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Kate Gallagher Robbins

@kfgrobbins.bsky.social
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Senior Fellow @npwf.bsky.social. Formerly CLASP, CAP, NWLC. Go Blue. High-altitude hiker living in the Land of Enchantment. She/her.

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Kate Gallagher Robbins @kfgrobbins.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
New BLS data out today shows that administrative support jobs are projected to decline the fastest over the next decade, due in part to AI. These jobs are overwhelmingly held by women: nationalpartnership.org/report/ai-em....
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AI and Emerging Risks for Women Workers | National Partnership for Women & Families
New data on how women workers are overrepresented in occupations where they may be particularly affected by AI in the workplace.
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
A civilian geography professor was fired from West Point for pushing back after department officials barred faculty from teaching that humans contribute to climate change.
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West Point professor fired after pushing back on limitations to teaching climate change, lawsuit says
Adam Kalkstein pushed back after department officials barred faculty from teaching that humans contribute to climate change, the lawsuit says.
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 14/08/2026
Haitians living in Springfield, Ohio are being required to wear ankle monitors and turn their passports over to United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/08/14/h...
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Haitians in Springfield are required to report to Ohio's ICE offices and wear ankle monitors • Ohio Capital Journal
Haitians living in Springfield, Ohio are being required to wear ankle monitors and turn their passports over to United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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Tori @tlc-soc.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
60% increase in credit card debt in the last 5 years is where the affordability crisis was always heading. The result of government's failure to 1) provide public goods 2) regulate markets and 3) invest in the social safety net the care economy is a good example of this 🧵 (1/?)
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Credit card debt surges in U.S. as high interest rates make it harder to pay off
Americans owe more than a trillion dollars in credit card debt, up 60% from just five years ago. Meanwhile, higher interest rates make debt even more difficult to pay off, a downward spiral causing cr...
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Sharita Gruberg @gruberg.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Project 2025 in action. Cut the social safety net, and this is the predictable result.
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Olivia Golden @ogolden-policy.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Terrific thread by the always wise and knowledgeable @kfgrobbins.bsky.social
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Kate Gallagher Robbins @kfgrobbins.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
The July jobs data reveal a deeply distressed economy that shed 23,000 jobs last month, driven by steep losses to hospitality jobs and local public schools. #NumbersDay
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Laura Valle-Gutierrez @lfevalle.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
I'm so excited to be releasing our care report card. States have made a lot of progress on care policy in the past two years! go.tcf.org/CareReport26 Still, with most states earning a D or lower, there's still a lot of work to be done. Read our care report card to find out how your state scores:
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Care Matters: A 2026 State Report Card on Care Affordability and Access
Download the Care Matters: A 2026 State Report Card on Care Affordability and Access PDF Care and caregiving are foundational to how society
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Senator Ben Ray Luján @lujan.senate.gov · 22/07/2026
Today, I stood with the All Pueblo Council of Governors and the New Mexico Congressional Delegation with one clear message for Donald Trump: Chaco Canyon is not for sale. Once Trump damages the land around Chaco, it cannot be undone.
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Kate Gallagher Robbins @kfgrobbins.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Today’s abysmal #jobsdata drop on the eve of the nation’s 250th birthday. They show that workers still have a long way to go until they have an economy that works for them, rather than just the powerful few.
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Julia Coronado @jc-econ.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
As a new Fed Chair casts doubt on offical statistics after the Aministration drastically cut their funding, it is worth remembering how and why we created federal statistics agencies in the first place...they reduce scope for gaslighting the public www.aeaweb.org/articles/pdf...
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Kate Gallagher Robbins @kfgrobbins.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Men lost 44,000 jobs in June...
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Kate Gallagher Robbins @kfgrobbins.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
If only we didn't leave these decisions solely in the hands of bosses. It's almost like we could create public policy that would address labor issues....https://nationalpartnership.org/report/who-works-from-home-remote-work-gender-equity-access-gap/
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Kate Gallagher Robbins @kfgrobbins.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
I remember when the Giants were true winners in every sense of the word. www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1Tc...
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Giants and ItGetsBetter.org
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Kate Gallagher Robbins @kfgrobbins.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
New analysis: four years after Dobbs, more than 47m women of reproductive age live in states with clinic closures in the wake of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) or states that have attacked access to medication abortion: nationalpartnership.org/report/four-...
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Four Years Post-Dobbs, Clinic Closures and Attacks on Medication Abortion Harm Women of Color Nationwide | National Partnership for Women & Families
Four years post-Dobbs, anti-abortion extremists are attacking abortion access on every front to make it more difficult for pregnant people to get the reproductive care they need: banning abortion outr...
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Kate Gallagher Robbins @kfgrobbins.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
The value of Americans' unpaid caregiving: $1.1 trillion Elon Musk's net worth: $1.1 trillion Tell me again if this economy is designed to support workers and caregivers or just the powerful few? nationalpartnership.org/if-americans...
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Kate Gallagher Robbins @kfgrobbins.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
The EPL has me trained to watch soccer at like 7am and all these night games are messing with my head. I want coffee but it’s like 8pm.
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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 10/06/2026
Yet another community that's going to get hit by Medicaid job loss penalties: Cancer patients.
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Lawmakers promised cancer patients would be protected from Medicaid cuts. Now CMS says otherwise
“One of the cancer community’s worst fears is coming to pass,” writes Gwen Nichols of Blood Cancer United.
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Kate Gallagher Robbins @kfgrobbins.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
This is a really important conversation. Our research shows white women, Latinas & Native women are particularly overrepresented in AI-vulnerable occupations: their shares of the most AI-vulnerable jobs are nearly double their shares of the overall workforce nationalpartnership.org/report/ai-em...
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AI and Emerging Risks for Women Workers | National Partnership for Women & Families
New data on how women workers are overrepresented in occupations where they may be particularly affected by AI in the workplace.
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Ben Casselman @bencasselman.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
I'm interested in talking to workers about how A.I. is affecting their careers, and how they're adapting. Have a story to tell? Share it here: www.nytimes.com/2026/06/10/b...
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Is A.I. affecting your career? We want to hear from you.
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Kate Gallagher Robbins @kfgrobbins.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Women Hate It Here: Jobs Day June 2026 Edition nationalpartnership.org/women-hate-i...
Simpsons meme with Bart saying "Women's rating of the government's economic policies is the worst ever recorded" and Homer replying "The worst so far"
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Kate Gallagher Robbins @kfgrobbins.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Today’s #JobsDay data show one of the better months in recent memory, with the economy adding 172,000 jobs and unemployment rates virtually unchanged. But digging into the data reveals some alarming trends.
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Kate Gallagher Robbins @kfgrobbins.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Champions! #CPFC
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Chabeli Carrazana @chabeli.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Administrative assistants know you’re wondering whether AI is coming for their jobs. They’re not waiting to find out. 19thnews.org/2026/05/wome...
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The women who power America's offices are making themselves AI-proof
Administrative assistants know you’re wondering whether AI is coming for their jobs. They’re not waiting to find out.
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Kate Gallagher Robbins @kfgrobbins.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Today’s new #JobsDay numbers reflect the ongoing story of the 2026 job market: it’s gonna be meh. (1/8)
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It's Gonna Be May (Justin Timberlake Meme)
Alt: It's Gonna Be May (Justin Timberlake Meme)
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Kate Gallagher Robbins @kfgrobbins.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Everyone’s talking about a “return to office.” But the data tell a different story. The #WorkFromHome revolution is still very much underway. (1/10)
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Kate Gallagher Robbins @kfgrobbins.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
NEW: More Than 30 Percent of Workers in the Most AI-Vulnerable Jobs Are Women of Color: nationalpartnership.org/report/ai-em...
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AI and Emerging Risks for Women Workers | National Partnership for Women & Families
New data on how women workers are overrepresented in occupations where they may be particularly affected by AI in the workplace.
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Patagonia @patagonia.com · 15/04/2026
As soon as today, the US Senate will vote on a House resolution that allows copper mining by a Chilean company near Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. The Boundary Waters is the most-visited wilderness area in the country, and it cannot be replaced.
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Kate Gallagher Robbins @kfgrobbins.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Today’s #JobsReport for March shows a stagnant economy experiencing flat unemployment and slow job growth in 2026. But there is some surprising news for women. Read our full #JobsDay analysis here: nationalpartnership.org/women-back-i...
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Women Are Back in the Labor Force. The Good News Ends There. | Jobs Day April 2026 | National Partnership for Women & Families
Prime-age women's labor force participation rate hit an all-time high this month – but higher unemployment rates and growth in low-paid industries are leaving women behind.
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
"Countries heavily reliant on US aid see a 10.5% increase in maternal mortality following a switch from a Democratic to a Republican administration—about 44.7 additional deaths per 100 000 live births." gh.bmj.com/content/11/3...
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US Presidential Party switches are mirrored in global maternal mortality
In this observational study, we provide estimates of the impact on the maternal mortality ratio of swings in US aid for family planning and reproductive health driven by changes in the implementation ...
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Kate Gallagher Robbins @kfgrobbins.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
This is why I’m a proud Irish American!
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Sharita Gruberg @gruberg.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Elections matter! Virginia passed paid leave twice before and Youngkin vetoed it twice. Now it has a governor who will sign this and deliver real change for Virginians
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Paid Leave for All @paidleaveforall.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
The U.S. still doesn't have a national #PaidLeave guarantee. But one in three workers is covered by a state paid leave program. This is a generational shift in policy – and it's still gaining momentum. 19thnews.org/2026/03/paid...
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A record share of U.S. workers now have access to paid leave
There’s still no federal paid leave policy in the United States, but 14 laws now extend coverage to an estimated 46 million people.
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In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 10/03/2026
1/3 of U.S. workers now have access to paid leave—the highest share ever. @chabeli.bsky.social reports that with no federal guarantee, millions are still left out. 14 state laws now cover an estimated 46 million people, & the fight to expand paid leave is far from over.
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The Largest Share Ever of U.S. Workers Now Have Access to Paid Leave
There’s still no federal paid leave policy in the United States, but 14 laws now extend coverage to an estimated 46 million people.
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Kate Gallagher Robbins @kfgrobbins.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Today’s win in Virginia makes it the first state in the South to pass paid leave. It also brings means 50 million people will be covered by state paid leave programs.
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Kate Gallagher Robbins @kfgrobbins.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
With today’s passage of #paidleave in Virginia, more than 50 million private sector workers in the U.S. will now have paid leave through their state program. Huge win!
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Fortune @fortune.com · 12/03/2026
If American women were paid for all their caregiving labor, it would be worth $683 billion, according to an analysis from the National Partnership for Women & Families (NPWF). bit.ly/4s8ev5P
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$683 billion in unpaid labor: How companies like Amazon, AARP, and Levi's are easing the caregiving burden on women | Fortune
A growing number of employers are offering paid leave, backup care, and emergency reimbursements—but experts say it's still not enough.
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Kate Gallagher Robbins @kfgrobbins.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Today’s #JobsDay reveals a dramatically slowing economy: we lost 92,000 jobs in February and unemployment rates for Black and Latina women got worse.
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Stateline @stateline.org · 05/03/2026
Nearly a third of the nation’s private sector workers are covered by paid leave programs,according to a new analysis released this week. stateline.org/2026/03/05/state-mand…
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State-mandated paid leave programs now cover millions of American workers • Stateline
Nearly one-third of the nation’s private sector workers are covered by paid leave programs as more states require employers to provide medical and family leave, according to a new analysis released this week.
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Dawn Huckelbridge @dhuckelbridge.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
🚨New report out by @npwf.bsky.social: nationalpartnership.org/report/state...
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State Paid Leave Programs Cover Nearly One-Third of Workers in the United States | National Partnership for Women & Families
Nearly one-third of all private-sector workers (32 percent) are eligible for paid leave under one of the 14 state programs that have been enacted. 46.2 million workers across the country are eligible ...
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Kate Gallagher Robbins @kfgrobbins.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
DYK state #paidleave programs now cover one-third of private-sector workers?
 Infographic titled One in three U.S. workers is now eligible for a state paid leave program. The image features three icon-style human figures, one dark red and two gray. The source note explains, Share of total U.S. workers who are in one of the 14 states with paid leave programs and meet their state's eligibility rules.
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Chabeli Carrazana @chabeli.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
There’s still no federal paid leave policy in the United States, but 14 laws in 13 states and DC now extend coverage to an estimated 46 million people — a third of American workers. 19thnews.org/2026/03/paid...
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A record share of U.S. workers now have access to paid leave
There’s still no federal paid leave policy in the United States, but 14 laws now extend coverage to an estimated 46 million people.
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Sharita Gruberg @gruberg.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
🧵 Ahead of the SOTU, the National Partnership has been tracking the Trump admin’s attacks on women and measuring the impact nationalpartnership.org/one-year-in-...
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One Year In, 53 Ways the Second Trump Administration Is Harming Women and Families | National Partnership for Women & Families
Amidst a nonstop, chaotic whirlwind of daily breaking news, court decisions and more, the Administration is abusing its power to turn back the clock on rights and protections for hundreds of millions ...
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Sharita Gruberg @gruberg.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
As my colleagues @kfgrobbins.bsky.social and Areeba wrote “Women deserve real choices – instead of accepting a status quo that requires impossible compromise, we must build an economy that allows all women to pursue fulfilling, secure lives” nationalpartnership.org/report/share...
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The Share of Mothers Who Work Is Shrinking – and Black Mothers Face the Steepest Declines | National Partnership for Women & Families
New analysis from the National Partnership for Women & Families and The 75 Million Project finds that Black mothers of young children are facing the steepest declines in labor force participation in r...
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Amy M. Traub @amymtraub.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
I’m reading new research from @npwf.bsky.social finding that after years of progress, Black women’s union gains declined under Trump in 2025 nationalpartnership.org/after-years-...
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After Years of Progress, Black Women's Union Gains Decline Under Trump in 2025 | National Partnership for Women & Families
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 a...
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Dan Immergluck @danimmergluck.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
But it was really important to control those student protesters in 2024…🙃
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Kate Gallagher Robbins @kfgrobbins.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Could not be more proud of Michael and his co-authors for this hugely important contribution. Their careful, meticulous work estimates a higher death toll in Gaza than previously reported.
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Kate Gallagher Robbins @kfgrobbins.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
New @npwf.bsky.social analysis of today's union data shows that after years of progress, Black women’s union gains declined in 2025 under Trump #1u #unionstrong nationalpartnership.org/after-years-...
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After Years of Progress, Black Women's Union Gains Decline Under Trump in 2025 | National Partnership for Women & Families
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 a...
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Jessica Mason @jessicamason.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Today's jobs data, with continued warning signs for Black women, has me and @kfgrobbins.bsky.social worried. Check out our analysis: nationalpartnership.org/weak-job-mar...
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Weak job market leaves Black women behind | Jobs Day February 2026 | National Partnership for Women & Families
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 worke...
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