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And baby makes two: why teen pregnancy is on the rise
The McCain-Palin campaign says it's for change, and it certainly delivered change with its abrupt abandonment of the long-standing conservative...
Commonweal, 10/10/08 by Barbara Dafoe Whitehead · More from publication -
Sex & the teenage girl: the insights of 'Juno'
There's a classic story of teen pregnancy, told in books, movies, and teen magazines over the past century. It goes something like this: a young...
Commonweal, 02/15/08 by Barbara Dafoe Whitehead · More from publication -
Single mothers: the costs of going it alone
In a recent New York Times column, veteran political reporter Thomas B. Edsall argued that a successful Democratic Party would have to pay...
Commonweal, 01/26/07 by Barbara Dafoe Whitehead · More from publication -
The politics of reconciliation: sometimes, nice guys finish first
Democrat Deval L. Patrick made history last month by becoming the first African-American governor of Massachusetts. In the national news media, his...
Commonweal, 12/01/06 by Barbara Dafoe Whitehead · More from publication -
Answered prayers: where is technological reproduction taking us?
Debora Spar is a professor at the Harvard Business School who has studied the evolution of Internet technology from early, anarchic beginnings into...
Commonweal, 10/20/06 by Barbara Dafoe Whitehead · More from publication -
Role reversals: hazards of the college party culture
In the wake of last spring's sex scandal involving the Duke University men's lacrosse team, a Rolling Stone reporter named Janet Reitman went to...
Commonweal, 09/08/06 by Barbara Dafoe Whitehead · More from publication -
Parenthood: once the norm, now the exception?
Being a parent has never been easy but it is now a conspicuous source of distress and anxiety. Increasingly, adults see the years spent in active...
Commonweal, 06/16/06 by Barbara Dafoe Whitehead · More from publication -
The boy problem: fathers of the world unite
The latest figures on the college gender gap have triggered a flurry of media stories about the "boy problem." On nearly every educational measure,...
Commonweal, 05/05/06 by Barbara Dafoe Whitehead · More from publication -
Values & voters: can the Democrats talk straight?
New York Times columnist David Brooks recently paid tribute to philosopher Sidney Hook by giving "Hookie" awards to the best essays written in...
Commonweal, 03/10/06 by Barbara Dafoe Whitehead · More from publication -
Religion & science: bridging the gap
From the Terri Schiavo controversy to the stem-cell debate to the conflict over intelligent design, 2005 was rife with contentious issues that...
Commonweal, 01/27/06 by Barbara Dafoe Whitehead · More from publication
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