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Working Parents Can't Have It All: Can Government Help?
The cost of day care is rising so fast that many new parents are quitting their jobs — only to find they can't meet basic expenses. It's a growing crisis with signs of becoming a partisan issue in this year's political campaigns.
By Warren Olney • • 52m ListenThe cost of day care is rising so fast that many new parents are quitting their jobs — only to find they can't meet basic expenses. It's a growing crisis with signs of becoming a partisan issue in this year's political campaigns.
Later on the program, Bernie Sanders: the math and the media.
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3 storiesRyan and Trump Make Nice
Donald Trump has been meeting behind closed doors with Republican leaders — so far without saying a word in public. Today, he met with House Speaker Paul Ryan and Reince Priebus.
Read the story7 minWorking 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.
Read the story32 minBernie Sanders' Math and Media Problems
Counts of delegates chosen so far for the Democratic convention tell the story of this year's campaign: Hillary Clinton has won the nomination. Yet Bernie Sanders insists there's another story. "Now if you turn on the media, and you turn on the TV. They kind of tell you that the campaign is over, that Secretary Clinton has won.
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