Governance

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 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.

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.

Raising the Bar: Public Employment and Paid Family Leave in North Carolina

18 March 2025

Advocates of paid family and medical leave try a novel approach. Research into efforts to move paid leave forward at the municipality level reveals surprising results.

What Labour Justice? Care Work as a Duty & Social Welfare

20 February 2025

The concept of the worker-citizen, embedded in the Indian Constitution, raises questions about the implications for care workers.