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June 26, 2024
Reducing Racial Disparities in Foster Care Might Endanger Black Children
…suspected incidents of maltreatment solely because a fetus or a newborn is exposed to drugs. Such policies of course run the risk of leaving more kids in danger. Moreover, because…
June 18, 2024
Donald Trump is an Outlier on the Right: When It Comes to Fidelity and Marriage, Democrats Face Bigger Problems
The political and legal fallout of Donald Trump’s affair with Stormy Daniels has not only complicated his run for the presidency, but it has also raised a deeper concern: Has…
June 13, 2024
The Family-to-Prison-or-College Pipeline: Married Fathers and Young Men’s Transition to Adulthood
…are more likely to be exposed to unrelated adults, especially males, who pose a greater risk of being neglectful or even abusive to them, as Brad Wilcox noted in his…
June 13, 2024
Why Married Fathers Matter
…middle school graduation but taking a degree home from a place like Princeton rather than spending time in prison. Brad Wilcox is a professor and director of the National Marriage…
May 31, 2024
ACS Has Lost the Plot
…apology for their inexcusable decision to close the case involving Jalayah’s brother, ACS has just published its spring Strategic Priorities update. Commissioner Jess Dannhauser boasts in his introductory letter, “We…
May 15, 2024
The American heart is closing to marriage and family. Can red states change that?
…Florida could lead other states toward reopening the American heart to marriage and family. Brad Wilcox is a professor of sociology and the director of the National Marriage Project at…
May 6, 2024
How States and Communities Can Strengthen Marriages
Family is the greatest source of social capital, providing the setting in which people grow, develop, and anchor their lives. Stable and healthy marriages are at the foundation of strong…
May 1, 2024
The closing of the American heart
…And not just for the sake of the children, but for the sake of the men and women across America. Brad Wilcox is a professor and director of the National…
April 19, 2024
The New Deal’s Failed Kibbutz in the Desert
…with theory—about race, class, or gender—and then seek to illustrate it empirically. Like Glazer and Daniel Bell, he was a journalist before being tenured at Harvard. Those who would follow…
April 18, 2024
Back from the brink: The intellectual tide is turning on marriage and civil society
…of family structure.” But books by Melissa Kearney (“The Two-Parent Privilege”), Rob Henderson (“Troubled”) and Brad Wilcox (“Get Married”) underlining the value and importance of marriage and stable family life…