Governance
Taxing the Top
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.
Urban Care in Bogotá
The Revaluing Care in the Global Economy project hosts an online bilingual seminar on Urban Care in Bogotá, exploring how the city’s Manzanas del Cuidado (Care Blocks) reshape local governance and the politics of care in Latin America. Wednesday, October 22, 2025 · 5:30–7:00 PM ET · Online
The Underestimated “Price of Parenting”
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
What if early childhood care is the key to preventing violent conflicts?
The Care Tide: Laying the Foundations for Transformative Policies in Latin America
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?
Pronatalists show remarkably little concern for the well-being of children already born—or their parents.
Medicaid Kayfabe: Fake Wrestling
A close look at the games Republicans played with their Big Bad Cuts to Medicaid.
The Stealthy Strategy to Strangle Medicaid
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
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
The concept of the worker-citizen, embedded in the Indian Constitution, raises questions about the implications for care workers.
Death by Austerity
Some kinds of efficiency are about making money. Other kinds are about saving lives and developing human capabilities.