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Advocating for marriage or even stable, two-parent families is seen as mean-spirited, judgmental and meddlesome, but ignoring the evidence helps no-one

On behalf of the silent majority of Americans, I’m urging Roger Goodell, the NFL Commissioner, and the team owners to reformat the pre-game activities for the performance of only one anthem at this year’s Super Bowl—  the national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner," and forego performing the “Black National Anthem,"  "Lift Every Voice and Sing."

We convened a roundtable of experts on the history of marriage to talk about why it’s becoming so politically charged.

But opinions haven’t always shaken down along the usual partisan lines. University of Maryland economics professor Melissa Kearney made the case for marriage…

Dr. Melissa Kearney, an economist specializing in families, says ending the expanded child tax credit was a big policy mistake. The more generous credit had lifted an estimated 3.7 million children ou...

By WSJ Books Staff The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions By Jonathan Rosen | Penguin Press Two friends, two...

Almost a quarter of U.S. children under 18 live with a single parent and no other adults. That’s the highest rate in the world. So, what does it mean for those children?

Economist Melissa Kearney discusses her new book The Two Parent Privilege: How Americans Stopped Getting Married and Started Falling Behind."

Almost half of all babies born in the U.S. are born to unmarried mothers. That's not good for children, says progressive economist Melissa Kearney in her new book, The Two-Parent Privilege.

Almost half of all babies born in the U.S. are born to unmarried mothers. That's not good for children, says progressive economist Melissa Kearney in her new book, The Two-Parent Privilege.