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What the Bishops Don’t Know About Families

Barbara Dafoe Whitehead and David Blankenhorn

The U.S. Catholic Bishops’ most recent contribution to our national debate on the family, a statement entitled Putting Children First, approved last November, calls our attention to the worldwide...

Man, Woman, and Public Policy

Barbara Dafoe Whitehead and David Blankenhorn

Our topic is sexual identity and the meaning of gender in elite public discourse. Few topics are more important, for what is ultimately at stake is nothing less than...