A Mother's Day Gift To Help Working Families

Mother’s Day is traditionally a day of flowers, gifts, breakfast in bed, or dinner out ― or at least that is how it is in the popular imagination. While mothers everywhere no doubt appreciate the attention and gratitude, what they could really use is some help. Yet it’s a sad reality that the U.S. has the least family-friendly policies in the industrialized world, with no nationally mandated paid leave of any kind. That means no sick leave to use at work when having a child, no family leave...