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The Quiet Radicalism of Joe Biden's Childcare Story

The president just made care work a men's issue

Jill Filipovic
Aug 13, 2021
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1It’s rare to hear a man utter the phrase “I couldn’t afford childcare” and talk about his personal struggles to have both a job and a family. It’s even rarer for a man who is the president of the United States to say, “I couldn’t afford childcare.” But that’s what Joe Biden just did in a new spot highlighting his universal preschool policy:

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