Norway's government spends nearly 60x as much as the US on supporting early childhood care. It's obscene how little public funding in the US is devoted to helping kids in their most formative years

The strong decline in teacher well-being since 2010 coincides with the rising number of teaching vacancies. Poor compensation and highly stressful working conditions are driving teachers out of the classroom. epi.org/blog/high-and-…

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This Week @ CCF blog, hosted by The Society Pages, Jaclyn S Wong at sciences dot social gives us the three ingredients for an equal dual-career partnership. Check it out here: thesocietypages.org/ccf/

I wrote a blog post about recent works on caregiving and the economy: This Concerns You. (What I’m Reading.) - Girl w/ Pen: thesocietypages.org/girlwpen/2023/… #carework #informalcare #workandfamily

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All I'm saying is: Civil rights legislation was about *trying* to change the behaviors of people racialized as White rather than rectifying the structural conditions of people racialized as Black. Thus, racial inequality persists.

Great profile in the NYT of the one and only JCJ, formerly Chief Economist at the US Department of Labor, now Chief Economist at the Service Employees International Union. "How Janelle Jones’s Story About Black Women and the Economy Caught On" nytimes.com/2023/04/13/bus…

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"All of us depend, in early age and often at the end of life, on the care of others." Here's a check-in on care work that concerns us all: thesocietypages.org/ccf/2023/05/30…

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Yes! Yes! Thanks Arielle!

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Student loans linked to worse health, mental health and reduced health care use: Diverse issues in Higher Ed covered my research with Kenneshia Williams and Joan Maya Mazelis on student debt disparities: diverseeducation.com/student-issues…

Woo-hoo: First look at the awesome cover. Families as They Really Are pub date is 10/13/2023. Available in paperback and electronically! So many amazing contributions, and will share more information in the coming weeks. CCF

This article discusses a new forthcoming book on "the two-parent privilege" and quotes me. 😊 I'm not against marriage; I'm against framing marriage as an inherent inequality reducing mechanism. thecut.com/article/why-is…

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HAPPENING NOW: Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley asks Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) Director Andrea Gacki what the bureau is doing to curb dirty money from enviro. crimes flowing into the U.S. Pressley cites FACT's latest report: Dirty Money and the Destruction of the Amazon, and enters the report into the record.