Care Talk

The Care Economy Revolution

25 November 2025

Two very different projects argue that the care economy could bring about the end of capitalism as we know it.

Care is Climate Infrastructure: Report from COP30

COP30 in Belém showed that there is no possible climate justice without placing care at the center of global solutions and investments.

Taxing the Top

21 October 2025

As the distribution of both wealth and income has become unequal, political efforts to tax the top to finance investment in public goods like childcare have gained traction.

The Motherhood Gamble

14 October 2025

While many mothers will enjoy adequate support from a partner, a considerable number are likely to pay a disproportionate share of the costs of raising children, putting their families at risk of poverty.

The Underestimated “Price of Parenting”

18 September 2025

The private cost of raising children in the United States is at least twice as high as recent estimates suggest.

The First 1,000 Days of Life Are the Real National Security

18 September 2025

What if early childhood care is the key to preventing violent conflicts?

The Care Tide:  Laying the Foundations for Transformative Policies in Latin America

27 August 2025

A hard-fought campaign to recognize care as a human right has scored some important wins this month.

More Babies or Better Care for Newborns? 

27 August 2025

Pronatalists show remarkably little concern for the well-being of children already born—or their parents.

Learning from Migrant Care Workers About Transformative Ethics

21 July 2025

The intersection of eldercare and migration reveals critical blind spots in dominant understandings of care ethics and practice.

Medicaid Kayfabe: Fake Wrestling

21 July 2025

A close look at the games Republicans played with their Big Bad Cuts to Medicaid.

Medicaid Football

16 June 2025

Putting Congressional debate over health insurance into context.

The Stealthy Strategy to Strangle Medicaid

16 June 2025

Republicans want to make it even harder for low-income people to get health care.