As a demographer who studies American childbearing decision-making and behaviors, I’m increasingly being pulled into the near-constant discourse on how to raise birth rates, spurred by the record low ...

*The CDC has released new data showing a continued drop in birth rates among Black women in the U.S. According to provisional data, the Black birth rate declined by 4% in 2024 alone. That puts it in ...

A 12-person advisory that had been with Northwestern Mutual has joined Mariner Independent, Mariner’s 1099 independent contractor channel that brought in a new leadership team last year. Alinity ...

Mariner’s independent advisory channel has added a $275 million team as the firm continues an early-2026 deal streak that’s reshaping its footprint and lineup of advisor affiliations. Alinity Wealth ...

SB 381 would allow adult adoptees in California unrestricted access to original birth certificates, restoring equality, identity rights and transparency. a360 For decades, California law has required ...

We've all heard it before: The oldest child is responsible and driven, the middle one is the peacekeeper, and the youngest is the fun-loving rebel. It sounds neat, maybe even a little true when you ...

Adoration of the Shepherds by Dutch painter Matthias Stom, c. 1650 Credit: Public Domain Early critics of Christianity noticed striking parallels between Danaë’s story of the birth of Perseus and the ...

A small but growing number of pregnant women are choosing to give birth without any assistance from a midwife or doctor, trusting instead in influencers’ tales of the “euphoria” of a “free birth”. A ...

Hannah Dahlen has worked as a private midwife in the past and attended homebirths. Hannah has received funding from the NHMRC to study the safety of place of birth. If you’re looking on social media ...

Cady Hoffman and her husband, Bryan Loyd — Fandy and Adamax, to their Twitch followers — talk about broadcasting their daughter’s birth to almost 30,000 gamers. By Amanda Hess When Cady Hoffman went ...

The streamer delivered her daughter at home and broadcast it to followers for over eight hours Fandy/Twitch Gaming content creator Fandy gave birth to her daughter, Luna, during a Twitch livestream ...