September 21, 2021
Bringing population into the environmental discussion
In just the past fifty years, the world's population has more than doubled and three times as many people live in urban areas than a half century ago. Yet this aspect of environmental change gets pushed out of the discussion of the issue, in part because it's not considered polite to suggest to others how many children they should have. Here's an organization taking on this issue and proposing some approaches.
September 20, 2021
Just the facts: paid family leave for mothers
Robert Reich In
Finland, they have an average of 161 weeks of paid family leave for
mothers. In Hungary, it’s 160 weeks. In Norway, it’s 91 weeks. In Korea,
it’s 64 weeks. In Germany, it’s 58 weeks. In Sweden, it's 55 weeks. In
Canada, it’s 51 weeks. In the United States, it’s 0.