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After a career pivot, one woman is balancing teaching, law school and motherhood

by Andie Corban
Jun 15, 2022
Catherine Fink of Colorado said this was the year she felt "most frazzled, just in terms of having to be basically at three full-time jobs."
Fink just completed her 18th year of teaching, and this year she also took law school courses.
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What the Supreme Court's possible Roe v. Wade reversal would do to the economy

by David Brancaccio and Alex Schroeder
May 3, 2022
We spoke to economics professor Caitlin Knowles Myers about the causal effects of abortion.
Pro-choice and anti-abortion activists rally outside of the U.S. Supreme Court on May 02, 2022 in Washington, DC.
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Is the startup world OK with motherhood yet?

by Kai Ryssdal
Mar 15, 2019
Journalist Eliza Boyd says the “needle is moving” when it comes to pregnancy and venture capital.
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Busting the motherhood myth of "having it all"

by Amy Scott and Bennett Purser
Nov 15, 2018
A journalist and parent digs into how our ideas of motherhood came about in the U.S.
A cropped version of journalist Amy Westervelt's book.
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"Why can't I make ends meet? Why can't I make this math work?"

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
Jun 28, 2018
In her new book, Alissa Quart examines the lives of middle-class families struggling to get by.
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Working as a nurse but wishing to be a mom

by Emily Henderson
Sep 6, 2017
Joy O'Brien is a nurse practitioner who wants children, but with $2,100 a month in student debt, she can't afford to adopt.
A patient has her blood pressure checked by a registered nurse practitioner during a checkup in Wellington, Florida.
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