How did the U.S. become a society that treats caregiving as a private family responsibility rather than a public good?

In this episode, Julie explores the longstanding and continued role racism has played in preventing investments in public goods that would benefit everyone, including caregiving. We’ll also do a deep dive into the 1970s when the U.S. nearly invested in universal childcare -- and how fear was deployed to block it. 

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This week, host Julie Kohler travels back to the mid-20th century to examine the creation of the “traditional” nuclear family — a myth only made possible through the exploitation of Black women’s domestic labor — and how the family values and nostalgia of this era continue to exist in today’s debate over “caring economy” policies.

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In March 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic became a global health crisis. But from it bore a whole set of complementary crises: an economic crisis and a caregiving crisis.

The pandemic erased more than 30 years of gains in women’s labor force participation, while simultaneously leaving women to shoulder the majority of the family responsibilities. But the conditions for these crises existed long before COVID-19 hit American shores. How exactly did we get here?

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Welcome to season 2 of White Picket Fence. We're investigating the caregiving crisis that has left millions of Americans —including our host Julie Kohler, a single mom — on the verge of cracking. Raising kids is challenging enough. Why does it have to be this hard?

If this season's topic resonates with you, we want to hear about it! Leave us a voicemail at 212-655-5048 with your questions, ideas, experiences, and get a chance to be featured on the show. Check out our website, www.wondermedianetwork.com/white-picket-fence, for more information.

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To join a multiracial movement for women's equity, check out Supermajority.

To join an online community working to bring women together and take action, check out Pantsuit Nation x Supermajority, GALvanize USA, or "Suburban Housewives" Against Trump. 

White Picket Fence is a Wonder Media Network production. 

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To join a multiracial movement for women's equity, check out Supermajority.

To join a community working to bring women together and take action, check out Pantsuit Nation x Supermajority, National Domestic Workers Alliance, or ISAIAH/Faith in Minnesota.  

To learn more about the ongoing fight for gender justice, check out the National Women's Law Center. 

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White Picket Fence is a Wonder Media Network production. 

To join an online community working to bring women together and take action, check out Pantsuit Nation x Supermajority, GALvanize USA, or Red, Wine and Blue. 

Read up on the organizing movements sweeping across middle America, and the history of women's anger. 

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White Picket Fence is a Wonder Media Network production. 

To join a multiracial movement for women's equity, check out Supermajority.

To join an online community working to bring women together and take action, check out Pantsuit Nation x Supermajority, GALvanize USA, or "Suburban Housewives" Against Trump. 

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