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All sorts of families face legal issues around divorce, custody, reproductive technology, same-sex marriage and unions. In her new book < ...

In the United States, an estimated five million children experience domestic violence. These children are three times more likely to rep ...

Guests: Robert Field, Julie Appleby The Affordable Care Act’s health insurance exchanges are open for enrollmen ...

Alzheimer’s Disease effects five million people in the U.S. and as baby boomers age that number is expected to grow. But so far there ...

Last week there were two mass shootings – one at the Washington D.C. Navy Yard and another at a park on Chicago’s South Side.  But s ...

MATTHEW QUICK’s powerful new young adult novel is about a troubled teen p ...

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett said this week that he wants to expand Medicaid to 520,000 more low income residents but only if he can ove ...

Jesmyn Ward grew up in rural Mississippi in the Gulf Coast town, DeLisle. Her ...

Guests: Marjorie Bosk, Naomi Roberson and Susan Linn Years of research points to the importance of play in children’s lives. Pl ...

Guest: AMIT MAJMUDAR In his new book, The Abundance, writer AMIT MAJMUDAR tel ...

Author MELODY MOEZZI writes there aren’t high profile advocates for her ...

It’s back to school today for Philadelphia’s public school children as the District faces a $304 million budget deficit.  Roughly 10 ...

Guest: Eldar Shafir What happens when people are short on money, on time, on friends, or on food?  Their judgmen ...

Guests: Susan Friske, S. Jay Olshansky Would you like to live to be 120?  More than half of Americans answered ...

Guests:  JUDY TRIPATHI, SANGEETA TRIPATHI and RAVI TRIPATHI Last spring, the body of 22-year old Sunil Tripathi was found along ...