Kate Gallagher Robbins
@kfgrobbins.bsky.social
Senior Fellow @npwf.bsky.social. Formerly CLASP, CAP, NWLC. Go Blue. High-altitude hiker living in the Land of Enchantment. She/her.
the National Partnership sounded the alarm that Black womens’ unemployment jumped to 6.8% in Sept from an already dismal 5.6% in August after women accounted for all job losses in July. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/19/b...
Black Unemployment Hints at a Job Market in Worse Shape Than It Seems (Gift Article)
The Black unemployment rate climbed a percentage point to 7 percent in September, almost double the rate for white workers.
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As my brilliant colleague @kfgrobbins.bsky.social points out, we are seeing a job market that is being driven by the Trump admin’s policy choices. nationalpartnership.org/women-worker...
Women workers are suffering under the Trump economy – and they know it | National Partnership for Women & Families
Nearly two years into Trump's second term, a smaller share of women work and their approval of his economic policies are near record lows.
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Happy Indigenous Peoples Day! Did you know that while Native Americans account for 3% of the U.S. population, just 0.5% of philanthropic funding goes to Native-exclusive causes? Some insights from our @brookings.edu research about the need for more robust philanthropic investment in Indian Country
SCOOP: Nearly $9 million in federal family planning funds will go to organizations with anti-abortion ties. One org, which received almost $4.3 million, has never taken in more than $50k in a single year. Read more @autonomynews.co:
Nearly $9 Million in HHS Grants Go to Groups With Anti-Abortion Ties
Millions in family planning funds are earmarked to create training centers, including one dedicated to infertility. The recipients have links to crisis pregnancy centers, the Heritage Foundation, and ...
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Today’s #JobsDay data show another dismal month on the job market with just 29,000 new jobs added in September and a flat unemployment rate.
New BLS data out today shows that administrative support jobs are projected to decline the fastest over the next decade, due in part to AI. These jobs are overwhelmingly held by women: nationalpartnership.org/report/ai-em....
AI and Emerging Risks for Women Workers | National Partnership for Women & Families
New data on how women workers are overrepresented in occupations where they may be particularly affected by AI in the workplace.
nationalpartnership.org
A civilian geography professor was fired from West Point for pushing back after department officials barred faculty from teaching that humans contribute to climate change.
West Point professor fired after pushing back on limitations to teaching climate change, lawsuit says
Adam Kalkstein pushed back after department officials barred faculty from teaching that humans contribute to climate change, the lawsuit says.
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Haitians living in Springfield, Ohio are being required to wear ankle monitors and turn their passports over to United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/08/14/h...
Haitians in Springfield are required to report to Ohio's ICE offices and wear ankle monitors • Ohio Capital Journal
Haitians living in Springfield, Ohio are being required to wear ankle monitors and turn their passports over to United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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60% increase in credit card debt in the last 5 years is where the affordability crisis was always heading. The result of government's failure to 1) provide public goods 2) regulate markets and 3) invest in the social safety net the care economy is a good example of this 🧵 (1/?)
Credit card debt surges in U.S. as high interest rates make it harder to pay off
Americans owe more than a trillion dollars in credit card debt, up 60% from just five years ago. Meanwhile, higher interest rates make debt even more difficult to pay off, a downward spiral causing cr...
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Project 2025 in action. Cut the social safety net, and this is the predictable result.
Kate Gallagher Robbins@kfgrobbins.bsky.social · 3mo agoWomen accounted for all the job losses in July. And while their unemployment rate was flat, the share of women in the labor force – either working or looking for work – continues to drop.
The July jobs data reveal a deeply distressed economy that shed 23,000 jobs last month, driven by steep losses to hospitality jobs and local public schools. #NumbersDay
I'm so excited to be releasing our care report card. States have made a lot of progress on care policy in the past two years! go.tcf.org/CareReport26 Still, with most states earning a D or lower, there's still a lot of work to be done. Read our care report card to find out how your state scores:
Care Matters: A 2026 State Report Card on Care Affordability and Access
Download the Care Matters: A 2026 State Report Card on Care Affordability and Access PDF Care and caregiving are foundational to how society
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Today, I stood with the All Pueblo Council of Governors and the New Mexico Congressional Delegation with one clear message for Donald Trump: Chaco Canyon is not for sale. Once Trump damages the land around Chaco, it cannot be undone.
Today’s abysmal #jobsdata drop on the eve of the nation’s 250th birthday. They show that workers still have a long way to go until they have an economy that works for them, rather than just the powerful few.
As a new Fed Chair casts doubt on offical statistics after the Aministration drastically cut their funding, it is worth remembering how and why we created federal statistics agencies in the first place...they reduce scope for gaslighting the public www.aeaweb.org/articles/pdf...
If only we didn't leave these decisions solely in the hands of bosses. It's almost like we could create public policy that would address labor issues....https://nationalpartnership.org/report/who-works-from-home-remote-work-gender-equity-access-gap/
Dr David Joffe MB BS(Hons), PhD, FRACP@davidjoffe64.bsky.social · 5mo agoThe Secret Reason Bosses Want Everyone Back in the Office, Every Day of the Week www.nytimes.com/2026/06/22/o...
I remember when the Giants were true winners in every sense of the word. www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1Tc...
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Data Bear 🏳️🌈@dataandpolitics.net · 5mo agoIf you cannot support LGBTQ people you do not deserve to represent San Francisco. Full stop. hangingsliders.beehiiv.com/p/the-giants...
New analysis: four years after Dobbs, more than 47m women of reproductive age live in states with clinic closures in the wake of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) or states that have attacked access to medication abortion: nationalpartnership.org/report/four-...
Four Years Post-Dobbs, Clinic Closures and Attacks on Medication Abortion Harm Women of Color Nationwide | National Partnership for Women & Families
Four years post-Dobbs, anti-abortion extremists are attacking abortion access on every front to make it more difficult for pregnant people to get the reproductive care they need: banning abortion outr...
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The value of Americans' unpaid caregiving: $1.1 trillion Elon Musk's net worth: $1.1 trillion Tell me again if this economy is designed to support workers and caregivers or just the powerful few? nationalpartnership.org/if-americans...
The EPL has me trained to watch soccer at like 7am and all these night games are messing with my head. I want coffee but it’s like 8pm.
Yet another community that's going to get hit by Medicaid job loss penalties: Cancer patients.
Lawmakers promised cancer patients would be protected from Medicaid cuts. Now CMS says otherwise
“One of the cancer community’s worst fears is coming to pass,” writes Gwen Nichols of Blood Cancer United.
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This is a really important conversation. Our research shows white women, Latinas & Native women are particularly overrepresented in AI-vulnerable occupations: their shares of the most AI-vulnerable jobs are nearly double their shares of the overall workforce nationalpartnership.org/report/ai-em...
AI and Emerging Risks for Women Workers | National Partnership for Women & Families
New data on how women workers are overrepresented in occupations where they may be particularly affected by AI in the workplace.
nationalpartnership.org
Ben Casselman@bencasselman.bsky.social · 5mo agoThe A.I. jobs debate has tended to focus on software engineers and other tech workers. But the real risk could be in the back office -- the source of middle-class jobs for millions of workers, especially women. My story: www.nytimes.com/2026/06/10/b...
I'm interested in talking to workers about how A.I. is affecting their careers, and how they're adapting. Have a story to tell? Share it here: www.nytimes.com/2026/06/10/b...
Is A.I. affecting your career? We want to hear from you.
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Today’s #JobsDay data show one of the better months in recent memory, with the economy adding 172,000 jobs and unemployment rates virtually unchanged. But digging into the data reveals some alarming trends.
Administrative assistants know you’re wondering whether AI is coming for their jobs. They’re not waiting to find out. 19thnews.org/2026/05/wome...
The women who power America's offices are making themselves AI-proof
Administrative assistants know you’re wondering whether AI is coming for their jobs. They’re not waiting to find out.
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