"And so when we’re thinking about how important these resources are for improving child outcomes, we need to remember that if we don’t have equal inputs, we cannot expect equal outcomes." A good interview between @rcobooth.bsky.social and @christinajcross.bsky.social. Read on.

"when it comes to income, Black two-parent families had about 60 percent of the income of white two-parent families and only 25 percent of the wealth" www.vox.com/policy/46177...

Even though roughly half of Black children in the US grow up in 2-parent households, social scientists have largely ignored these families for decades. I talked with @christinajcross.bsky.social about her new book—and what her research means for debates about marriage kids and inequality

there's been a lot of complacency that the far-right wouldn't, or couldn't, come for birth control but the playbook of blurring it with abortion has been out there years I wrote this last year: bsky.app/profile/jess...

The context Fed Governor Cook declared her Atlanta property as “vacation home,” documents show | Reuters share.google/ThhdhTBFM7pm...

When I was asked to comment on the Lisa Cook situation, my only comment was that we don't know what happened. We don't know if it was a mistake, we don't know what her loan officer put in the docs or why, because all we had was two pages of documents presented out of context. Now we have context.

I wrote about Charlie Kirk’s death, mourning and conflict, Shabbat and shiva www.vox.com/politics/461... (gift link)

"Studley, who specializes in tax preparation for OnlyFans creators, called the inclusion of digital creators a 'huge win' for the adult segment of the market — and a surprising move coming out of an administration aligned with social conservatives." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

seeing too many headlines that New Mexico is about to make child care universal and free. that's not what it's doing. the gov. announced that as of November 1 all families can compete for the same limited # of child care slots and subsidies. the goal of universal is commendable, but NM isn't there

I wrote about why vacant houses are not quite as promising a solution to the housing crisis as they first sound (but also what we should/could still do about them) www.vox.com/housing/4607...

Shield laws and telehealth have helped tens of thousands of people get safe abortions since the fall of Roe, without having to travel across the country. But the clash between state laws means that eventually, SCOTUS will probably decide if this option can continue. 19thnews.org/2025/09/tele...

great read on HUD and its Trump 2.0 Secretary Scott Turner from @sarahholder.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/feature... (gift link)

Exclusive: RFK Jr. and the White House buried a major study on alcohol and cancer. Here’s what it shows. www.vox.com/health/46008...

i'm going to be covering the Abundance conference tomorrow + Friday. i have a list of things I'm hoping to get more info on, but before I go, what questions do *you* have? are there specific things you'd like me to try glean more about?

For the past three years, the city has been giving cash to some struggling renters, no strings attached. The first-in-the-nation experiment has been even more successful than researchers studying its impact expected.

I wrote about the search for "dark taxa" — groups of animals, like certain flies and wasps, in which the bulk of species remains unknown to science. Among the facts that blew my mind while reporting this: Around 90 percent of all life is still undescribed. Like, what!? www.vox.com/down-to-eart...

I'm on the child care beat and I'm not exaggerating when I say I talk to // hear from families every month who say they'd like to grow their families more if child care were less expensive

oh, okay www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/s...

new newsletter about my recent reporting (always free to read) rcobooth.substack.com/p/on-cash-ai...

What new research on guaranteed income means — and doesn’t. 💰

just one woman's thoughts on the 'vibescession' vs. cash transfer pilots www.vox.com/policy/45950...

the obituaries on the cash transfer movement are premature there are discussions ongoing now for new programs, and in some cases, at potentially much larger scale than has ever been tested in the US www.vox.com/policy/45950...

I wrote about the renewed and evolving debate around basic income one spoiler: there is no conspiracy to cover up cash transfer research www.vox.com/policy/45950...

My piece for The Argument today is about how America created a loophole for discrimination in the Fair Housing Act under the pretense of wanting to build housing for seniors. www.theargumentmag.com/p/no-country...

“We in early childhood, I think, are guilty of overselling some things, and there just is no single solution to a complex problem,” Linda Smith told me. “The investment in Montana for example is noteworthy. It’s a good first start. But it’s not the end — it can’t be.” www.vox.com/policy/45890...

“I know it’s exhausting, but when I think about our work here, especially if you have dedicated funding, it’s just easy to lose sight or maybe feel too comfortable in the growth patterns — but you can’t let your foot off the gas." www.vox.com/policy/45890...

When New Mexico lawmakers diverted child care trust fund $$ to a Medicaid behavioral health program this year, it received nary a peep in coverage “For those making the decisions, it’s not really in anyone’s political interest to draw attention to it,” Sara Mickelson told me

Four journalists were killed by an Israeli strike on a Gaza hospital today, including Mariam Dagga, a freelancer with the @apnews.com. She has a 12-year-old son, who was evacuated from Gaza earlier in the war. She was a true hero, like all of our Palestinian colleagues in Gaza. tinyurl.com/3cn5c9vb

really liked this @alexzimmerman.bsky.social piece talking with @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's favorite teacher www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025...

loved reading this Stephanie Coontz Q&A in @jacobinmag.bsky.social today jacobin.com/2025/08/gend...

new Washington Post editorial board really leaning in

a great column, last four paragraphs especially www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/o...

come for the photos honestly

NEW: A Texas woman filed a wrongful death suit in federal court today alleging a man gave her abortion pills without her consent. The suit also names Aid Access and its founder Rebecca Gomperts. The woman is represented by SB 8 architect Jonathan Mitchell. Me at @autonomynews.co:

i really needed this piece, and it's comforting to learn my confusion is not just from getting older

Men working in child care face a lot of confusing and stressful expectations — from their colleagues, from parents, from their own family “In some circumstances with certain kids, the expectation is I should be more masculine, and with others it’s to be less masculine,” one educator told me.

New: I wrote about the shortage of men in the child care industry—and what it would take to change that. I was glad to spend time with some of the talented men who have chosen this career path, despite the stigma and bias they sometimes face vox.com/child-care/4...

The organizing story at @prospect.org predates me but goes like this: @rcobooth.bsky.social walked into Harold Meyerson's office and said "we're forming a union." Harold said "OK." We're proud to have been unionized for around a decade. Good luck to Baffler workers for following suit.

New >> Congress is on the cusp of passing what DoorDash & Uber want to see for their contractors 10 years ago some Democrats had more visionary ideas for portable benefits, but they largely stopped talking about those after the PRO Act came to dominate party politics www.vox.com/policy/42189...

The permanent chassis rule and its history offer a window into how smart ideas that could solve real problems can still languish for decades. But it also reveals what it takes to move even obvious reforms from inertia to action www.vox.com/policy/42025...

Experts have been urging Congress to strike the requirement for a permanent chassis on manufactured housing for decades. It would cost no money to do it. so why have lawmakers not acted? www.vox.com/policy/42025...

New: A 50-year-old federal rule has stifled affordable housing. Congress may finally, at long last, do something about it www.vox.com/policy/42025...

There’s so much discussion of falling birth rates — and the fear that we might not have enough workers in the future There’s also so much talk about AI—and the possibility of tech automating millions & millions of jobs. But these two discussions almost never intersect www.vox.com/economy/4200...

"It was immediately made clear how much one AI can change and dominate worldwide conversation — and we should all be alarmed that the company working the hardest to push the frontier of AI engagement on social media is training its AI on X’s most vile far-right content." www.vox.com/future-perfe...

The garden programs were specifically designed to improve the mental and physical health of city dwellers. "In those days, there was lots of heavy drinking," Mr. Björk said. But at the garden colonies, "instead of drinking alcohol, you would grow potatoes." www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/w...

the AFT announced today a new $23 million partnership with Open AI, Anthropic and Microsoft to "transform how artificial intelligence is taught and integrated into classrooms across the United States."

I reported on how $16 billion in new child care spending got included in the reconciliation package, and what advocates make of that in an overall gutting bill www.vox.com/policy/41899...

I wrote about the $16 billion in new child care spending that ended up in the GOP tax deal, and why even Joni Ernst got on board www.vox.com/policy/41899...

As I explain in this @bostonglobe.com op-ed, the new Trump ruling on antisemitism at Harvard is deeply ironic—it quietly embraces ideas about anti-discrimination law that the administration has repudiated for civil rights claims by every other group. (1/3) www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/03/o...

I wrote about the anti-abortion movement's push to pass emergency care "clarifications" to their abortion bans three years after Roe, and why @acog.org and reproductive rights groups are largely siding against them www.vox.com/abortion/418...