Project 2029

The Project 2029 proposal bridges a gap between progressive and conservative ideas about how to make raising children more affordable: liberals tend to embrace government-sponsored daycare options, while conservative solutions have focused on child-care tax credits or other financial measures. Under the plan, the federal government would offer families two choices for each young child under 5: a free public daycare slot, or a stipend of $1,000 per month, meant to offset the costs or lost...

Project 2029 exists to put forward big ideas that meet the biggest challenges Americans face. Few hurdles are bigger than that of balancing work and family – as costs go up and people work harder and harder just to stay afloat, precious time with their kids is getting squeezed away. And nowhere is this clearer than in the challenge of child care, where soaring costs and a lack of options leave families with young kids feeling helpless and alone. We need a new kind of politics that stands on...

A group of Democrats is writing policy proposals intended to become a governing blueprint if the party wins back the White House. Democrats tried to fight back against Project 2025. But as they’ve watched many of the ideas it contained come to fruition under President Donald Trump, some of them want a blueprint for a future administration of their own. And they want it ready to go if a Democrat retakes the White House in 2028. A group of Democrats is building a governing agenda that it has...