The abrupt closure of a beloved on-site childcare center at a Siemens campus underscores the precarious nature of employer-sponsored care. As companies downsize or shift to hybrid models, families are left to navigate the sudden loss of essential support systems they once relied on.
For many families, the soaring costs of long-term memory care create a devastating financial and emotional burden that outpaces personal savings. As the aging population grows, these systemic gaps leave both seniors and their caregivers facing an increasingly uncertain future.
A comparison of motherhood in Wisconsin and Denmark reveals the vast divide between a system of high costs and career penalties versus one of state-funded support. These differing policy choices shape whether mothers face economic struggle or are empowered to thrive in the workforce.
Lisa Guernsey joins the podcast Remaking Tomorrow to discuss resources communities can use to build their own learning landscapes.
Amid deepening political dysfunction and distrust, ballot initiatives offer a time-tested mechanism for democratic correction. At the state level, these citizen-led ballot measures—sometimes referred to as direct democracy or initiative and referendum (I&R)—allow voters to propose and vote on legislation or constitutional amendments, bypassing state legislatures when necessary to advance policies with broad public support.
Expanding Citizen-Led Policy, a project of New America’s Political Reform program, maps the uneven landscape of citizen-led policymaking in the United States, evaluates the feasibility and advantages of expanding ballot initiative processes to more states, and identifies strategic paths reformers might take toward that goal.
Cost of living and economic security are top concerns, and these voters also care about how we are using AI.
Better Life Lab’s Haley Swenson interviews standup comic and TV writer Jordan Carlos about his new book for men on sharing the invisible work of family life.
Shalin Jyotishi writes in Forbes that AI-driven philanthropic capital could partner with the NSF to stretch federal R&D investments further.
Our conversations with six employers found that youth apprenticeships boost purpose, employee growth, training, and collaboration at work.
New America’s Jeremy Bauer-Wolf and Antoinette Flores unpack the Trump administration’s sweeping plans to overhaul accreditation.