By: ERICA Original Post: https://msmagazine.com/2022/02/24/front-and-center-17-erica-child-tax-credit-guaranteed-income-black-mothers-women-covid-magnolia-mothers-trust-jackson-mississippi/ _________________________________________ Front and Center is a groundbreaking series of op-eds—published by Ms. and created in partnership with the Magnolia Mother’s Trust—which aims
By Suzan K. DelBene Original article: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/taxes/monthly-child-tax-credit-payments-are-getting-parents-get-back-to-work-opinion/ar-AAROj3w In early 2020, Wendy and her family moved to the Pacific Northwest for her husband’s new job. She
By Moira Donegan Original article: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/nov/19/great-resignation-mothers-forced-to-leave-jobs During the pandemic, women have exited the labor force at twice the rate of men; their participation in the
By: Greg Iacurci _____________________________________ KEY POINTS Federal unemployment programs that have paid jobless benefits since March 2020 are poised to end Sept. 6. It doesn’t
Child poverty shames the United States. The richest country in the world counts one in five of its children as poor, the 10th highest rate among the 36
Nearly 1 in 5 American children is officially poor. That’s roughly 15 million kids. But the number living with a significant deprivation–insufficient food, seriously overcrowded
On Sunday, Sens. Mitt Romney (R-UT) and Michael Bennet (D-CO) announced a bipartisan plan to do something pretty extraordinary: establish a basic income for children
Andy Stern spent his career organizing service workers, fighting for higher wages and improving working conditions as head of the Service Employees International Union. He