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October 20, 2022
Indigo Olivier
“Cannibal Capitalism” Is Eroding Society’s Basic Structures
Nancy Fraser talks about work, debt, and a breakdown of shared meaning.
February 11, 2022
Magazine
Joanna Biggs
Silvia Federici Sees Your Unpaid Work
The crisis that Federici identified in the 1970s has reached a boiling point.
November 18, 2021
Cora Currier
Shuttered Day Cares and Scrambling Families: Unpacking the Childcare Crisis
A TNR Live discussion on how the pandemic brought the dire state of care work to the fore—and what we can do about it
June 17, 2021
Monica Potts
Why Don’t We Pay Family Caregivers What They’re Owed?
Millions of people in the United States provide essential care for children, aging parents, or loved ones with disabilities. It shouldn’t be this hard to make it work.
April 28, 2021
Melissa Gira Grant
On Biden’s American Families Plan and Resisting the Conservative Politics of Care
The president’s forthcoming proposal on care could both meaningfully address the current crisis and open up space for more radical demands about work and family life.
March 31, 2021
Scott W. Stern
A Rust Belt City’s New Working Class
Heavy industry once drove Pittsburgh’s economy. Now health care does—but without the same hard-won benefits.
March 11, 2021
Melissa Gira Grant
The Year That Broke Care Work
The crisis of care is not new for low-income parents. The pandemic just spread the pain—and created new audiences for old solutions.
November 30, 2020
Magazine
Ava Kofman
The Elderly Trapped in Bronxwood
Inside an assisted living facility at the center of New York City’s coronavirus outbreak
May 7, 2020
Magazine
Liza Featherstone
The Pandemic Is a Family Emergency
How the coronavirus exposes a crisis of care work
May 7, 2020
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The Politics of Everything
Reimagining the Post-Covid Economy
Six ideas for how to rebuild after the pandemic
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