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Derrika Richard as she walks her three youngest children to their child care classrooms at Clara's Little Lambs in New Orleans
Politics

Red states including Louisiana and Texas were shocked by the pandemic child care crisis—and are trying to help poor working parents for a change

By Ariel Gilreath and The Associated Press
April 30, 2024
Multi-tasking mum
Success

$2,000 a month childcare costs are driving moms without college degrees out of the workforce: ‘I really didn’t want to quit’

By Moriah Balingit, Sharon Lurye and The Associated Press
April 23, 2024
A man sitting at a desk in an office on a video meeting
Success

For the first time since the pandemic, Americans prefer hybrid over remote work—and it’s not the free lunches driving the shift

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April 9, 2024
Two young girls looking at each other
Success

You’re more likely to make more money if you’re an older sibling—and now researchers think they know why

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March 27, 2024
Deliveroo is spending an estimated $230,000 to give a handful of riders 15 hours of childcare—after years of lobbying to avoid paying sick leave, PTO, and pensions
Tech

Deliveroo is spending an estimated $230,000 to give a handful of riders 15 hours of childcare—after years of lobbying to avoid paying sick leave, PTO, and pensions

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March 18, 2024
Working parent
Success

From cash stipends to ‘It’s OK days’: The cost of child care crisis is making parental benefits the top issue for over half of companies

By Kelsey Butler and Bloomberg
March 5, 2024
Now Republican states are backing child care spending, saying it can ease workforce shortages by helping parents go back to work: ‘Child care is a critical infrastructure’
Politics

Now Republican states are backing child care spending, saying it can ease workforce shortages by helping parents go back to work: ‘Child care is a critical infrastructure’

By Moriah Balingit and The Associated Press
February 8, 2024
woman on bus looking forlorn
Success

Workers have a $1.4 trillion message for the Fortune 500: We’ll return to office if you pay for the commute, childcare, and lunch and coffee too

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September 28, 2023
Woman wearing a backpack walks at a beach
Personal Finance

Millennial couple with $64,000 of student debt can’t afford kids, saying a $125,000 salary ‘doesn’t feel like enough’

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June 10, 2023
Investment in child care creates a ‘robust labor force,’ reduces crime and delivers outsized returns, according to a new White House report
Success

Investment in child care creates a ‘robust labor force,’ reduces crime and delivers outsized returns, according to a new White House report

By Josh Boak and The Associated Press
March 20, 2023
A woman wearing a headset sits at a kitchen island taking work calls, while her daughter plays with toys on the other side.
Newsletters

These family-friendly policies help women thrive in the workplace

By Paige McGlauflin and Paolo Confino
March 8, 2023
Child care
Success

‘A constant battle’: The number of parents missing work because of child care is higher than before the pandemic—and it’s not improving

By Heather Hollingsworth, Claire Savage, The Associated Press and Report for America
January 3, 2023
A couple during a festival.
Personal Finance

The ultrawealthy are hiring ‘disco nannies’ so they can party in Ibiza and Mykonos

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August 31, 2022
Mother with newborn
Personal Finance

Insurance is hiding how expensive it is to have a kid: Nearly $20,000 for every baby born in the U.S.

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July 13, 2022
Latest COVID surge is upending schedules and sending parents scrambling—again
Success

Latest COVID surge is upending schedules and sending parents scrambling—again

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June 9, 2022

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