The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 Friday that age verification “porn ID” laws are an appropriate way to regulate content for minors without infringing on the First Amendment rights of adults. The ruling, in ...

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The average cost of child care for a baby exceeds in-state college tuition in 41 states. For families with two kids in child care, it’s more than a mortgage or rent in most states.

A study of Black women in the Detroit area highlights how court-ordered and illegal evictions are associated with premature births and trauma.

Obergefell is that Obergefell: the named plaintiff in the landmark lawsuit that extended marriage equality to every state in the nation in 2015. Ten years later, he celebrates that win and the many ...

The upcoming farm bill is poised to prioritize child care for the first time. It could mean welcome relief for families in an industry that has historically brushed the issue aside.

Decades of advocacy paid off when her mother, Michelle West, walked out after nearly 32 years behind bars.

Federal data collection on abortion is indefinitely on pause, making it difficult to determine how bans have reshaped Americans' lives.

There are MLMs everywhere — including in American politics, Bridget Read writes in her new book.

Thousands of veterans separated from the military due their sexuality qualified for pardons under Biden, only four got one.

Doctors are pushing for laws that would make it harder to detect who prescribed abortion pills. They say it would protect them from out-of-state prosecutions.

Melissa Hortman, a former Minnesota House speaker who championed the passage of ambitious progressive policies in the state, was assassinated early Saturday in what Gov. Tim Walz called “an act of ...