9+ hour, 14+ min ago  (245+ words) When care workers go unseen, the care they perform can seem to happen as if by magic." In a new brief, Roosevelt Fellow Jessica Calarco illustrates how the childcare, eldercare, and healthcare responsibilities that keep our economy running are pushed…...

1+ week, 15+ hour ago  (245+ words) Despite budget cuts, retrenchment, and the changing winds of politics, New York City's universal pre-K has lasted through multiple mayoral administrations and is poised to expand. In a new brief, Josh Wallack'who served as deputy chancellor for early childhood in…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (178+ words) The average middle-class American couple with children works a combined 600 paid hours a year more today than they did in 1975. This means that in the last 50 years, American families have essentially added over four months of paid work a year…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (281+ words) Our agenda focuses relentlessly on giving Americans the building blocks of a good life: affordable access to quality goods and services, strong and stable incomes, and time to spend with loved ones and doing what gives us purpose." The Good…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (1724+ words) By Elizabeth Wilkins, Suzanne Kahn, Matt Hughes, Rey Fuentes, Noa Rosinplotz What should be the goal of US economic policy? It shouldn't be to maximize GDP: Economic growth is good, but it's a means to an end, not the end…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (329+ words) The Roosevelt Institute The US effectively penalizes aging. Plus, what to make of Open AI's industrial policy plan. The Costs of Eldercare Are Draining Middle-Class Wealth At some point as they age, more than half of older Americans will need…...

9+ mon, 1+ week ago  (437+ words) Families across the country are feeling crushed by the struggle to find affordable, quality childcare. Last week, New Mexico met the moment, announcing that it would be the first state in the nation to offer no-cost universal childcare to all…...