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Care Work Is Climate Work
Overhauling the economy to cool the planet will require huge investments in care work. Biden’s infrastructure plan is just the start.
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“What is infrastructure?” Somehow, this is the question under debate right now, thanks to America’s antiquated political system, which has made it virtually impossible to pass anything that isn’t a giant omnibus bill by the slimmest of margins. That could well make the recently proposed “infrastructure bill” President Biden’s last, best chance to jam something through the budget reconciliation process. Republicans are now arguing that any proposal that isn’t only about roads and bridges isn’t really “infrastructure,” and are trying to portray the package as a kind of Green New Deal lite. ....

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