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Hello, Poetry, You ‘Lamenting Pleasure’
Reading poetry over the phone, David Ferry and loved ones find an antidote to loneliness.
Elizabeth Emma Ferry and Stephen Ferry
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April 30, 2021
Joe Biden Wants to Transform Care Work in America
We must start by viewing care work as an essential component not just of the economy but of life itself.
Mike Konczal
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April 20, 2021
Americans Got a Taste of Paid Leave. Will They Get It for Real?
During the Covid pandemic, American workers had access to guaranteed paid leave for the first time in history. Advocates say now is the time for paid leave for all.
Bryce Covert
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March 31, 2021
In the Depths of the Pandemic, Tracing My Family’s Contact
A family grapples with disappearance, loneliness, and angst during a pandemic.
Joël Díaz
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March 15, 2021
How Covid-19 Supercharged a Foster System Crisis
Parents are losing their kids as they struggle to navigate bureaucracies upended by the pandemic.
Michelle Chen
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March 10, 2021
Parenting Through Sickness, Health, and Covid-19
To avoid replicating this awful moment, our failures must become the source of our children’s political possibilities.
Imani Perry
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March 10, 2021
Meet the Climate Kids Who Are Mobilizing a Generation of Parents
Across the country and the world, children are waking moms and dads to the urgent need to take climate action.
Angely Mercado
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March 10, 2021
My Son Is His Own Person, and I’m Glad to Know Him
Eventually, our kids realize they’re free to become who they are. Our job is to let them.
Carvell Wallace
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March 9, 2021
What Black Schools Mean to Black Kids
Being in the racial majority at school can make all the difference for Black children.
Jamilah Lemieux
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March 9, 2021
From Raising Anti-Racist Kids to Being an Anti-Racist Family
We need to do more than prevent bias in our kids—we need to live our values here and now.
Courtney E. Martin