The best antidote to poverty remains simple - a paycheck. Policies like paid family leave, workplace flexibility and affordable quality childcare can make the difference for two-parent or single-parent working families who struggle to make ends meet.

Those who speak up, those who use their connections, are more likely to succeed than those who sit and wait.

It is the future, of course, which politicians grapple with, and that is why politics is so disorderly. Only history clears away some of the debris.

Early childhood education begins early, even before birth.

Why is computer science a good field for women? For one thing, thats where the jobs are, and for another, the pay is better than for many jobs, and finally, its easier to combine career and family.

To equate a corporation with a person is a travesty of justice.

Babies are smart. They can tell the difference between a responsive face and a blank face, wiped clean of emotion.