Can Head Start Be Deregulated Out of Existence?
The early-childhood program faces a renewed assault by the Trump Administration, Jessica Winter writes.
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admin The Godmother of the “Conspiracy Mom”
Jessica Winter writes about Shirley Martin, a J.F.K.-assassination buff and precursor to today’s “conspiracy mom,” who serves as one of…
Grocery Shopping in the Age of Explosive Diarrhea
The cyclospora outbreak lays bare our underfunded and overwhelmed public-health system. Jessica Winter reports.
The A.I. Gender Gap Meets the Parenting Gender Gap
Women use A.I. less than men and do more of the cognitive work at home. The A.I. “family assistant” promises…
Why “Book-Shaming” Won’t Solve the Children’s Literacy Crisis
Jessica Winter on the children’s-book author Mac Barnett, who said that most kid lit is “crud.” But matters of literary…