The United States Is the Only World Cup Nation Without Maternity Leave

This takes hours of reading, researching, and spiraling so you don’t have to. Subscribe if you appreciate having a professionally concerned friend in your inbox :)Okay, so I’ve been watching the World Cup like everyone else, which mostly means I’ve become a fake expert on 48 countries I maybe couldn’t have found on a map a month ago. I’m rooting for Côte d’Ivoire against Germany because some choices make themselves. And I’m basically spending every match day praying France doesn’t win. Sorry!! I don’t make the rules. It’s been a great time. The World Cup is just Love Island for men and honestly, I finally get it.And then somewhere in the middle of all that, half paying attention, half doomscrolling, a thought just landed on me: every single one of these countries gives new moms some kind of leave after they have a baby. I know Iraq does. Uzbekistan too. Literally all 48 teams come from countries that figured this out. Except the one hosting the whole thing. Us. For a country that…