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GOP Political Update; Family Life in the Great Recession
An update on Florida primary campaign, Obama preps for the final State of the Union address of his current term, and the changing demographics in America's workforce.
By Warren Olney • • 50m ListenWe get a preview of the last week of the Florida primary campaign as the President prepares for tonight's final State of the Union address of his current term. Also, the post-industrial economy may be more congenial for women. They now outnumber men in America's workforce, and the number of stay-at-home fathers is on the rise. Do cultural stigmas remain? Is the economy changing what it means to be a man?
Banner image: Stay-at-home Dad Peter Steinberg (C) helps daughter Kali (R), 12, core a pineapple while family cat Rainbow eats atop the refrigerator before other daughter Natalie (L) looks for their pet dog in Springfield, Virginia. Photo by Tim Sloan/AFP/Getty Images
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3 storiesState of the Union to Set Obama's Election Campaign Agenda
President Obama is preparing for tonight's final State of the Union address of his current term. One of themes will be creating more "fairness" in America's tax code. ( KCRW will air tonight's address and the Republican response, starting at 6pm.) George Condon is White House correspondent at the National Journal .
Read the story7 minUpdate on the GOP Presidential Race: Politics Never Stops
Two years of tax returns show that Mitt Romney paid about 14 percent last year on $21 million in income. This year's it will be 15 percent on another $20 million, about half the rate paid by Newt Gingrich and President Obama on much smaller earnings. At the same time, Romney's popularity's on the decline.
Read the story16 minFamily Life in the Great Recession
The post-industrial economy may be more congenial for women. They now outnumber men in America's workforce, and the number of stay-at-home fathers is on the rise.
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