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The Children’s Agenda: What a Harris-Walz Administration Could Mean For Families

Bryce Covert

Where Should Women Channel Their Ambition?

Haley Swenson

Diapers are Missing from the Safety Net. American Families are Paying the Price.

Elise Anderson

If Only Child Care Costs Were Transparent, Searches Would Be Simpler and Easier

Haley Swenson

Barbershop Books: Innovative Approach Offers Haircuts, Books and Promotes Lifelong Relationships with Reading

Elise Anderson

Grandmothering While Black — Our Policies Were Not Built for the Rise of Grandma-Led Households

Haley Swenson

Some States Have Avoided the Child Care Cliff

Bryce Covert

5 Top Takeaways from New America’s Better Life Lab Conversation with Child Care Advocates and Policy Leaders

Elise Anderson

Au Pairs Are Supposed to be Cultural Exchange Visitors. In Reality, They Provide Child Care for $4.35 an Hour

Bryce Covert

How the Enduring Belief About Child Care – I Don’t Want Someone Else Raising My Kid – Hurts Us All

Haley Swenson

Combating Discrimination in Maternal and Infant Care: Inside the First Black-Owned Freestanding Birth Center in Washington State

Elise Anderson

WIC Faces Cuts if Congress Reneges on 25-Year-Long Bipartisan Commitment

Bryce Covert

The Economic Argument for Child Care Is Urgent. But Is a Child Care System Built for Maximizing Economic Returns Best for the People Involved?

Haley Swenson

Why Invest in Public Campaigns to Promote Marriage When What’s Needed Are Effective Policies?

Haley Swenson

The Lahaina Fires Illuminate Our Immense Unpreparedness of Weather-Related Disasters

Haley Swenson

Will NYC Mayor Invest in Universal Pre-K or Let It Starve?

Elise Anderson

Nearly Half of American Families Struggle to Afford Diapers

Bryce Covert

Think Child Care is Hard to Find? Try Being a Parent Who Works Early Mornings, Late Nights or Weekends

Bryce Covert

More than 700 Child Care Providers Shut Their Doors to Demand Better Pay

Bryce Covert

Can the Congressional Dads Caucus Help Break the Logjam on Family-Friendly Policies?

Bryce Covert

Iowa Governor Refuses Federal Early Childhood Money Despite Child Care Crisis

Bryce Covert

New Mexico is the First State to Guarantee a Right to Early Childhood Education. Universal Child Care Could Come Next

Bryce Covert

Shame, Stigma and Hunger Return as Congress Eliminates Free Meals for All in Public Schools

Bryce Covert

Even Before the Pandemic, Child Care Providers Were Overworked and Underpaid

Bryce Covert

Economists Find Investing in Child Care Will Dramatically Reduce Costs, Increase Mother’s Employment and Increase Quality Care

Bryce Covert

New Mexico Just Became the First State to Make Child Care Free for Nearly All Families

Bryce Covert

Child Tax Credit Dramatically Cuts Child Poverty; Can It Become Permanent?

Bryce Covert

Universal, Public Preschool Found to Help Students Long After They Graduate

Bryce Covert

The United States Used to Have Universal Child Care — Will We Do It Again?

Bryce Covert

Child Care is Infrastructure. Biden’s Relief Bill Understands That

Bryce Covert

Ai-jen Poo, Founder of National Domestic Workers Alliance, Discusses Why Now is the Time for Transforming Our Undervalued and Largely Unseen Care Workforce

Bryce Covert

New Mexico On Verge of Securing State Constitutional Change to Ensure Stable Funding for Children Zero to Five

Bryce Covert