‘One paycheck away from losing everything’: Why the child care crisis is especially hard for Black mothers
Policymakers need to address the underlying labor and caregiving-related issues. Sitting on the couch playing with her giggling 18-month-old son, Kurendia Massey received the call no one wants to get. “They’re letting you go,” the recruiter from Massey’s temp agency informed her, just hours after she’d finished an eight-hour shift pulling inventory in a warehouse. The…