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Clocking Out of the Second Shift

Jennifer C. Pan Jacobin
The official statistics show that gender gaps in the division of household labor have closed significantly over time. Why are so many women still so frustrated?

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What Is DOGE Doing to Social Security?

Monique Morrissey Economic Policy Institute
Social Security faces a long-term shortfall that would be easy to fix if Republican lawmakers listened to voters. Republican and Democratic voters alike support addressing the shortfall through revenue increases, not benefit cuts.

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Unions Without Strikes

Hamilton Nolan Working in These Times
Military with batons in the foreground.  Striking workers in the background w Today’s labor movement has been built to rely on forms of power that are all going away.

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American Library Association Sues To Stop Trump Cuts

Jennifer Schuessler The New York Times
The American Library Association and a union representing more than 42,000 cultural workers nationwide have filed a lawsuit contesting the Trump administration’s deep cuts to the federal agency that supports the nation’s libraries.
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