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The 19th is a non-profit newsroom whose goal “is to empower those we serve— particularly women, people of color, and those historically underserved by American media—with the information, resources and community they need to be equal participants in our democracy.” There, Chabeli Carrazana writes—865,000 women left the workforce last month:
The nation’s first female recession deepened in September: More women left the labor force than the total number of jobs the country added last month.
About 865,000 women dropped out of the workforce, compared to 216,000 men. Overall, the United States job market added 661,000 jobs between August and September, according to the latest jobs report released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics Friday.
The figure captures the enduring challenges faced by women who make up the majority of the workforce in fields that have been hardest by social distancing and the coronavirus — particularly retail and hospitality — and the ongoing dissolution of the child care industry that has left many working mothers without options.
September and the start of school added another ingredient to that bitter cocktail. Public sector job loss has already started, leaving many teachers out of work. Last month, government employment dropped by 216,000 jobs, most of that driven by losses in education. Many districts have returned to school in a hybrid model, meaning parents have also had to make arrangements for kids who are spending at least part of the week in virtual instruction. [...]
Of the women who dropped out of work last month, 324,000 were Latinas and 58,000 were Black women.
“It’s like a really clear indicator that not everyone is in a position to take advantage of what few opportunities there are,” said Michael Madowitz, an economist with the Center for American Progress, a progressive think tank. [...]
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At Daily Kos on this date in 2009—Republican John Boehner Hasn't Met Single American Who Wants Public Option:
Minority Leader John Boehner, to Politico:
"I'm still trying to find the first American to talk to who's in favor of the public option, other than a member of Congress or the administration" said Boehner, whose sole recent foray into a public discussion of health care reform was a tea-party-style event in Ohio a few weeks back. "I've not talked to one and I get to a lot of places," he told reporters at his weekly press availability. "I've not had anyone come up to me—I know I'm inviting them—and lobby for the public option.”
Just ponder for a moment about what it means if John Boehner isn't lying—because as we know, it's wrong for politicians to lie and they almost never, ever do—but that he really, honestly has never met anyone who was in favor of the public option during this entire debate.
Let us all pause to reflect the sheer magnitude of the insular, self-inflating bubble that would be required of Boehner to never meet or talk to a single American that thought that way, when 2/3rds of the country do, and the majority of people in his own state do. He must roll to and from work in a giant, government-provided hamster ball.