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Child Care
June 20, 2018
Emily Atkin
The Uncertain Fate of Migrant Children Sent to Foster Care
A system designed for abused and neglected kids now must handle thousands who have been forcibly separated from their parents.
May 1, 2018
Magazine
Bryce Covert
A New Deal for Day Care
Can America change the way it takes care of kids?
February 23, 2017
Sarah Jones
Ivanka Trump’s child care plan would mostly benefit people like Ivanka Trump.
October 18, 2016
Kathleen Geier
Why Feminists Shouldn’t Trust Hillary Clinton
Pro-Hillary cheerleading will not advance social justice for women. But keeping the pressure on might do the trick.
September 15, 2016
Clio Chang
Ivanka Trump is not a secret liberal.
May 10, 2016
Adam Peck
Hillary Clinton gets specific on how she’ll lower the cost of childcare.
December 16, 2015
Vivien Labaton
Childcare Is So Expensive, Only the Wealthy Can Afford It
June 16, 2015
Brian Beutler
The Most Optimistic Theory Possible About President Hillary Clinton's Agenda
May 14, 2015
Suzy Khimm
Child Care Isn't Just a Personal Problem. It's an Economic One, Too.
Why the government should subsidize day care for millions of American families
June 23, 2014
Jonathan Cohn
I'm Insanely Jealous of Sweden's Work-Family Policies. You Should Be, Too.
July 18, 2013
Jonathan Cohn
Pelosi's Plan to Put Work-Family Issues on Washington's Agenda
May 17, 2013
Jonathan Cohn
Obama Takes on the Hell of American Day Care
New regulations could help keep kids safe
April 24, 2013
Nancy L. Cohen
Why America Never Had Universal Child Care
In 1971, a national day-care bill almost became law. Therein lies a story.
April 15, 2013
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Jonathan Cohn
The Hell of American Day Care
An investigation into the barely regulated, unsafe business of looking after our children
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