Women exited the U.S. labor force at a record pace in 2025. A national survey by Catalyst reveals caregiving pressures as the main driver for women leaving the workplace.

In just three months, more than 1 million foreign-born workers disappeared from the U.S. labor force. Let that sink in. From March to June 2025, the foreign-born labor force shrank from approximately ...

The rate is now equivalent to White women’s during the bleakest moments of the Great Recession.

Black women face a continuum of inequity that shape who advances, who is extracted, and who endures the costs of ...

In 2025, however, it appears that the gains that women had made in recent years started to slip away. In the first half of the year, about 212,000 women exited the workforce, and there was a marked ...

*Rep. Robin Kelly (D-Ill.) has introduced legislation aimed at preventing hospitals from discharging women during active labor, particularly addressing the disproportionate risks Black women face in ...

After spending more than 25 combined years promoting the trade union movement and protecting the right to organize in the United States and around the world, we see the report “And Still I Rise: Black ...

Women make up less than 5% of the construction trades - professions such as carpenter, electrician and plumber. President Trump wants to grow the industry, but there are fears women could be further ...

Women who used a virtual reality (VR) headset to watch relaxing immersive scenes — such as a walk through a forest or along a beach — experienced a reduction in labor pain, according to results from a ...

Young women enter relationships believing that with enough love, patience, and effort, they can help someone change. By ...