Governance

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.

Death by Austerity

6 January 2025

Some kinds of efficiency are about making money. Other kinds are about saving lives and developing human capabilities.

Déjà-vu all over again?:  IWY Turns 50

6 January 2025

On the fiftieth anniversary of International Women’s Year, it’s worth taking stock of what we’ve gained and what we haven’t.

Marginal children: child support guidelines and the (de)value of care

1 December 2024

Traditional child support models underestimate the cost of raising children by ignoring unpaid care work and shared living expenses. A proposed “Dignified Living Model” centers care and interdependence, ensuring support reflects the well-being of both children and parents, based on income and custody arrangements.

The Rise of Anti-Care

18 November 2024

Some post-U.S. election advice: keep the faith and fight the backlash.

Mexico’s “Women’s Moment”: What we can learn from Mexican feminisms about women in power and feminist practices of care

4 November 2024

As US voters consider whether to follow Mexico’s lead in electing its first female president, a reminder that real change needs to happen in the streets.

Mexico Lowers Age of Social Security for Women

21 October 2024

Extending its noncontributory pension benefit, Mexico’s new program will give more spending money to women in their early 60s.