My latest food-related read is Eight Flavors: The Untold Story of American Cuisine by Sarah Lohman, a snappy, wide-ranging look at spices and condiments that have characterized American food culture at various historical points from the eighteenth century to the present.
During World War II, when the US government needed to attract female workers, it constructed and heavily subsidized neighborhood child care centers under a program called the Lanham Act.
If you want to make connections and feel good about the world, I highly recommend toting around a happy, sociable white baby.
From her beacon-hand / Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command / The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
I call for a default 24-hour work week, which pays a living wage and carries all the benefits of full-time employment.