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In this Wednesday, June 29, 2011, photo, Henrik Holgersson puts a shoe on his son.

Founding fatherhood: Part I

Critical State

Critical State, a foreign policy newsletter by Inkstick Media, takes a deep dive this week into parental leave and caregiving in various affluent democracies between 1965 to 2016.

Erika Oliva, left, and her husband Benjamin Lopez's family gather inside their apartment in the southern neighborhood of Vallecas, in Madrid, Spain, Oct. 15, 2020. 

Can Spain’s new paternity leave law address entrenched gender roles?

Lifestyle & Belief
Abu Ezzat in the Old City of Aleppo.

A father in Aleppo frets about five of his sons on rebel frontlines

Conflict
Beirut residents light candles during a vigil at the site of the two explosions that occurred on Thursday in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital Beirut,

A father’s split-second heroism saved countless lives in another terror attack, in Beirut

Conflict
Etgar Keret's new memoir is "The Seven Good Years."

How a kid persuaded a skeptic to show a little optimism

Books
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Fathers in the Caribbean have to fight to see the birth of their kids

Health & Medicine

Fathers are routinely denied the right to be present for the birth of their children in Trinidad and Tobago, and in many other Caribbean territories.

Fathers in the Caribbean have to fight to see the birth of their kids

Health & Medicine

Fathers are routinely denied the right to be present for the birth of their children in Trinidad and Tobago, and in many other Caribbean territories.

Paid paternity leave, offered for men only, offers dramatic changes in workplace, home dynamics

Business, Economics and Jobs

Paternity leave is often under-utilized, even in the countries where it’s offered. But a new report finds that countries that are changing the way parental leave must be taken are finding striking success in boosting their economies, changing home roles and even opening up new opportunities for women.

Top of the Hour: Single Fatherhood on the Rise, Morning Headlines

According to the United States Census, there are more single fathers than ever before. Why the cultural shift?

The World

Number of Single Fathers on the Rise

Lifestyle & Belief

In honor of Father’s Day, we’re looking at a kind of father that doesn’t always get a lot of attention: single dads. We talk to Roberta Coles, chair of Social & Cultural Sciences at Marquette University and Alexi Peck, single father.

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