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As Child Tax Payments Expire, Struggling Families Are Desperate

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As Child Tax Payments Expire, Struggling Families Are Desperate

Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act on August 14, 1935. (Archive Photos / Getty Images) There are great parallels between the birth pangs of Social Security and President Joe Biden’s domestic political agenda in the Build Back Better package. Both proposed radical changes to the social pact between working Americans and their government. … Read more

The Coverage of Build Back Better’s Failure Is Focused on the Wrong Culprits

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Manchin’s Shameful Child Care Stance Isn’t Just Bad Politics. It’s Self-Defeating Policy.

Senator Joe Manchin (DW.Va.). (J. Scott Applewhite / AP Photo) EDITOR’S NOTE:Every week we post an excerpt from Katrina vanden Heuvel’s column on WashingtonPost.com. Read the full text of Katrina’s column here. Subscribe to something The nation Subscribe now for just $ 2 per month! Thank you for signing up The nation‘s weekly newsletter. Thanks … Read more