New Orleans It seems like cities are starting to get more attention, and if that’s true, that’s a good thing, but reading a recent special feature on cities, it’s not something without contradictions and concerns. This is true especially if you try to figure out where low-and-moderate income families and minorities fit into the coming …
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10% is Not a Solution for Childcare Costs and Student Loans
New Orleans In the last couple of days I’ve read various campaign pronouncements on capping the cost of childcare and capping student loan payments. Hey, tell me we can’t all get behind something like that. But, I was struck by the fact that the ceiling on both of these onerous burdens for millions of working …
Working Families on the Move
New Orleans Luckily we were able to catch up with Dan Cantor on Wade’s World this week. Dan is the national director of Working Families now after spending most of the last fifteen years as executive director of the Working Families Party of New York. The WFP, as it’s known, garnered a lot of attention …