How the child-care shortage could damage the whole economy

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<p>Child-care workers are quitting in droves and day-care owners are struggling to replace them. The <a href="https://apple.news/AKzE2A3mhRhCh5fyG7heX_A?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> and <a href="https://apple.news/AQPBKmM6kQgip0OtV45-Jzw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Politico</a> look at the impact for families, businesses, policy, and the economy.</p> <p>Redrawing the congressional map to concentrate Black voters together helped Southern states elect more Black members of Congress. The <a href="https://apple.news/AY4GKZ-O7SXit8bRvWirl_Q?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Atlantic</a> reports on how some politicians worry this also diluted Black voting power and are calling for a rethink.</p> <p>If Congress doesn't raise the debt ceiling soon, the resulting default could cause a ripple effect all the way to your wallet, as the <a href="https://apple.news/AiUW7qGusQMisrFuVHQ8hmg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">L.A. Times</a> explains.</p> <p>A 10-foot-wide house in Boston has sold for $1.25 million. <a href="https://apple.news/A85AU0tHuRhmlgpRlbJ23-g?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">NPR</a> has the skinny home&rsquo;s bizarre backstory.</p>