Drowning in Day Care Costs? Under This New Bill, Many Families Would Pay $10 a Day.
Children play at the new Branford Childcare Center in Los Angeles, California on Monday, June 13, 2022.Hans Gutknecht/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The average cost of day care in the US exceeds $10,000 annually for one…
Utah Just Became the First State of 2023 to Ban Gender-Affirming Care
Utah Republican Sen. Mike Kennedy, second from left, sponsored legislation banning gender-affirming careRick Bowmer/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Saturday, Utah Republican Gov. Spencer Cox signed legislation banning gender-affirming surgeries for transgender youth and placing an indefinite moratorium on hormone treatment for minors who…
A Missing Foster Child Was Finally Found. Grave Questions About the Child Welfare System Remain.
Police accuse foster mother Amanda Dinges, left, and her mom Amber Lyn Dinges of kidnapping a five-year-old boy and taking him to Vietnam.Mount Vernon Police Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Friday, a harrowing three-week search for a missing foster child came to a…
Hospitals Are Full of Kids Sick With RSV—And Anti-Vaxxers Think It’s a Hoax
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Across the country, children’s hospitals are reporting record numbers of admissions—not just from Covid, but also from a host of other seasonal respiratory viruses. Particularly worrisome among these is respiratory syncytial virus, more commonly known as RSV. The illness,…
A Preschool on Wheels Drives Opportunity to Immigrant Families in Colorado
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.This article was co-published with EdSurge, a nonprofit newsroom that covers the future of learning through original journalism and research. In a valley renowned for its world-class ski resorts and unrivaled outdoor recreation, with 14,000-foot peaks that pierce the horizon, five-star…
The Internet Is Full of Predators. Omegle Lets You Meet Them.
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Content warning: This story contains descriptions of child sexual abuse. The two girls at the sleepover huddled together on the bed, passing the cell phone around. They took turns glancing at the screen, fascinated and unsettled by what they…