Truthout
The Struggle for Caregiving Equity
What impact has the pandemic had on parents, care providers, and the practices of caregiving and parenting more broadly?
Series Introduction
What impact has the pandemic had on parents, care providers, and the practices of caregiving and parenting more broadly? In what ways have these monumental impacts illuminated the ways in which capitalism fails families? What kinds of transformative, creative solutions are being imagined and manifested on this front? How do gender, racial, economic and disability justice factor into these visions? And how are caregivers fighting back against destructive and exploitative systems? In our new series and archive, The Struggle for Caregiving Equity, we make space for reporting and analysis around these often-overlooked questions, and lift up bold ideas for a world in which caregiving is honored, valued and prioritized.
Reproductive Labor Has Always Been Fundamental to Social Movements’ Resistance
Reproductive labor — like cooking, child care and distributing mutual aid — serves as the lifeblood of social movements.
NYC Nannies Built an Underground Care Economy That Should Inspire US Policy
A circle of nannies in New York City created an underground care economy that challenges us to dream bigger.
Expiration of Pandemic-Era Funding Threatens to Devastate US Child Care Industry
If child care legislation isn’t passed soon, the funding cliff could decimate care sites and erase decades of progress.
End of Pandemic-Era Child Care Aid Spells Crisis for Millions of Working Moms
Congress must take action to extend pandemic-era child care supports put in place under the American Rescue Plan Act.
3.2 Million Children May Lose Care If Congress Lets Pandemic-Era Funds Expire
To have the child care system we deserve, child care needs funding to make it accessible and affordable.
Kids Awaiting Foster Care Placement Are Being “Housed” in Jails and Offices
More than half the states in the U.S. have seen a decline in the number of licensed foster homes since 2021.
Expiration of Pandemic Aid Threatens to Deepen Child Care Crisis
The imminent end of cash infusions for child care could cause staff layoffs, increased tuition and programs to shutter.
Let’s Recognize That Care Work Is the Labor That Makes All Other Labor Possible
As a former direct care worker, I am fighting for living wages and labor protections for this underpaid work force.
For-Profit Child Care Chains See Opportunity to Monopolize Imperiled Industry
The catastrophic state of U.S. child care is rooted in capitalism, not the pandemic.
We Can’t Combat Inequality Without First Valuing Care Work
A feminist political economy addresses gender inequalities, but also seeks to rectify inequalities in labor division.