Millions of Children Lose Medicaid Health Coverage

Millions of Children Lose Medicaid Health Coverage

Since April, at least 2 million children have lost Medicaid health insurance throughout 21 U.S. states. The reports by researchers at the Georgetown Center for Children and Families and KFF, a health policy organization, sound the alarm of the...
COVID-19 Deepens the Childcare Crisis

COVID-19 Deepens the Childcare Crisis

Most working-class families in the United States didn’t have access to professional childcare before COVID-19 hit, and they don’t now. Now, as many states begin to reopen workplaces, the schools remain shut. So the childcare crisis deepens. Even in “normal,” pre-COVID...
Childcare: A Social Problem – A Social Need

Childcare: A Social Problem – A Social Need

Today most parents work while trying to raise children. Most people work more than 40 hours per week, and are receiving the lowest pay in decades. This means childcare is a major problem for working families, and especially for working women. As a result, many...