Child and family policies have catapulted to a prime spot in the presidential race as Kamala Harris promotes a new care economy for working families and former President Trump touts his past record.

Ms. Booth is a senior policy correspondent for Vox. No major American city has ever built a universal child care system. That means that nearly three-quarters of American parents who are looking for a ...

Long-term care isn't typically covered by traditional insurance or Medicare. Traditional tax-deferred accounts are good receptacles for long-term-care costs. Home equity can be a solution to help ...

Are you prepared for the possibility of needing long-term care in the future? This may include care in a nursing home, an assisted living facility or home health care. According to the ...

Zohran Mamdani, the 34-year-old New York State Assembly member and democratic socialist, was elected New York City’s mayor on Nov. 4, 2025, after pledging to make the city more affordable through ...

If you read my work regularly, you know that I’m a little bit obsessed with the topic of long-term care, not just how to pay for it, but also all the other dimensions of it, like the impact on ...

The $39 billion investment in child care through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) was a critically needed lifeline for an already underfunded sector during an incredibly challenging time. As the ...

Republicans finally have a health care plan. Conservatives who sought free-market solutions to America’s exorbitant medical bills in an era before President Donald Trump, and struggled to come up with ...

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There are multiple insurance policies that Americans are familiar with. Because they're often legally mandated, or simply because they've had a prior experience submitting a claim, many adults ...