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Few new mothers get paid maternity leave. Those who take unpaid leave often go deep into debt to make ends meet.

The math doesn’t add up. It shouldn't cost Obama votes—and it won’t.

Once again President Barack Obama has come tantalizingly close to being terrific.

Why is it so hard to understand that women's rights are an economic issue?

The bishops want to put a stop to the nuns’ focus on social justice. Thanks to their second-class status within the church, the nuns have little recourse.

Yes, the NRA and ALEC pushed pro-gun bills, but they were helped in many instances by Democrats too afraid to take on one of the culture war’s signal issues.

The brouhaha over Hilary Rosen’s comments was not really about whether what stay-home mothers do is work.

Mark Jordan and Jay Michaelson seek hope for gay religious practice in heretical churches and the Hebrew Bible.

The texting, globe-trotting secretary of state has become the Post-Teen Choice Favorite. But memification carries its own pitfalls.