Workforce and Family Program: Latest Articles

It happens nearly every time a new book comes out about motherhood and work -- the flurry of responses that treat reports of a still-unsolved conflict between the two as a revelation, even a shock. Last spring it was "Creating a Life," Sylvia Ann Hewlett's dour statistical inventory of a career gal's chances for procreating. This fall it's Allison Pearson's cannily amusing novel of working-mom manners, "I Don't Know How She Does It." Each book was greeted, as such books… more

On a bright California day last April, Arnold Schwarzenegger was out of character. Instead of shooting up bad guys on a movie set, he was driving to the Los Angeles county clerk's office in a truck loaded with petitions bearing 750,000 signatures in support of a ballot initiative to fund California after-school programs, known as the After School Education and Safety Act. The proposal, spearheaded by Schwarzenegger, would offer a matching grant to every public elementary, middle, and junior high… more

What's wrong with this picture? Later this year, U.S. states will cut off support to millions of poor children and their mothers who, if they're lucky, have a job but can't afford child … more

In attempting to "unite" the country, Gov. George W. Bush should focus attention on women. Women voters favored Vice President Gore by 11 points in the recent election. For the first time, women will make up more than 10 percent of the Senate -- and could form the basis for a bipartisan coalition supporting policies that favor women, children and families. Most important, women are in need of solutions to the daily dilemma they face: balancing family and work, and… more