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Insights from the Moynihan Institute Experts

We provide descriptive and explanatory research and policy positions on issues that impact Black families from the perspective of fathers.

Children Don’t Need Perfect Fathers. They Need Present Ones.

Lost and Found: What Fathers Teach Us About Separation, Systems, and the Search for Home

When Fatherhood Advocacy Goes to Washington

The Fatherhood Dividend: What Happens When Fathers Are Included

The Health of Fathers Is the Health of Families

When Fathers Die Too Soon

72 Million Reasons: Why Fatherhood Is America’s Most Overlooked Institution

Why Men’s Stories Matter in Maternal Health Advocacy

Hip-Hop Has Been Telling Us About Fatherhood All Along

Paid Leave for Fathers Isn’t a Perk. It’s a Parenting Policy.

Census Data on Unmarried Births Excludes Fathers

Black Fathers as Freedom Builders: Juneteenth, Protection, and the Power of Presence

Co-parenting, Fatherhood

New York Is Building More Than a Fatherhood Committee

Black Men, Fatherhood

We Declare June National Fatherhood Month