President Joe Biden and Democrats should insist that emergency child care funding be part of any supplemental spending package, write Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Sen. Tina Smith.

She believes the child care assistance will make a huge difference for the estimated 100,000 construction workers it'll take to build the new chip plants and the 90,000 manufacturing workers who ...

Child-care workers’ wages are not fair by any standard. One example: In 2021, child-care workers in Pennsylvania made, on average, less than retail clerks, hair stylists and landscapers. The ...

The cost of child care “is the No. 1 reason that parents with children currently say they don’t have another kid,” and it’s the reason many women are pushed out of the work force.

On average, a recent survey by Care.com found, they spend one-quarter of their income on child care; the Department of Health and Human Services says that for child care to be affordable, it ...