The XX Factor : domestic policy

Quiverfull Feminism

Kerry Howley — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 19:22:00 GMT

"The threat of population decline," writes Michelle Goldberg at the American Prospect, "is one of the best arguments yet for socialized day care, family leave, and other dreamy Scandinavian-style policies.... I get why liberals have shied away from this...(read more)

They Don't Call it a Majority for Nothin'

Dayo Olopade — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:46:00 GMT

OK, OK. Eve, you’re right . The bailout (whoops, stimulus—whoops, recovery) bill passed the House , without the family planning funds, and without any Republican support. So the big bad Democratic majority didn’t need to kowtow to Republicans after all—which...(read more)

“Rule by Republican Hissy Fit”?

Dayo Olopade — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 20:35:00 GMT

I’m a bit disappointed by President Obama’s rude expurgation of contraceptive planning from the “economic recovery package”—as we’re being asked to call the stimulus bill that’s working its way through Congress. Perhaps I’m just not down with all the...(read more)

Keeping Track of Our Time

Ann Hulbert — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:58:00 GMT

Quick, before we're all caught up in the reading of campaign entrails, I'd like to mention an item on the agenda of the Department of Labor's first budget hearing later this week: the American Time Use Survey, which will be eliminated if the Bush administration...(read more)