Children & Child Care

2009

Mirror Man

Patricia J. Williams : Media Analysis

Michael Jackson's fame and fortune ensured he had few barriers to the pursuit of whatever Mad Hatter fancy seized him--including his made-to-order kids.

2008

Obama's Challenge to America's Parents

Nicholas von Hoffman : Presidential Election 2008

He has taken black parents to task for failing to inspire their children; it's a message that needs to be addressed to white America as well.

2007

Bonfire of the Disney Princesses

Barbara Ehrenreich : Television

Disney's idea of sex doesn't belong in the pre-K playroom. Parents, unite: make a holiday bonfire of all that plastic and tulle: let your girls be girls again.
The Gap: New Frontiers in Child Abuse

Barbara Ehrenreich : Sweatshops

The Gap has been caught selling garments made by child slaves in India. It's enough to make you vomit all over your new denim jacket.
The Kids Aren't Alright

Sharon Lerner : Government Programs

President Bush's neglect of government-sponsored childcare programs has a steep price. Children are paying.
Sick Kids' Laugh Riot

Annabelle Gurwitch : Health Care Policy

Dear Congressional Democrats: Here's a funny story about what it's like to have a really sick kid, even if you do have insurance.
Let the CHIPs Fall...

Trudy Lieberman : Health Insurance

Bush has turned renewal of a successful child health insurance program from a no-brainer to a battle on the future of healthcare.
Sick Children, Working Moms

Ellen Bravo : Working Conditions

Guilt-ridden mothers send ailing kids to school or daycare for fear of losing their jobs. Isn't it time for paid family leave?
Summer Lunch Crunch

Herman Schwartz : Poverty

It's going to be a hungry summer for low-income kids on vacation from school lunch programs.
A Dangerous Little Beehive?

Rosa Miriam Elizalde : Theater

A Cuban children's troupe has performed around the globe but finds it almost impossible to enter the United States.
Europeans Do It Better

Katha Pollitt

In an overpopulated and warming world, isn't it weird that governments are encouraging large families?
Judge Not?

Patricia J. Williams

The case of a severely disabled 9-year-old girl whose parents subjected her to a series of nonessential surgeries raises troubling questions about medical ethics and public policy.
The Care Crisis

Ruth Rosen : Feminism & Women

Working mothers can't pamper their stress away--their balancing act needs a political fix.
Home Truths

: U.S. Economy

That poor children in the United States and Britain have the worst quality of life in the developed world speaks volumes about our misplaced priorities.

2006

Felonious Intent

Patricia J. Williams : The Courts

The prosecution of an 8-year-old in New York for wrongful homicide in a school bus accident invokes the "wild child" hysteria of the Central Park jogger case.
A 'Top Ten' List of Bold Ideas

Gar Alperovitz & Thad Williamson : Progressives, Liberals, & The American Left

To take back the nation in the post-Bush era, start thinking now about some bold but plausible progressive reforms, from universal health insurance to free daycare and a shorter work week.

2005

Genes, Genius, Genies

Patricia J. Williams : Reproductive Rights

The right has ushered in a moment of cult celebrity for the pre-born. But let's not be seduced by this idea of personhood. Remember the poor and not-so-perfect post-born children of America? Aren't they persons, too?

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