By Laura Valle In January 2023, a new session of Congress began with a chaotic speakership vote in the House of Representatives. During the days-long vote, congressional members waited with their families—even babies—on the House floor. Notably, Representative Jimmy Gomez (D-CA) carried his four-month old son, Hodge, in a carrier. In that moment, as national leaders were shown struggling to …
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Silvia Vasquez (right) surveys children playing happily at her original daycare location, Caterpillar Playhouse, opened in 2017 to serve low-income families in Albuquerque, New Mexico’s International District. National Latino Family Report 2024When Silvia Vasquez, a mother of five, started to see her children leave the nest, she found herself at a crossroads. “What am I going to do now?” she …
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