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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
September 29, 2021
Marta Martinez
The Domestic Workers Left Out of the Pandemic Recovery
Surveys tracking how house cleaners, nannies, and others have been impacted by Covid-19 show a less rosy picture than official economic data.
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.
February 9, 2021
Jake Bittle
Overworked, Underpaid, and Cutting Corners: The Crisis in Home Health Care
Employees of LHC Group describe a business model that prioritized profits and compromised patient care. Soon they reached a breaking point: “It just didn’t make me feel right, doing what I did.”
January 14, 2021
Clio Chang
The Dream Job That Wasn’t
A lighthouse keeper, a deep-ocean researcher, a park ranger, and a “Snoozetern” on the pitfalls of “doing what you love.”
January 6, 2021
Colette Shade
Crying at Work Isn’t the Answer
Rather than focus on normalizing weeping on the job, why not just make jobs suck less?
May 7, 2020
Magazine
Liza Featherstone
The Pandemic Is a Family Emergency
How the coronavirus exposes a crisis of care work
May 7, 2020
Podcast
The Politics of Everything
Reimagining the Post-Covid Economy
Six ideas for how to rebuild after the pandemic
March 26, 2020
J.C. Pan
America’s Eldercare System Is a Tinderbox
A pandemic and rising demand expose the vulnerabilities of a system that runs on poverty wages.
May 4, 2017
Clio Chang
Donald Trump and the Rise of the ‘Sanctuary Home’
How the administration's immigration crackdown has fostered a more domestic form of resistance.
October 5, 2016
Sukjong Hong
How Could Anyone Think Mail-Order Brides Are Funny?
NBC’s aborted comedy about a purchased Filipina bride exposes the depths of the entertainment industry’s cultural blindness.
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