The U.S. Birthrate Is Down Because Kids Are Expensive
Without childcare assistance, having a baby and raising children is out of reach for a lot of American families. So why is the “pro-family-values” GOP working against helping them?
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Glass Ceiling? Some of Us Are Still Trying to Earn a Living Wage
People who do the work that makes other work possible—child- and home-care workers, most of them women—are joining the 4/15 fight for $15 an hour. But will their voices finally be heard?