Lationna Halbert wanted another child, but not until she had a better job, lived in a house, and was married. Then Dobbs meant she couldn't get an abortion. Now she faces an extreme risk of poverty, debt, and having to put her life's dreams on hold. inthesetimes.com/article/dreams… I'm extraordinarily proud of this story, which took months of work. But it was a team effort. Here are some of the people who helped make it possible:

If we're lucky enough, we all grow old and will need care. But the US doesn't like to think about aging or disability, so we have almost literally no system to help people afford the care they need. thenation.com/article/societ… To many people’s surprise, Medicare doesn’t cover nursing home or assisted living stays, and rarely covers in-home care. Medicaid does, but you have to be poor to get it. There’s private long-term care insurance, but without pooling the risk it’s extremely expensive.

Mississippi sent $98m in welfare money to NFL players and pro wrestlers instead of the poor nytimes.com/2020/05/04/us/… At the same time, as I found in 2016, the state rejects nearly all poor people who apply for welfare archive.thinkprogress.org/mississippi-re…

Warren’s universal childcare proposal sounds a lot like the national program we very nearly had in the 1970s bit.ly/2RNOIm5

https://twitter.com/ewarren/status/1097844452255825921

That bill, which passed Congress with bipartisan support, would have created a national network of locally operated childcare centers.