Why the Labor Shortage Is Hitting Child Care Hard (with Lea Austin)

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Child Care Is Too Damn Expensive (with Elliot Haspel)

Gloria outlines actionable steps for building a better child care system with author and policy expert Elliot Haspel. They discuss how we can work together with businesses to invest in a better system, why we need to reframe child care as a collective responsibility, and what you ...  Show more

The Woman Putting Child Care on the Ballot (with Deb VanderGaast)

Gloria sits down with Deb VanderGaast, the Iowa woman running for state senate on a child care platform. Deb, a mother, activist, and child care director, recounts the harrowing story that caused her to leave her stable nursing job to start her own daycare center (despite her fam ...  Show more

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