The Help, this week's non-action movie release, tells the story of black household workers in the South in the early 1960s -- domestic helpers who take great risks by sharing stories about what it's like to walk a mile in their shoes. Their tales not only reveal the great sense...

As our nation celebrated the importance of fathers this weekend, it's a good time to reflect on how we show them love in the policies we create. And there is no greater place to do that than in the federal government's Child Support Enforcement program, which needs to make a...

Congress is going to be busy with many items during its brief lame duck session. But while they decide whether to continue expensive tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans they must also determine the fate of some far less costly policies that are crucial for the well-being of our nation's...

Commercials released each year around Father's Day often show eager children rushing into their parents' room early in the morning with homemade gifts for dad's special day. Like many things on T.V., these notions often do not to meet reality as an increasing number of children wake up in homes...

Even as the economy benefits from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, or ARRA, and continues to show some signs of being on the mend, today's unemployment numbers continue to demonstrate how badly workers are faring--especially if they are low-wage and/or low-skilled men. In February, those with the...