Sharon Kyle

The historian and author of For Better and Worse explains how economic insecurity, racism and inherited gender roles undermine relationships. Stephanie Coontz has spent more than five decades challenging the myths Americans tell about marriage, gender and the so-called traditional family.

A Conversation and Celebration of Cuba and its 2022 Family Code, Equality, and the Changing Meaning of Family The gathering is organized by the Los Angeles U.S. Hands Off Cuba Committee. It is explicitly a solidarity and advocacy event. Participants should be prepared to celebrate the richness of Los Angeles and Cuban culture. The organizers oppose the U.S. blockade and current U.S. pressure on Cuba and support solidarity with Cuba.

Katherine Dolan is a writer, editor, and researcher at the Independent Media Institute from Dunedin, New Zealand. She has held previous posts as a senior writer for Fairfax Media Custom Publishing in New Zealand and Lifestyle Magazine in Moscow, and as a copy editor for the U.S. news site NSFW Corp.