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The Rising Cost of Childcare and Supporting Working Families
As childcare costs overwhelm young families, more women are staying home, and families are losing financial ground. Has the time come for federally funded daycare? Should employers step up with paid leave, flexible work hours, on-site preschool?
By Barbara Bogaev • • 52m ListenAs childcare costs overwhelm young families, more women are staying home, and families are losing financial ground. Gust host Barbara Bogaev asks whether the time has come for federally funded daycare. Should employers step up with paid leave, flexible work hours, on-site preschool?
Also, Russia opposition leader Aleksei Navalny has been given a suspended sentence, and a round-up of the tech stories we'll keep talking about into 2015.
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3 storiesRussia Opposition Leader Given Suspended Sentence, Brother Arrested
A Moscow court today convicted the anti-corruption crusader and opposition leader Aleksei Navalny of criminal fraud charges. The court suspended his sentence but in a surprise move ordered his brother, who was also charged, to serve three and a half years.
Read the story7 minWhen Childcare Costs as Much as College
In the last twenty years the cost of childcare has outstripped every other item in the family budget. Meanwhile the quality of care is lower than any other developed nation in the world.
Read the story34 minThis Year's Tech Stories You'll Be Reading More on Next Year
2014 was a banner year for new technology and controversies over its ramifications: think net neutrality, the sharing economy and people wearing Google Glass bumping into things. None of this is going away anytime soon so, in the spirit of the New Year, we're looking ahead to some ongoing tech stories for 2015.
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