Child Care

Cars at a teachers union rally against school reopening in Rockville, Maryland, February 23, 2021.

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Public school teachers worry how they’ll get their jobs done if their school-age children are at home

Timothy P. Carney · March 12, 2021 7:00 pm

The Little Gym that couldn’t

Salena Zito · March 11, 2021 3:03 pm

FILE - In this Nov. 26, 2013 file photo, toy department manager Gayla Harris stocks shelves for Black Friday sales at a Wal-Mart store in Oklahoma City. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. says it plans to hire 60,000 temporary holiday workers for the crucial holiday season in 2014, an increase of nearly 10 percent from last year. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)

California lawmakers considering legislation that would ban retailers from displaying boys and girls sections

Andrew Mark Miller · March 6, 2021 6:44 pm

CDC lifts pandemic restriction, will allow migrant child facilities to fill to 100% capacity to handle surge

Anna Giaritelli · March 5, 2021 9:59 pm

Bar-code children

Timothy P. Carney · March 5, 2021 4:00 am

A baby lies in a crib at the Ataturk Children's Hospital a day after being rescued from another maternity hospital following a deadly attack, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, May 13, 2020. Militants stormed the Barchi National Maternity Hospital in the western part of Kabul on Tuesday, setting off an hours-long shootout with the police and killing tens of people, including two newborn babies, their mothers and an unspecified number of nurses, Afghan officials said.

Arizona Education Department encourages talking to babies about racism, says 3-month-olds can be racist: Report

Michael Lee · March 4, 2021 4:07 pm

A Border Patrol agent.

Border Patrol transferring more than 2,000 unaccompanied children a week in February, as surge strains federal resources

Anna Giaritelli · February 26, 2021 10:13 pm

Tom Brady and Mitt Romney.

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Tom Brady fans should love Romney’s child allowance proposal

Tom Joyce · February 16, 2021 5:00 am

Washington capital gains tax aims to expand child care for working parents

Washington Examiner · February 12, 2021 2:00 pm

Immigrant children play outside a former Job Corps site that now houses them, Monday, June 18, 2018, in Homestead, Fla. It is not known if the children crossed the border as unaccompanied minors or were separated from family members. Wrenching scenes of migrant children being separated from their parents at the southern border are roiling campaigns ahead of midterm elections, emboldening Democrats on the often-fraught issue of immigration.

Biden’s hands tied on border crisis by 1997 court decision

Anna Giaritelli · February 10, 2021 11:34 am

Biden’s hands tied on border crisis by 1997 court decision

Biden’s hands tied on border crisis by 1997 court decision

Anna Giaritelli · February 10, 2021 12:00 am

Mitt Romney criticized his party for big spending, failing to repeal Obamacare

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Why Romney’s cash-for-kids plan is actually budget neutral

Tiana Lowe Doescher · February 9, 2021 11:27 pm