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A Massachusetts family enjoys a warmer-than-usual December day on a grassy field at the Quabbin Reservoir in the town of Ware, 2015.
The issue of paid family leave finally got the attention it deserved in the penultimate Democratic presidential primary debate of 2019. Andrew Yang reminded viewers that U.S. and Papua New Guinea are the only countries without paid parental leave laws and offered his familiar panacea for this and every other social problem: a universal basic income of $1,000 a month for every adult—yet child care costs alone would consume most of that sum. Several candidates, including […]
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