A Trump Administration plan to provide subsidies for stay-at-home parents drew heated debate among conservatives when it was announced last month.

Could therapy be fueling the rise of “no-contact” relationships? This article explores the trend through the lens of mental health, trauma, forgiveness, and reconciliation.

Nearly a century after his debut, Popeye the Sailor Man is still remembered as “strong to the finish” because he ate his spinach. Popeye helped turn spinach into a childhood staple, increasing U.S. spinach sales by 33 percent in the 1930s—but the cartoon’s claims were based on a factual error. Spinach is not a significant source of iron. A century later, children’s entertainment is still infused with messages that shape what children believe and how they act, and those messages can be...