 2021
Grace Segers
Paid Leave Would Help Millions of Americans—and Could Be Cut From the Democrats’ Big Bill
In what’s become a common refrain, one of the most transformative—and politically popular—parts of the Biden agenda is on the chopping block.
January 28, 2016
Gwyneth Kelly
The Pentagon is cutting paid maternity leave in the Navy and Marines in order to give more leave to the Army and Air Force.
August 3, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
How to Make Millennial Dads Less Gender-Traditional
January 7, 2014
Marc Tracy
Don't Leave Future Fathers Out of the Daddy Wars

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