child care

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The services that define 21st-century middle-class life—healthcare, child care, education—have risen two to three times as fast as overall consumer prices since 2000.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

Another time she couldn’t find child care on the day of a game — a Mother’s Day game.

From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026

Mejia, a union organizer, ran on a platform of affordability for the working class, including increasing funding for child care and raising taxes on the highest earners.

From Salon • Apr. 18, 2026

But the two-income model comes with trade-offs, chiefly child care.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Overlooked in these reports was the fact that the program in question was a pilot project that offered far more generous child care and other subsidies than Minnesota’s actual welfare reform program.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich