The Importance of Free Childcare in New Mexico

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"I was in Sonland Park, it's a border town. And when we were there and in Sonlands Park, I felt like a really compelling because at that moment I was pregnant door knocking," she said. "And then I say, I want that also for my kid and for myself." The bill will go on the ballot in 2022 if approved by New Mexicans.

The US has a child care crisis. But New Mexico just figured out a way to fix it (hint: they’re paying for it).

This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd and Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Noel King.

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