<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">I thought many folks here would be interested in a few pieces on Care Infrastructures. They are situated in the US context; if this isn’t relevant for other countries, then the pieces serve to highlight the traditional cruelty of American institutions around these issues. <div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Lato-Bold;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Lato-Bold;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Lato-Bold;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Lato-Bold;" class="">The Pandemic Has Shown What Happens When We Don't Support Families. Here Are 3 Things the Next Congress Should Do</span><div class=""><a href="https://time.com/5904399/care-congress-100-days/" class="">https://time.com/5904399/care-congress-100-days/</a></div><div class=""><div class="">
<div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Lato; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><br class=""></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Lato; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><br class=""></div><div style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><h1 class="heading-content margin-16-bottom margin-8-top headline" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><font face="Lato-Bold" class=""><span style="font-style: normal; font-size: 14px;" class="">America Needs to Start Treating Childcare as What It Is: Vital Infrastructure</span></font></h1><a href="https://time.com/5888887/childcare-crisis-coronavirus/" class="">https://time.com/5888887/childcare-crisis-coronavirus/</a></div><div style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br class=""></div><div style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br class=""></div><div style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br class=""></div><div style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><b class="">Building Our Care Infrastructure</b></div><div style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><a href="https://caringacross.org/carepaper/" class="">https://caringacross.org/carepaper/</a></div><div style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br class=""></div><div style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;">"A new report from Caring Across Generations, the National Domestic
Workers and over 60 partners found that expanding access to quality
childcare and community- and home-based care will create jobs quickly,
spur job growth in other sectors, and ensure financial stability for
professional and informal caregivers. Like transportation, energy and
public health, a robust care “infrastructure” with comprehensive
policies and workforces will allow all people to provide for their
families and contribute to the economy."</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br class=""></div><div style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br class=""></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Lato; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">_____</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Lato; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><br class=""></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Lato; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Andrew L. Russell, Ph.D.<br class="">+ Dean, College of Arts & Sciences, SUNY Polytechnic Institute<br class="">+ Co-Director, <a href="https://themaintainers.org/" class="">The Maintainers</a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Lato; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">+ Co-Author, <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/576816/the-innovation-delusion-by-lee-vinsel-and-andrew-l-russell/" class="">The Innovation Delusion: How Our Obsession with the New Has Disrupted the Work That Matters Most</a></div>
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