In true nerdy fashion, we’re bringing you a Women’s History Month x Pi Day mash up featuring five pie charts that show how historical policy choices shape women’s reality today.
Women’s economic opportunities are a policy choice | Jobs Day March 2026
In the face of a job market deliberately weakened and made less equal by the Trump administration, we trace how policy choices and missed opportunities have shaped women’s economic opportunities over decades.
After Years of Progress, Black Women’s Union Gains Decline Under Trump in 2025
Recent growth in Black women’s unionization rates was reversed in 2025, echoing a larger overall trend in declining employment opportunities for Black women during the first year of the second Trump administration.
Weak job market leaves Black women behind | Jobs Day February 2026
To mark Black History Month, we’re taking a look at how Black women are faring in the economy – and the situation is not good. The first year of the Trump administration undercut protections for workers, with particular impacts for Black women workers.
Indigenous and Black women are especially suffering in the Trump economy | Jobs Day January 2026
New data for 2025 reveals the Trump economy is weakening the job market – especially for Indigenous and Black women.
The economy lurches towards disaster as Black women’s unemployment skyrockets | Jobs Day November 2025
Chaotic economic policies have dramatically slowed the economy – and additional damage looms.
Six things we could have for the price of the government shutdown
The longest government shutdown in history is not only wreaking havoc on women’s and families’ economic security, it is harming the country’s economy. New research from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates that if the shut down lasts through the end of November it could cost the economy up to $14 billion. That’s a lot of money – but exactly how much? Here are 6 things that you could have for $14 billion.
Delayed Jobs Data Especially Harms Black Women – And that Hurts All of Us
The delay in today’s jobs report is just the tip of the iceberg on the harms from the government shutdown.
The economy is in freefall – and Black women carrying the weight of it all | Jobs Day September 2025
Today’s alarming Jobs Report continues recent trends: Black women continue to bear the brunt of a dramatic economic slowdown, and newly revised data for the last few months reveal a worsening economy.
The July jobs report reveals a faltering economy – and Black women and single moms are bearing the brunt of Trump’s economic policies | #JobsDay July 2025
The July jobs report reveals a faltering economy – and Black women and single moms are bearing the brunt of the Trump Slump.
If Americans Were Paid For Their Caregiving, They Would Make More Than $1.1 Trillion
Caring for our loved ones and neighbors is critical, important work that our families and communities depend on – and the economic impact of this work is enormous. Americans’ unpaid care is valued at more than $1.1 trillion a year – and women do almost two-thirds of the work.
In 50 years, women have never felt worse about how the government is handling the economy than they do under Trump | #JobsDay May 2025
The Trump administration is wrecking the economy – and women know it. During the last nearly 50 years, women have never felt worse about how the government is handling the economy than they do under Trump and unemployment rates for Black women and veteran women are climbing.
Medicaid Matters for My Sister-in-Law Mandy
My sister-in-law Mandy lives in a biased and ableist world that isn’t built for her, but Medicaid supports her full inclusion in society. Republicans proposed cuts could end that.
Women’s share of the veteran workforce is at an all-time high – but Trump’s policies threaten their success
Women’s share of the veterans’ workforce is at an all-time high – but President Trump and Elon Musk’s attacks on veterans and service members threatens their employment prospects and economic security.
Asian and Black women lead union growth in 2024, but threats to workers’ rights loom
Today’s release of union data showed women of color and part-time workers led the gains in union membership growth in 2024. Asian women see the largest increase in union membership rates, despite little change in overall share of union membership.
The labor market faces enormous risks in 2025 | #JobsDay December 2024
Today’s jobs data show another steady month of job growth, but increasing unemployment for Black women is a warning sign – and there are major risks ahead.
More than 11 million women gained reproductive rights protections in state ballot initiatives
Voters chose to strengthen legal protections for reproductive rights and access in seven states, including two states – Missouri and Arizona – that had an abortion ban in place. American Indian and Alaska Native women particularly saw gains.
Americans’ Unpaid Caregiving is Worth More than $1 Trillion Annually – and Women are Doing Two-Thirds of The Work
People in the U.S. do more than $1 trillion in unpaid caregiving annually. Asian women and Latinas do the most unpaid caregiving per capita of any group.
How a lack of LGBTQI+ data harms gender justice
Gender justice requires identifying and addressing inequities for all lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex and other sexual and gender minority (LGBTQI+) people.
How are AANHPI Women Faring in the Economy? | #JobsDay May 2024
Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander women face economic discrimination in the labor market and topline data fail to tell the whole story.
