Relationship violence and the Chris Brown-Rihanna story. We ask what it takes to break the cycle of abuse.

The unmentionable. How couples talk – and don’t talk – about old loves.

A defense of marriage. A new book says staying in that long-term relationship can give purpose and meaning.

Here’s a conundrum for you: a smaller portion of American households include married couples than ever before — a minority now, says the Census Bureau, just 47 percent. But among Americans who are married, the spouse is being leaned on now — more than ever before — to be everything: lover, confidant, life partner, best [...]

In overall earning power, American women still lag behind American men. But among the young and urban, in some of the country’s hottest cities — New York, Chicago, Boston, Minneapolis — young women are actually outstripping young men in take-home pay; some by a wide margin.
It’s those young women who have the cash, the nice [...]