Past Articles by Jennifer Ludden
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Stay-At-Home Dads, Breadwinner Moms And Making It All Work For decades, the role of breadwinner was reserved for men, but today, more than a quarter of American working women earn more than their spouses. That means more fathers are opting to stay home with the kids. |
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Stay-At-Home Dads, Breadwinner Moms And Making It All Work For decades, the role of breadwinner was reserved for men, but today, more than a quarter of American working women earn more than their spouses. That means more fathers are opting to stay home with the kids. |
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Attorney For Notorious Clients A Quiet Defender Defense attorney Clarke routinely faces an enraged public, top notch prosecutors and difficult, often disturbed clients. Now, Clarke is soon to face those things again with another high-profile client, alleged Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. |
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Bombing Suspect's Lawyer A Quiet Defender Of The Notorious Defense attorney Judy Clarke routinely faces an enraged public, top-notch prosecutors and difficult, often disturbed clients. Now, she is soon to face those things again with another high-profile client, alleged Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. |
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Filling In The Gap On Climate Education In Classrooms Science education standards, issued in April, recommend teaching climate change for the first time. But one nonprofit says kids aren't learning enough, soon enough, about how their world will change in the coming decades. The group aims to remedy this with presentations in schools nationwide. |
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Filling In The Gap On Climate Education In Classrooms Science education standards, issued in April, recommend teaching climate change for the first time. But one nonprofit says kids aren't learning enough, soon enough, about how their world will change in the coming decades. The group aims to remedy this with presentations in schools nationwide. |
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Filling In The Gap On Climate Education In Classrooms Science education standards, issued in April, recommend teaching climate change for the first time. But one nonprofit says kids aren't learning enough, soon enough, about how their world will change in the coming decades. The group aims to remedy this with presentations in schools nationwide. |
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Filling In The Gap On Climate Education In Classrooms Science education standards, issued in April, recommend teaching climate change for the first time. But one nonprofit says kids aren't learning enough, soon enough, about how their world will change in the coming decades. The group aims to remedy this with presentations in schools nationwide. |
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Filling In The Gap On Climate Education In Classrooms Science education standards, issued in April, recommend teaching climate change for the first time. But one nonprofit says kids aren't learning enough, soon enough, about how their world will change in the coming decades. The group aims to remedy this with presentations in schools nationwide. |
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Filling In The Gap On Climate Education In Classrooms Science education standards, issued in April, recommend teaching climate change for the first time. But one nonprofit says kids aren't learning enough, soon enough, about how their world will change in the coming decades. The group aims to remedy this with presentations in schools nationwide. |
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Moving Out And Buying In: Single Ladies Emerge As Homeowners Even though it's tough to purchase your own home in this economy, single women are making it work. After married couples, they're the largest demographic group of homebuyers. In fact, their share of the market is twice that of single men. |
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A Hot Topic: Climate Change Coming To Classrooms For the first time, new nationwide science standards due out this month will recommend teaching K-12 students about climate change. Educators say many teachers have shied away from the polarizing topic, and an organized campaign to promote it as "controversial" leaves many students confused. |
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A Hot Topic: Climate Change Coming To Classrooms For the first time, new nationwide science standards due out soon will recommend teaching K-12 students about climate change. Educators say many teachers have shied away from the polarizing topic, and an organized campaign to promote it as "controversial" leaves many students confused. |
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A Hot Topic: Climate Change Coming To Classrooms For the first time, new nationwide science standards due out soon will recommend teaching K-12 students about climate change. Educators say many teachers have shied away from the polarizing topic, and an organized campaign to promote it as "controversial" leaves many students confused. |
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A Hot Topic: Climate Change Coming To Classrooms For the first time, new nationwide science standards due out soon will recommend teaching K-12 students about climate change. Educators say many teachers have shied away from the polarizing topic, and an organized campaign to promote it as "controversial" leaves many students confused. |
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Modern Parenthood: More Equal, More Stressed A new Pew survey finds that an equal number of working moms and dads — 48 percent — wish they could quit their jobs to raise their kids. |
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Modern Parenthood: More Equal, More Stressed A new Pew survey finds that an equal number of working moms and dads — 48 percent — wish they could quit their jobs to raise their kids. |
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Stay-At-Home Workers Defend Choice After Yahoo Ban Yahoo's telecommuting ban may be just what that company needs in a time of crisis. But some stay-at-home workers resent the implication that they are slacking off when the boss can't see them. Should society resurrect all the barriers between work and home? |
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Stay-At-Home Workers Defend Choice After Yahoo Ban Yahoo's telecommuting ban may be just what that company needs in a time of crisis. But some stay-at-home workers resent the implication that they are slacking off when the boss can't see them. Should society resurrect all the barriers between work and home? |
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Forecasting Climate With A Chance Of Backlash A surprising number of TV weather presenters are vocal deniers of climate change, while others fear audience backlash if they talk about such a polarizing topic. But one meteorologist in South Carolina is waging a climate education campaign, and says it's going over well. |
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Forecasting Climate With A Chance Of Backlash A surprising number of TV weather presenters are vocal deniers of climate change, while others fear audience backlash if they talk about such a polarizing topic. But one meteorologist in South Carolina is waging a climate education campaign, and says it's going over well. |
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Forecasting Climate With A Chance Of Backlash A surprising number of TV weather presenters are vocal deniers of climate change, while others fear audience backlash if they talk about such a polarizing topic. But one meteorologist in South Carolina is waging a climate education campaign, and says it's going over well. |
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FMLA Not Really Working For Many Employees Labor organizations say the Family and Medical Leave Act is too restrictive and that workers often have to choose between their family and their livelihood. Now, there are calls for Congress to expand the law and provide paid leave. |
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FMLA Not Really Working For Many Employees Labor organizations say the Family and Medical Leave Act is too restrictive and that workers often have to choose between their family and their livelihood. Now, there are calls for Congress to expand the law and provide paid leave. |
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Debate Over Rebuilding Beaches Post-Sandy Creates Waves Federal disaster aid could mean billions more for rebuilding eroded beaches. Supporters say doing so offers crucial protection against storms. But longtime critics charge it's counterproductive and a waste of taxpayer dollars, especially in an era of sea-level rise. |
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Debate Over Rebuilding Beaches Post-Sandy Creates Waves Federal disaster aid could mean billions more for rebuilding eroded beaches. Supporters say doing so offers crucial protection against storms. But longtime critics charge it's counterproductive and a waste of taxpayer dollars, especially in an era of sea-level rise. |
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An Abundance Of Extreme Weather Has Many On Edge It was the warmest year on record and brought a series of extreme weather events, from wildfires and floods to drought and a devastating derecho. Polls show a big jump this year in the number of people connecting such disasters with climate change. |
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An Abundance Of Extreme Weather Has Many On Edge It was the warmest year on record and brought a series of extreme weather events, from wildfires and floods to drought and a devastating derecho. Polls show a big jump this year in the number of people connecting such disasters with climate change. |
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An Abundance Of Extreme Weather Has Many On Edge It was the warmest year on record and brought a series of extreme weather events, from wildfires and floods to drought and a devastating derecho. Polls show a big jump this year in the number of people connecting such disasters with climate change. |
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Finding A Child Online: How The Web Is Transforming Adoption The Internet has vastly broadened the market for matching children with prospective parents. While some welcome the shift, a new report finds that the rise of Web-based adoption providers also raises ethical concerns. |
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In Wake Of Recession, Immigrant Births Plunge The Pew Research Center reports that the U.S. birth rate has hit its lowest level ever, led by a dramatic decline among the foreign-born. The birth rate for Mexican women fell the most, down a stunning 23 percent since the recent recession began in 2007. |
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In Wake Of Recession, Immigrant Births Plunge The Pew Research Center reports that the U.S. birth rate has hit its lowest level ever, led by a dramatic decline among the foreign-born. The birth rate for Mexican women fell the most, down a stunning 23 percent since the recent recession began in 2007. |
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Parent Over Shoulder: Apps Help Mom Snoop Online, But Should She? A new industry of apps is helping parents stay one step ahead of their kids online, monitoring every post, photo and text they send or receive. Some argue this is necessary parental oversight in the modern digital age. Others say it sends the wrong message to kids and can backfire. |
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Home Health Aides Often As Old As Their Clients As America ages, so do the nation's 2.5 million home health aides, leaving the elderly caring for the even more elderly. Clients often request someone closer to their own age, and agencies say older workers are reliable and well-suited to the job. |
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Home Health Aides: In Demand, Yet Paid Little The home care workforce is one of the nation's fastest growing, yet its 2.5 million members - nearly all women - are also among the worst paid. With fears of a labor shortage as baby boomers age, there are efforts to make the job more attractive. |
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New Groups Make A Conservative Argument On Climate Change Two new Republican groups are bucking their party's widespread rejection of climate science. They're targeting young people, warning of the national security risks of fossil fuel dependence, and touting free market ideas to deal with global warming. |
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New Groups Make A Conservative Argument On Climate Change Two new Republican groups are bucking their party's widespread rejection of climate science. They're targeting young people, warning of the national security risks of fossil fuel dependence, and touting free market ideas to deal with global warming. |
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Can Marriage Save Single Mothers From Poverty? New census figures showing a link between single motherhood and poverty have some analysts touting marriage as a cure. But others say there are additional economic factors to consider. |
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Call Me Maybe When Your School Loan Is Paid In Full Beyond career choices and living arrangements, young adults say their student loan debt affects another key part of life: dating and marriage. Some have had partners break up over debt; other couples forge ahead, but keep finances separate and avoid legal marriage. |
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Buried In Debt, Young People Find Dreams Elusive At 30, Michelle Holshue is already making more than her parents do. But she graduated with $140,000 in student loan debt just as the recession hit. Like many young adults, Holshue is worried she'll never be able to own a home or raise a family. |
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Single Dads By Choice: More Men Going It Alone A small but growing number of men - gay and straight - are deciding to have children on their own, just as more women began doing two decades ago. Single dads say they still face a social stigma but find parenting emotionally rewarding. |
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Same-Sex Parents Lobby Congress For Equal Rights Dozens of same-sex families descended on Capitol Hill on Thursday to ask Congress for a break. They shared their stories of not being recognized as legal parents - or legal families - in hopes that lawmakers would feel their own views on same-sex rights evolve, just like Obama's did. |
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College Grads Struggle To Gain Financial Footing A new Rutgers University survey finds just half of those who graduated from college between 2006 and 2011 are working full time. Burdened by student loan debt, and with wages depressed even for those with jobs, many say they no longer believe that education and hard work will necessarily lead to success. |
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Working Moms' Challenges: Paid Leave, Child Care The past week's political firestorm has focused on stay-at-home moms. But more than 70 percent of women with young children now work. And they're hoping the presidential candidates address some of the challenges they face balancing a job with kids. |
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Ties That Bind: When Surrogate Meets Mom-To-Be There are few things more intimate and emotionally fraught than carrying someone else's baby - or having someone else carry yours. No one knows that better than Whitney Watts and Susan de Gruchy. Last year, Watts carried de Gruchy's twins through nine months of ups, downs and a fair share of complications. |
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Who Is A Parent? Surrogate Technology Outpaces Law For thousands of years, there was no doubt. A woman who gave birth was that child's mother, and her husband the presumed father. Thanks to scientific advances, multiple people may be involved in creating a child now, but the law has not caught up. |
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Surrogacy Aides Spring From Murky Legal Waters When surrogacy works, it's like a miracle; but when it goes wrong, it goes terribly wrong. A growing number of lawyers are making careers of helping parents- and surrogates-to-be avoid legal nightmares like surrogate mothers changing their minds and districts that have criminalized the practice. |
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Your (Virtual) Future Self Wants You To Save Up Experts say one of the biggest barriers to saving for retirement is psychological: It can be hard to save when retirement feels so far away. Now, new research has found a way around that barrier with technology that lets you "meet" a digital version of the person you're saving for - your retired self. |
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CU In Court: Texts Can Be A Divorce Lawyer's Dream From infidelity to drinking problems, divorce attorneys say texts have become powerful tools for undermining a spouse's credibility, and more and more divorce and custody cases are making use of them. |
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Helicopter Parents Hover In The Workplace So-called helicopter parents have hit the workplace, phoning employers to advocate on behalf of their adult children. Human resource managers say more parents are trying to negotiate salary and benefits and are even sitting in on job interviews. |
