This Thursday, American families will gather around food-laden tables to celebrate Thanksgiving. But what is family, anyway? According to research by Indiana University, Bloomington sociologist Brian ...

The Code on Social Security (CSS), 2020, includes a groundbreaking change of adding new extended family members that will help millions of families of working employees, especially women. The new law ...

"Can we stop referring to having children as 'starting a family'? Couples are a family regardless of whether they have children or not." This was a comment on a recent article I wrote about the cost ...

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is expanding the definition of "immediate family" in its employee-ethics policy to account for laws in states that recognize domestic partnerships and civil unions. The change ...

A recent study found that among adults who attend Christian worship at least monthly, 68% agreed marriage is between one man and one woman, but only 46% defined “family” in corresponding terms of a ...