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BY JULIE KASHEN | The Biden–Harris administration’s American Jobs Plan and American Families Plan taken together would lay the foundation for building comprehensive child care and early learning, creating greater access to home- and community-based services with a well paid workforce, and paid family and medical leave for everyone.

BY SABRINA | Front and Center aims to put front and center the voices of Black women who are affected most by the often-abstract policies currently debated at the national level. “The governor just announced that Mississippi is going to cut us off from extra unemployment benefits so I’ll be losing that $300 a week. It will be tough. I’m a good saver, but it is not going to be easy.”

BY MARY CHOI ROBINSON | May once again brings Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage month but this year feels different than previous years. The increased violence and murder of Asian Americans since the beginning of the pandemic has heightened the visibility of the population in an unwanted way.