Women Are The Safety Net

It’s hard to believe it’s only been a week since Kamala Harris announced Tim Walz as her VP pick. Every week in this political cycle has felt like a decade! And if the energy was good before, now it’s downright jubilant. Governor Walz’s free school lunches program in Minnesota is exactly the kind of support we’ve been talking about throughout our Momonomics campaign.

On today’s episode, we talked to Dr. Jessica Calarco, the author of “Holding It Together: How Women Became America’s Safety Net.” Jessica’s book is full of data and personal stories about women who, in the absence of a national safety net, have been forced to put their own health, happiness, and careers on the back burner. She tells us about how we can talk to the men in our lives (young and older alike) about how this isn’t a zero sum game… when we strengthen our safety net, it’s better for women AND men. Other countries have done it and with enough political will, we can do it too.