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Divorce

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Marriage

Review: The Rise of the 'Divorce Memoir'

"There is no typical divorce," writes No Fault author Haley Mlotek.

Emma Camp | 5.16.2025 6:00 AM

Embryo | 3DMEDISPHERE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Newscom

Reproductive Freedom

Virginia Courts Won't Split Ownership of Divorced Couple's Embryos

"The unique nature of each human embryo means that an equal division cannot conveniently be made," writes a Virginia judge.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 3.17.2025 12:25 PM

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas | Eric Lee/POOL/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom

Supreme Court

SCOTUS Dodges a Crucial Problem With Disarming People Based on Restraining Orders

The Court says "a credible threat" justifies a ban on gun possession but does not address situations where there is no such judicial finding.

Jacob Sullum | 6.21.2024 3:45 PM

U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar | CNP/AdMedia/Newscom

Second Amendment

Only 'Dangerous Individuals' Lose Their Gun Rights Because of Protective Orders, the Government Says

Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar falsely claims a federal gun ban "requires individualized findings of dangerousness."

Jacob Sullum | 11.8.2023 3:30 PM

5th Circuit Judge James C. Ho | Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Newscom

Second Amendment

Due Process Demands Stricter Standards for Restraining Orders That Negate Gun Rights

In an upcoming Supreme Court case, the Cato Institute argues that the "threadbare procedures" required by federal law provide inadequate protection for constitutional rights.

Jacob Sullum | 11.6.2023 12:40 PM

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Brickbats

Brickbat: We Don't Talk About COVID

Charles Oliver | 2.15.2022 4:00 AM

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Divorce

In Win For Fathers' Rights, Kentucky Says Judges Must Presume Shared Parenting In Child Custody Battles

The presumption applies even when one or more of the parents is opposed.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 5.17.2018 10:05 AM

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Poverty

'We Hillbillies Have Got to Wake the Hell Up': Review of Hillbilly Elegy

A family chronicle of the crackup of poor working-class white Americans.

Ronald Bailey | 7.29.2016 1:30 PM

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Divorce

Divorce-Law Reforms Pass Florida Legislature, But Women's and Lawyer's Groups Urge Governor to Veto

The measure would end permanent alimony and establish a presumption of equal rights in child custody disputes.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 3.29.2016 8:05 AM

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Culture

Marriage: It's Complicated

Let people love, in ways old and new.

John Stossel | 5.14.2014 12:00 PM

Politics

Divorce Corp: Why the American Family-Court System is Broken

Tracy Oppenheimer | 4.21.2014 12:06 PM

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Policy

Why It Could Get a Lot Harder to Get Divorced in Some States

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 4.17.2014 4:48 PM

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Culture

Mass. Bill Would Ban Sex at Home for Divorcing Parents

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 3.24.2014 11:15 AM

Policy

Unforgiving Alimony Rules Reduce People to Jail and Poverty

You can't pay what you don't have

Reason Staff | 8.26.2013 5:50 PM

Politics

The Science on Same-Sex Marriage

A round up of studies on same-sex marriage, divorce, children, and monogamy.

Ronald Bailey | 4.5.2013 4:30 PM

Gay Marriage

Ronald Bailey Rounds Up Social Science Data on Same-Sex Marriage

Reason Staff | 4.5.2013 4:30 PM

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