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From KQED.

From KQED. From KQED Public Radio in San Francisco, I'm Mina Kim.

Coming up on forum, the pandemic put a spotlight on the importance of child and home care and support for the elderly or people with disabilities as schools and care centers

close their doors and pushed some families to breaking points.

But as we emerge from the pandemic, has that realization translated into more investment and support for care workers?

We'll talk with Aijan Poo, who heads the National Domestic Workers' Alliance, about the cultural shift she says she's seeing in Americans' view of domestic and care work as essential to a thriving economy.

Join us.

This is Forum. I'm Mina Kim.

One of the most contentious parts of negotiations with Republicans over President Biden's $2 trillion infrastructure plan

is that the administration has included caring for children and the elderly under its definition of infrastructure, arguing

that it's as essential to a functioning economy as roads and bridges.

That idea isn't new.

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