New Op-Ed: Aj-jen Poo & Benjamin W. Veghte, The Big, Feminist Policy Idea America’s Families Have Been Waiting For: How Universal Family Care Could Help People Throughout Their Lives, NYTimes.com, June 23, 2019. Preview below:
A vast majority of Americans cannot afford to take care of their families. But they see it as their responsibility, and too often their failure. To get by, they cobble together solutions, even quitting their jobs to look after a newborn or when a parent becomes ill. Things are getting worse as baby boomers age into their 70s. America’s piecemeal and expensive care infrastructure, created a half century ago, has reached a breaking point.
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