If you’re reading this, chances are you’re well aware that the United States is the only industrialized nation without a national paid parental leave program. Across the country, 88 percent of working women do not have access to even a single day of paid maternity leave. In the absence of paid leave, nearly 1 in 4 women return to work within just two weeks of giving birth. I repeat: nearly 1 in 4 new moms return to work within just two weeks of giving birth. Women who return to work after paid leave are less likely to receive public assistance in the year following the birth of a child. Paid...