The Family Frontier
Elliot HaspelAnalysis, future-casting, and philosophizing on child care & family policy from Elliot Haspel
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 86 | Founded | 2 years ago | Last Issue | 6 days ago |
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Five Questions with "Cleanup on Aisle Five" Author Ann Larson
I recently finished the compelling new book Cleanup on Aisle Five: Essential Work, Poverty Wages, and the View from Behind the Supermarket Register by Ann Larson — and I haven’t stopped thinking about it since. So much so that, since I knew...
Where did the "child" in child care go?
When pulling some historical documents for an article I’m working on, I came across the full version of a 1971 op-ed that I’ve only previously seen excerpted1. This was during the debate over the Comprehensive Child Development Act (I’ve wr...
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’...
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...
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...
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