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President Barack Obama talks about legislation to offer paid sick leave for Americans while at Charmington's Cafe in Baltimore, Maryland, on January 15, 2015.

The State of the Union kicked off Obama’s push for paid parental and sick leave

Economics

Only two countries in the world have no protected right to paid maternity leave: Papua New Guinea and the United States. But after a call for maternity leave in the State of the Union, President Barack Obama is trying to change that in 2015.

The Definition of Marriage Is Shifting in the U.S.

Does Marriage Depend on Monogamy?

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