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It Doesn't Have to Be This Hard

Rebecca Gale, Katherine Goldstein, Haley Swenson

A Substack on caregiving, writing and reporting - and the policies that make parenting in America so hard.

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Authors

The writers behind this newsletter.

  • Rebecca Gale

    Reporter and writer on caregiving, child care, parenting, and policy. Staff writer at Better Life Lab at New America.

  • Katherine Goldstein

    Journalist, Fellow at the Better life Lab at New America. Mom of 3, including pandemic twins, based in Durham, NC. Creator of The Double Shift.

  • Haley Swenson

    Writer, researcher, PhD Social Scientist and gender inequality expert, doing family with a wife, a baby, and a great, big village.

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