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Family Policy Reading List: June 2026 Edition

As summer gets into full swing, there’s been a lot of great family policy-related content coming out, so I wanted to take a step back and share some items you may have missed1:

  • First, I’m excited to share that this morning New America’...
7 days ago
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86 kids. 3 adults.

Note: This is a very sober article, but I want to first draw your attention to three positive developments. (1) My Capita colleague Joe Waters has started a new Substack, Per Capita, to which you should subscribe. (2) My Better Life Lab col...

20 days ago
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Contra Yglesias on Child Care

In general, I find useful. While his smarminess can be off-putting, his demand for rigorous policy analysis and consistent emphasis on simple facts like Democrats’ need for a strategy to win regularly in redder states are valuable, and few...

25 days ago
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Child Care "Overregulation" is a Shiny Object

Note: The stellar team at New America’s New Practice Lab is out with the largest single U.S. survey of parents with children below the age of 6 -- they polled nearly 5,500 parents, including 3,000 in lower-income households! This is a stu...

a month ago
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Bipartisan Family Policy is Good

I know I’ve been beating up on Republicans lately in my writings and media appearances. And while I could write another post about why several parts of the Administration’s new child care rules are shortsighted1, I want to take a step back...

2 months ago
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