As long as there have been mothers, there have been single mothers. But in America, Black women have borne the stigma of single parenthood, whether we’re painted as “welfare queens”—a sensationalized ...

Christina Cross joins Lake Effect's Joy Powers to discuss her new book Inherited Inequality. The nuclear family is often thought of as a pillar of American achievement. Through both rhetoric and ...

Over 60 years after its release, the Moynihan report remains the most consequential—and controversial—analysis of the black family in American history. One explanation for its continued relevance is ...