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Elise Wang @elisewang.bsky.social · Jul 8

So this phrase “able-bodied” has clearly been on the most recent list of R talking points. It comes from the first round of English labor laws, which were instituted after the Black Death.

A mini medieval story time!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Jul 8

Jim Jordan: "If there's an able-bodied adult out there now who is in our welfare system, guess what -- that person is going to have to work ... that is far from immoral."

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Kate Bahn @lipstickecon.bsky.social · Jun 26

I'm hiring 2 research assistants on my team at IWPR! Our team is made up of brilliant researchers across economics, sociology, education, and health and we are looking for some sharp and enthusiastic staff to help us build evidence to advance women's equity! iwpr.applytojob.com/apply/pALkWV...

Research Assistant - Institute for Women's Policy Research - Career Page

Apply to Research Assistant at Institute for Women's Policy Research in Washington, DC.

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Lenore Palladino @lenorepalladino.bsky.social · May 29

I use @pitchforkeconomics.bsky.social podcasts all the time in my teaching so was extra fun to join them to talk about Good Company

didn't quite dwell on how cynical I am rn about the ending of shareholder primacy but must keep pushing no matter what

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Good Company: Ending the Era of Shareholder Supremacy (with Lenore Palladino)

Podcast Episode · Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer · 05/27/2025 · 37m

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · May 21

For the June issue of TNR: I went long on the problems with the recent wave of abortion rights ballot initiatives, focusing on Missouri, which “won” back their rights in November, but for most Missourians, abortions are still nearly impossible to get.

Missouri’s Struggle to Restore Abortion Access

The state’s voters defeated an abortion ban. So why can’t more people get one?

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Kate Bahn @lipstickecon.bsky.social · May 21

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Kate Bahn @lipstickecon.bsky.social · May 21

New in @msmagazine.com from the big boss Dr. Jamila Taylor and me on what the attacks on data mean for advancing equity and social and economic goals: msmagazine.com/2025/05/20/t...

Why Democracy Needs Data—and What Happens When It Vanishes

In the first few months of Donald Trump’s return to the presidency, one thing has become crystal clear: The war on gender and racial equity is being waged in a new arena—on the battleground of data. T...

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Kate Bahn @lipstickecon.bsky.social · Apr 18

The boss Dr. Jamila Taylor in @newsweek.com on Black maternal health! Read below.

Ms. Magazine @msmagazine.com · Apr 18

"Black women in America are dying at three times the rate of white women from pregnancy-related causes. That gap is widening, not closing." #MsReads via @newsweek.com

Let's Honor Black Mothers by Confronting What Endangers Them | Opinion

The lives of Black women—especially Black mothers—are not expendable. Black women are not a political talking point. Our existence is the very foundation of our families, our communities, and our futu...

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Sharita Gruberg @gruberg.bsky.social · Apr 17

Got to talk MAGA plans to enforce gender essentialism on ALL women and why solidarity is how we fight back and win with the brilliant @sarahljaffe.bsky.social and @lipstickecon.bsky.social

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Our Shared Experience of Being Under Attack

Orders enforcing so-called biological sex are about more than banning trans people from public life. Transphobic violence and policy are tools to keep us all in line.

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Kate Bahn @lipstickecon.bsky.social · Apr 8

My daughter Louise made her TV news debut on @nbcwashington.com last night, where I talked about how the return-to-office mandate impacts federal workers with caregiving responsibilities while also caregiving for her when I was on parental leave 🫠. www.nbcwashington.com/investigatio...

Your job or your kid? Federal worker moms say return-to-office order forced them to choose

After the Trump administration ordered federal workers to end all remote work and return to offices full-time, some parents say they feel forced to choose between their jobs and their families. Expert...

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Kate Bahn @lipstickecon.bsky.social · Apr 7

Today is AANHPI Equal Pay Day! Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander women still earn less than white men. Learn more about the level of the wage gaps across the country, the causes, and the policy solutions with IWPR's new factsheet: iwpr.org/breaking-bar...

Breaking Barriers: Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Women and the Fight for Equal Pay - IWPR

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Kate Gallagher Robbins @kfgrobbins.bsky.social · Apr 4

Great new piece by @lipstickecon.bsky.social on why federal worker cuts matter to women.

One group of women to especially watch? Women veterans.

More than one out of every six working women veterans works for the federal government: nationalpartnership.org/women-vetera...

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · Apr 4

In sum,

1. Labor markets remarkably strong & stable to now.

2. Mixed signals today: jobs 💪, avg hours steady, wages soft

3. If employers judge tariffs'll persist, this likely turns worse. Report'd mark the moment just before POTUS steered us away from soft landing into stagflationary ditch.

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Daniel Zhao @danielzhao.bsky.social · Apr 4

Strong jobs growth in March but will anybody care? The tariff turmoil still tempers the near-term outlook.

-Payrolls up 228,000, well above expectations
-Unemp ticked up again 4.2%
-Wage growth slows to 3.8% YoY

#NumbersDay #EconSky 1/

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Kate Bahn @lipstickecon.bsky.social · Apr 4

Jobs Report! Small-ish declines for federal workers (-4k) are just one sign of how bad things will get for the country's largest employer, especially for women workers. www.forbes.com/sites/kateba...

Attacks on Federal Workers Will Make The Labor Market Worse For Women

The "Jobs Report" shows continued decline in federal employment, harming women workers.

www.forbes.com

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Upjohn Institute @upjohninstitute.bsky.social · Apr 3

Throughout their careers, U.S. women earn less, on average, than do men. New research shows how drastically parenthood widens this gender gap.
www.upjohn.org/research-hig...

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Kate Bahn @lipstickecon.bsky.social · Apr 3

In as much as public sector work is like reproductive labor en masse, I can't help but feel like conservative economic ideology à la Trump is just further demonstration of the administration's misogyny.

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Stephen Nuñez @socio-steve.bsky.social · Apr 3

Walton Goggins's Citrus Noggins

Emily Herring @emilyherring.bsky.social · Apr 3

Not now Walton Goggins

Walton Goggins posing in a tank top with some kind of lil vegetable on his head. He's quite silly and cute and whimsical about it

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · Apr 3

Your tariff rate is your star sign divided by the number of boys you've kissed, multiplied by one

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Elise Gould @elisegould.bsky.social · Apr 3

The latest #NumbersDay data out from the Department of Labor (www.dol.gov/ui/data.pdf) continue to show significantly higher initial and continuing unemployment insurance claims for federal workers than this time last year, but these losses haven't spread to the private sector data (yet).

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Kate Bahn @lipstickecon.bsky.social · Apr 3

Me doing media calls while returning from maternity leave.

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Malaclypse the Middle @malaclypse.bsky.social · Apr 2

Maybe go at least 5 minutes between "good trouble" and "we don't want to cause any trouble."

southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · Apr 2

No objections to Risch’s unanimous consent motion, not even from @schatz.bsky.social.

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Inimai Chettiar @inimai.bsky.social · Mar 31

Dismantling unions will make it harder for workers to access paid leave, paid sick time, fair pay, and other critical protections. This is an anti-family and anti-woman move.

Solidarity with unions and the federal workforce every day.

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Kate Bahn @lipstickecon.bsky.social · Apr 1

Yes! Hope to see you there and introduce my daughter Louise to all my favorite feminist economists.

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Kate Bahn @lipstickecon.bsky.social · Apr 1

Boston folks: check out this event on Black women in solidarity finance with the inimitable @carolinehossein.bsky.social!

Caroline Shenaz Hossein, AKA #theDougla 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 @carolinehossein.bsky.social · Apr 1

MAY 5TH @ Frugal Book shop in Roxbury. Come Join me, hosted by #UjimaBostonCoop
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Our Kind of Investing: Cooperative Finance in the Hands of Black Women

Join us for a book talk on The Banker Ladies by Dr. Caroline Hossein, exploring Black women's leadership in solidarity finance.

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Raúl Carrillo @raulcarrillo.bsky.social · Apr 1

"The issue of whether workers and work is wasteful is a subjective call that AI cannot make. But it can justify what a decision maker wants to do. If Musk wants waste, AI can give him #s to prove waste exists."

- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social

great piece on framing

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/o...

Opinion | The Tech Fantasy That Powers A.I. Is Running on Fumes

A.I. is just what we need in the post-fact era: less research and more predicting what we want to hear.

www.nytimes.com

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