Despite efforts to make domestic work more egalitarian in the household, women continue to bear the burden of providing care for children. Some researchers attribute declining maternal workforce participation to rising child care costs. On the labor side, more than 90 percent of child care workers are women.
Some of the elements Alito describes in the opinion are still a work in progress. In other cases, they are leaving out some of the most vulnerable Americans, experts say.
The American Lung Association’s annual State of the Air report shows wildfires and heat are making air quality worse for those living in the West.
The state of New York is poised to approve a multibillion-dollar budget boost for child care services as national efforts to expand that infrastructure have failed.
This month will be the first time since July that parents won’t be able to rely on the child tax credit. Parents will have to claim the remainder of the credit in their taxes, a challenge that is likely to hit the most vulnerable families, as Congress debates the policy’s future.
The United States is one of only seven nations that does not offer paid leave. Even the proposed amount Congress was considering was far less than what most other countries have offered their workers for decades.
For some families, the pandemic scrambled gender roles. These dads say they aren't going back.
A push for contract language in sponsorship contracts aims to expand athletes’ benefits during pregnancy, postpartum recovery and parental leave.
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand plans to invite Meghan to D.C. to have dinner with all the women senators and advocate for paid leave.
Law enforcement officials and policy makers discussed research suggesting that children enrolled in high-quality pre-K were 70 percent less likely to be arrested for violent crime by the time they turned 18.
A center in Tennessee has a model that could make child care sustainable in the long run — by taking the business side out of day cares.