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February 19, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
The Death of American Unions Is Killing American Marriage
February 5, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Pick-Up Artists and Pro-Family Conservatives Agree: Women Only Marry for Money
February 5, 2015
Alice Robb
In Israeli Divorce, "The Man Has All the Power"
Shlomi and Ronit Elkabetz discuss their critically acclaimed film.
February 4, 2015
Batya Ungar-Sargon
Ultra-Orthodox Jews Are Panicking Over Their Matchmaking Crisis
Are there too many unmarried women in the community?
January 16, 2015
Sean McElwee, Marshall I. Steinbaum
No, The Decline in Marriage Did Not Increase Inequality
The New York Times' David Leonhardt gets it wrong
November 18, 2014
Julie Bindel
What Would Make a Woman Want to Marry a Serial Killer?
October 7, 2014
Danny Vinik
A Historic (Non-) Decision by the Supreme Court: Same-Sex Marriage Will Soon Be Legal in 30 States
July 16, 2014
Carter Price
Marriage Isn't the Answer to Poverty
The emphasis on single mothers overshadows other important factors
April 25, 2014
Helen Croydon
It's Time to Ditch Monogamy
Swans and beavers mate for life. Humans not so much.
February 17, 2014
Rebecca Traister
It's (Still) Only Women Pols Who Get Judged on Their Family Life
February 12, 2014
Alice Robb
Shirley Temple Only Dated Her Husband for 12 Days
Research shows the longer you date, the happier your marriage. Unless you're Shirley Temple.
February 6, 2014
Isaac Chotiner
This New York Times Sex Story Has One of the Best 'To Be Sure' Paragraphs Ever
October 28, 2013
Noreen Malone
Are Unmarried People Bad for the Economy?
October 1, 2013
Marc Tracy
A Poll Causes Jews to Ask, What Does It Mean to Be Jewish?
September 2, 2013
Marc Tracy
What The Cheneys Have To Tell Us About Marriage Equality
August 23, 2013
Jonathan Cohn
Why UPS Spouses Shouldn't Be (Too) Mad at Obamacare
August 19, 2013
Noreen Malone
Why We Do, In Fact, Need To Pay Attention to Political Wives
August 7, 2013
Isaac Chotiner
Don't Be Seduced By This French Author's Argument Against Sex
April 25, 2013
T.A. Frank
Let Them Eat Kebabs
Why Asma Al Assad is the perfect dictator’s wife for the twenty-first century
April 14, 2013
Isaac Chotiner
How to Build a Better Wife
The perverse preoccupation of a 19th-century gentleman

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