Truthout
Child Care
Could California’s Investment in Child Care Be a Model for the Country?
California’s success or failure could act as a bellwether on a national scale.
Just 13 Percent of Child Care Assistance Goes to Parents in School
States control who gets federally supported child care assistance and few prioritize parents pursuing education.
The Shutdown Causes Some Parents to Pay Twice for Child Care
Federal employees living paycheck to paycheck now have the additional burden of paying for child care.
Forty-Two Percent of Children Under 5 Live in a Child Care “Desert”
There are more than four infants and toddlers in need of care for every one spot in a licensed center.
There Is No Summer Vacation for Parents in the Gig Economy
There is something missing in these conversations about working and motherhood.
GEO Group and Private Prisons Stand to Profit as Trump Pushes Indefinite Family Detention
Bob Libal discusses more.
YMCA Child Care Workers Just Went on Strike. Here’s Why
The YMCA has to treat its own workers better.
Trump’s Budget Axes Campus-Based Child Care for Low-Income Students
Parents enrolled in college would lose a child care program aimed at helping them graduate under Trump budget.
Feminism Must Be Intersectional: Putting Child Care on the Agenda
To move forward the reproductive rights movement must embrace a broader feminist agenda that includes child care.
A Feminism for the 99 Percent: Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor on the March 8 Women’s Strike
The March 8 women's strike will highlight the ways women continue to suffer economically from misogyny and sexism.