Latest from Chabeli Carrazana
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A family’s detention and deportation through a mother’s eyes
Nicolle Orozco Forero was detained and eventually deported, along with her husband and two sons. She brings us inside the country's largest family detention center.
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New Mexico will be the first state to make child care free
The program, which will start in November and is expected to save families $12,000 per child annually, is available to all residents regardless of income.
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Why your favorite Etsy treasures could soon cost more — or go away entirely
Women who turned to Etsy to build their small businesses are facing the prospect of closing or downsizing because of tariffs.
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When did caring for America’s most vulnerable kids become political?
Though it survived elimination, Head Start is under threat. Now that they have been directed to ban undocumented children, providers wonder if politics has changed the program forever.
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To raise fertility rates, it’s not women who need to step up — it’s men
New research found that countries where men do more housework and child care have higher fertility rates.
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Suspending monthly economic reports would be really bad for women of color
Trump’s pick to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics suggested a pause of the monthly employment reports, the only timely economic measure of how women of color are faring in the economy.
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Moms and teachers are mad about school supplies again
This year, though, it's political as tariffs drive prices up and the Trump administration makes historic cuts to public education funding.
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Over a million queer women rely on Medicaid. What happens if they lose it?
Lesbian and bisexual women are more likely to be low-income, more likely to be parents and more likely to rely on Medicaid. They could fall through the cracks of Trump’s new tax law.
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After a child care worker is detained by ICE, a community is left reeling
Nicolle Orozco Forero was one of the few immigrant women who provide child care for American children with disabilities. Then she and her seriously ill son were taken into ICE custody.
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The child tax credit is changing. Here’s what it means for your family.
The credit rises to $2,200, but its new requirements will shut out an estimated 2.7 million American children.