I’m All In for A Day Without Child Care Because I Hope to Leave My Care Business to My Daughters One Day
Shineal Hunter, a child care provider from Philadelphia, talks about why she’s shutting down for a day of action on May 9.
Why I’m Striking for Child Care
Janna tells ChangeWire why she is taking the necessary risks to win long term changes to our childcare infrastructure.
For Black Mothers Like Me, The Reality of Mortality Rates Can Overshadow the Joy of Childbirth
As empowered as having a doula helped me feel before giving birth to my daughter, I knew the cards were stacked against me. We must address the structural racism and implicit bias in our healthcare system.
Our Childcare Workers Are Going Hungry. I Was One of Them.
We’ve established many times over that our child care workers are the engines that support a healthy economy. Yet, we’re not willing to pay them a living wage.
Letting the New Child Tax Credit Expire Before the Holidays is Bad for Families and Democrats
If Democrats across the country want to re-energize their voters, build their base and convince grassroots groups to throw down with them, they will have to do a better job of talking about the progress they’ve made.
What Build Back Better Would Mean for Childcare in Rural America
Even before the pandemic, about 60% of families in rural areas lived in a child care desert, so this isn’t a new problem. But COVID-19 made it much worse.
A Day in the Life of a Childcare Worker
Elida Cruz is a child care provider from California supporting the children of farmworkers. In this video, she shares the struggles and rewards of her work.
The Pandemic Cost Him Everything. But the Child Tax Credit Is Giving His Family Hope.
Phil came to the U.S. in search of opportunity, but when COVID-19 hit he lost his job, immigration status, and health care when he needed it the most. Name has…
We Need a Permanent Expanded CTC for Our Children’s Futures
Like many parents, the pandemic brought so much uncertainty into my family’s life. As a wife and mother of two young children, there was no amount of planning that could…
Give California children their voter approved money now
A whole year later and California kids are still in need, and with the pandemic even more so. While the country eagerly awaits their minimum $1400 to hit their bank…