Philip N. Cohen

Race, obviously.

But that's what David Brooks called it, ignoring the lack of money that is its proximate cause.

It isn't true.

Low-income students lower their hopes of finishing a bachelor's degree in the final years of high school.

A look at how marriage, co-habitation, domestic violence, and birth rates were influenced by the economic struggles of the 2000s.

That's the message a sex education teacher is sharing with her students in Ohio.

The latest in a series on how Disney characters are perfect examples of extreme sex dimorphism.

The family is not an institution; it’s an institutional arena, the social space where family interactions take place.

It's driving.

What would it look like if you combined Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza, demographically speaking? What about the United States and Guatemala?

A close look at a Pew Social Trends report.

At the paper of record, female bylines only appear on about one-third of all stories.

The short answer is, pretty well. But that’s not really the point.

There is a simple reason that it might seem like it does, even if it doesn’t.

Some examples prove that argument is flawed.

Gender dimorphism in Disney's Frozen.

An example of our tendency to value appearance in women over men.

Planning to have your birth at home doubles the risk of some serious complications. Does that mean no one should do it?

Let's look at the numbers—because nobody else seems to be.

From Madonna to Miley Cyrus, has there been any progress in this conversation about whether it’s feminist or anti-feminist for a women to use sex or nudity to sell her pop music?

Parsing the results of a recent Census Bureau report.

There are a lot of Smurfs, and all of them are identified by a unique quality or ability—except for the one female in the bunch.

The term, which dates back to a time when America elevated to reverential status the woman-home/man-work ideal, implies that both parties can't contribute to a household's earnings.

Quick: How many people live in the United States? If you're not sure, your interpretation of many stories and statistics may be deeply flawed.

The marriage movement and talk of bringing back a marriage culture continue, but public policy needs to shift now that fewer children are being raised by two parents.