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Our Divorce Dilemma
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Length:
38 minutes
Released:
Jul 3, 2024
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Podcast episode
Description
In 1969, California Governor Ronald Reagan signed the country's first no-fault divorce bill into law. Since then, Americans have been able to leave their marriages without having to prove their spouse committed any wrongdoing. But now, there's a growing movement on the right to make ending a marriage much harder. This week, host Julie Kohler digs into this current attack on no-fault divorce — and rolls back the clock to explore the "Wild West" of American divorce laws that existed before.
Released:
Jul 3, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (32)
Prologue: 2016 was a watershed moment in American politics. For gender justice advocate Julie Kohler, the support that Trump garnered from white women inspired her to investigate her own political story. Had her progressive Midwestern upbringing really taught her the "right" way to be an ally? Was she as different from her conservative peers as she'd grown to believe? by White Picket Fence