Big Issues

Articles about Sue's favorite big issues, such as gun control, healthcare, gay rights, income inequality, feminism, education, and more.

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Quora: How should paternity leave be arranged for a gay man with an adopted child?

Orignally posted to Quora [http://www.quora.com/How-should-paternity-leave-be-arranged-for-a-gay-man-with-an-adopted-child] . Q: How should paternity leave be arranged for a gay man with an adopted child? Should he get paternity leave, which is usually shorter, or maternity leave? If he gets maternity

Quora: On nannies, stay-at-home parents & feminism

My comments on an answer to a Quora question. Original Question: Motherhood: Are stay at home moms/dads who have a full-time nanny lazy? One person who answered this question basically said YES for the following reasons. * "This trend

Quora: Why do so few African-American children get adopted?

My answer, originally published on Quora [http://www.quora.com/Why-do-so-few-African-American-children-get-adopted/answer/Sue-Raisty] . Q: Why do so few African-American children get adopted? My sister has been looking to adopt for a while now so we've been talking about

Quora: How do gay male parents substitute for breast-feeding for their babies?

My answer, originally published on Quora. My Answer They do it the way ANY adoptive parent -- male or female, gay or straight -- does it: usually bottle-feeding with formula. Entire generations of kids grew up healthy on just formula,

Quora: Does the American government stimulate the adoption of foreign children with disabilities?

My answer to a question originally published on Quora. Q: Why does the American government stimulate the adoption of foreign children with disabilities? What's the use of these children for the country's welfare and future? My