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.
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.
It’s Long Past Time for the US to Implement Paid Family and Medical Leave
We must see low-income parents, caregivers and child care providers as human beings with essential needs.
COVID Tragedy at Nursing Home Underscores the Deadly Risks of For-Profit Care
The owners of a New York-based nursing home pocketed millions in taxpayer dollars as patients suffered and died.
Parent Participation in Climate Justice Efforts Is on the Rise
Across the globe, parents are organizing for climate justice to protect their children's futures.
In the Face of Israel’s Violence, Being a Good Parent Means Fighting Colonialism
Parents living under settler-colonial violence are repeatedly robbed of their capacity to protect their children.
All I Want for Father’s Day Is a World in Which Trans Kids Can Survive
As a nonbinary dad, my fatherhood is bound up with my effort to make the world a safe and affirming place for all kids.
I’ve Been in School Mental Health for 10 Years. My Heart Is Breaking Right Now.
As a school-based social worker, I see COVID’s heavy toll. Social workers can’t fix this alone. We need systemic change.
Child Care Workers and Parents Unite to Demand Livable Wages and Affordable Care
Child care workers and the families they support declared a nationwide “strike” on Monday.