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On the child care "cliff"
How can we talk about real stakes and threats without resorting to overly calamitous language and dubious statistics?
Sep 29
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If a person sleeping outside turns down a shelter bed, what should be done?
I have one more new story to share, published today. It’s about a community grappling with new and growing homeless tent encampments (as so many cities…
Sep 14
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HUD takes a real step forward on testing vouchers as cash
A Q&A on new book on public education, a story about unions + YIMBYs in California, and current spin from anti-abortion activists
Sep 12
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August 2023
The "science of reading" explained
States move to expand child tax credits, and why this next wave of abortion ballot measures will look different from the last
Aug 15
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July 2023
Limiting background checks on rental applications? + a big new study on homelessness
Plus a Q&A with Oregon's governor Tina Kotek about housing
Jul 7
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June 2023
Vermont's leadership on childcare, the court decision shaping homeless debates in America
and why 12-week abortion bans are not like European restrictions
Jun 12
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May 2023
Independent voters and abortion rights
A look at "good cause" eviction laws, and the push to weaken child labor laws
May 9
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April 2023
let's make it easier for families with kids to live in cities
and what is the 'child care crisis', exactly?
Apr 23
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Mifepristone after Friday's two federal court decisions
What we know. And a quick recap of Florida + Wisconsin.
Apr 8
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March 2023
If a law is blocked by a court, is it possible to break it?
The little-noticed legal debate further undermining abortion access
Mar 20
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"Jobs don't require college degrees. Employers do."
(Also, The Daily Show ran a segment on afterschool 😲!)
Mar 19
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2 new stories about housing
Our housing supply shortage and the debate over tent encampments
Mar 9
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