This article was prompted by a personal experience during my trip to Rio de Janeiro in early May. When a series of vendors on the beach asked me to help their families living in the favelas by buying their products, … Continue reading
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The American Childcare System: Does Anyone Care?
Childcare in the United States has long fallen disproportionately onto the shoulders of low-income women of colour. As long as women of colour’s work is viewed as disposable and they are expected to carry the burden of childcare, they will continue to be undervalued, burnt out, and be barred from socioeconomic mobility.