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House staff members are experiencing the impact of a significant shutdown.

House staff members are experiencing the impact of a significant shutdown.

Despite many members of Congress being away during the government shutdown, a number of workers in Washington, D.C., are still laboring hard without pay. These individuals, earning between $50,000 and $200,000, are anxiously wondering when the government will reopen. They are resorting to loans and dipping into savings just to manage daily expenses. According to […]

I created the term ‘shecession.’ What we are experiencing now is even more severe.

I created the term 'shecession.' What we are experiencing now is even more severe.

Back in 2020, I introduced the term “withdrawal” to highlight what countless women were enduring: an economic collapse that disproportionately impacted them. At that time, I was leading a national think tank focused on women and the economy from my dining room, while my 11-year-old twins participated in remote schooling just nearby. When I reflected […]