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Helen Blank Guest
Helen Blank

National Women's Law Center

Director of Child Care and Early Learning at the National Women's Law Center

FROM Helen Blank

Working Parents Can't Have It All: Can Government Help?
To the Point

Working Parents Can't Have It All: Can Government Help? For new parents all over the country, rising costs are making day care unaffordable even when both mothers and fathers are working. In 33 states, it's costlier than a four-year college education and -- even in some affluent areas -- it's more expensive than rent.

32 min, 1 sec May 12, 2016

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New year, new Congress
Left, Right & Center

New year, new Congress And a continuing government shutdown.

51 min, 29 sec Jan 04, 2019

Do it for the kids, Gavin
Zócalo's Connecting California

Do it for the kids, Gavin Gavin Newsom’s early policy proposals offer a glimmer of hope for California’s youngest residents.

5 min, 36 sec Jan 10, 2019

The march toward a teachers strike sounds familiar
The Mixer

The march toward a teachers strike sounds familiar Higher salaries, larger class sizes, more counselors, librarians and nurses. Those are just some of the demands that members of United Teachers, Los Angeles - the union that represents teachers' at LAUSD - are asking for.

8 min, 51 sec Jan 11, 2019

The last time L.A. teachers went on strike
KCRW Features

The last time L.A. teachers went on strike L.A. teachers last went on strike in May of 1989, and what L.A. Unified teachers demanded back then isn’t that different from what they’re demanding 30 years later.

4 min, 11 sec Jan 07, 2019

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