5+ hour, 46+ min ago  (1113+ words) I can't start without addressing two glaring logic errors in Yglesias' piece, errors so bad they're close to disqualifying with regards to taking him seriously on this subject. Child care costs are a huge topic for dual-income couples with kids…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (1320+ words) Imagine a small community in California has found a copy of an old treaty that allows it to secede. Through a series of political machinations, the state of California and the U. S. Congress decide to recognize this area " call it Marketon…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago  (638+ words) Note: I've had a few articles published in the past week that may be of interest! I was in The Atlantic talking about current struggles of the child care sector, in Jacobin talking about why loosening child care ratios is…...

2+ mon, 3+ day ago  (478+ words) That's perhaps one reason it grinds my gears so much to see a persistent assertion that non-kin child care is inherently awful or, at best, a begrudgingly-accepted pain we wish we could be rid of. 1 I was recently reminded of…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (382+ words) The Family Frontier New Publication: The False Divide Between "Working" and "Stay-at-Home" Parents" Read our new report! Programming note: Family Frontier posting is going to be a little bit lighter in February, as I'm working on a couple longer pieces…...