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.
New Data Show Unemployment Rising for Black and Asian Disabled Workers Amid Trump’s Attacks
The latest employment data reveal that Trump’s economy is also harming disabled workers, with disabled women of color particularly feeling the effects.
Domestic Workers’ Rights Are Part of Black History – So of Course Trump Wants Them Gone
This Black History Month, we celebrate the progress achieved for Black communities, including Black women workers. Black women’s labor has historically been undervalued and underpaid. And the fight to ensure our laws protect and promote economic security for Black women workers is a story marked by progress and setbacks.
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 Trump Administration is Weaponizing the EEOC to Attack Civil Rights
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is abandoning its core mission under the Trump Administration.
The economy sheds 35,000 jobs for women as Black women’s unemployment remains high | Jobs Day December 2025
Today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released vital economic data for the month of November. The numbers show a continuation of the trend we’ve seen throughout the year – dramatically slow job growth beginning to turn into losses, particularly in industries...
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.
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 60th Anniversary of This Landmark Civil Rights Order Reminds Us That Progress Is Possible
The 60th anniversary of Executive Order 11246 reminds of the progress it made possible and the urgent need for Congress to restore and strengthen its protections.
Congress Keeps Shortchanging the EEOC – And Workers Are Shouldering the Consequences
For decades, Congress has underfunded the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and workers – especially women workers – have paid the price.
Puerto Rico Deserves High-Quality, Locally-Driven Data for Gender Equity
As we fight to preserve data from the Trump administration’s campaign to erase women, people of color and LGBTQI+ people, it’s important to remember that the status quo before 2025 was never good enough. A particularly stark example of data inequity is Puerto Rico.
This Labor Day, the Trump Labor Department Wants to Rollback Dozens of Pro-Worker Rules — and They Don’t Seem to Care What Workers Think
The Trump Labor Department is marking Labor Day this year by advancing more than 60 rollbacks to worker protection rules. And their actions suggest they don’t care what workers think.
5 Ways the Trump Administration is Eroding the Economic Stability of Black Women and the Pathways Used by Black Workers to Move Into the Middle Class
For Black families – and Black women in particular – President Trump’s targeting of key pathways to the middle-class is a serious threat to their economic well-being. This blog highlights five ways the Administration is pushing economic stability and security further out of reach.
Social Security at 90: Three Truths and A Terrible Trumpy Lie About One of America’s Greatest Economic Programs
Social Security is the foundation of economic security for people in the United States, particularly women of color. Here are three facts you should know about Social Security at 90 – and one awful lie that the Trump administration and its billionaire cronies are desperate for you to believe.
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.
The Trump Labor Department Commemorated Disability Pride Month by Turning Its Back On Workers With Disabilities
This Disability Pride Month, we mark the 35th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. But rather than building on progress made for disabled workers, the Trump Labor Department is actively undermining the workplace protections and supports that millions of workers with disabilities rely on.
How the Trump Administration Could Widen the Wage Gap for Black Women
July 10, 2025 is Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, commemorating how far into the year that Black women need to work to earn what white, non-Hispanic men made in the previous year.
Déjà vu all over again – The EEOC Mission to Combat Employment Discrimination is Getting Harder Amid Anti-Civil Rights Attacks by the Trump Administration
Understanding the EEOC’s essential role, its history, and the continued importance of its work is more critical than ever, especially in a political moment where the Trump administration is aggressively questioning its merit and dismantling longstanding civil rights enforcement tools.
