Less Poverty, Less Prison, More College: What Two Parents Mean For Black and White Children

“Children who grow up in a household with only one biological parent are worse off, on average, than children who grow up in a household with both of their biological parents, regardless of the parents’ race or educational background.” ~ Sara McLanahan and Gary Sandefur, Growing Up with a Single Parent: What Hurts, What Helps…

KY’s teacher pension fund just added $3 billion in unfunded liabilities. Here’s how.

The Teachers’ Retirement System of Kentucky on Monday approved a new set of assumptions about the future that will add $3 billion in unfunded liability to its books and require as much as $200 million more annually from the state budget. The TRS Board of Trustees approved recommendations from an experience study intended to set…

Laurel Hubbard is the first transgender athlete to compete in Olympics

A New Zealand weightlifter—who has competed in men’s events in the past– will become the first transgender competitor to qualify to be on the country’s women’s weightlifting team for Tokyo 2020. “I am grateful and humbled by the kindness and support that has been given to me by so many New Zealanders,” Laurel Hubbard, 43,…

Catholic foster care agency wins Supreme Court verdict

In another victory for religious groups at the Supreme Court, the justices on Thursday unanimously sided with a Catholic foster care agency that says its religious views prevent it from working with same-sex couples. The court said the city of Philadelphia wrongly limited its relationship with the group as a result of the agency’s policy.…