The United Nations held its Fourth World Con­ference on Women in Beijing in September 1995, and First Lady Hillary Clinton raised the event's profile by leading the U.S. delegation to the confer­ence. The conference and its resulting docu­ments-the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action-covered an expansive agenda organized around 12 topics,… Read more

On December 14, the United States Conference of Mayors and Sodexho-USA released the results of their annual survey of hunger and homelessness in America. The mayors have released a similar report each year since 1986. The report measures "hunger" by the number of persons using food banks or soup kitchens.… Read more

In the United States today, one child in three is born outside of marriage. The decline of marriage is a prominent cause of child poverty, welfare dependence, and many other social problems. In response to these concerns, President George W. Bush has proposed the Healthy Marriage Initiative to promote and… Read more

The erosion of marriage during the past four decades has had large-scale negative effects on both children and adults: It lies at the heart of many of the social problems with which the government currently grapples. The beneficial effects of marriage on individuals and society are beyond reasonable dispute, and there is a… Read more