US doesn’t mandate paid maternity leave. Obama says it’s time to change, By Mark Trumbull, June 23, 2014, Christian Science Monitor: “A White House Summit on Working Families Monday focused attention on a workplace policy where the US stands in a league of its own: America is the only advanced economy without a legal provision for paid maternity leave. President Obama said it’s time to change that as well as other policies in a bid to make the American workplace better for families. He also called for steps to expand paid sick leave, flexible work schedules, and access to affordable child care. News coverage Monday played the summit as an event keyed closely to Democratic Party election themes – with messages that can help galvanize sought-after female voters in key congressional races. . .”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty