I have just one hour to write. I am going to do it against the clock. I’ve never done this in the two years since I have been writing Recalculating. I’m going to talk about time, about mothers and ...

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 ...

For decades, research has shown a strong link between high numbers of single-parent households and the disadvantages faced by Black Americans. Harvard sociologist Christina Cross is challenging this ...