Kate Gallagher Robbins
@kfgrobbins.bsky.social
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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And women know who is to blame for this mess. Their rating of how the government’s doing fighting inflation or unemployment is the worst it’s ever been. 8/9 #NumbersDay
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
Reposted by Kate Gallagher Robbins
Every month for the last 77 years, the Bureau of Labor Statistics has estimated Americans' unemployment rate
This streak dies tomorrow
Govt staff could not survey Americans about whether they're working or looking for work in Oct, the 1st time in 934 months
This blind spot will remain forever
This streak dies tomorrow
Govt staff could not survey Americans about whether they're working or looking for work in Oct, the 1st time in 934 months
This blind spot will remain forever
Here's the planned BLS data release schedule for Nov 2025.
On Tues, it couldn't release Sept job openings, hires, layoffs and firings data.
This morning, it couldn't release 2025Q3 business Productivity and Costs data.
Tomorrow, it can't release Oct 2025 #JobsReport
www.bls.gov/schedule/202...
On Tues, it couldn't release Sept job openings, hires, layoffs and firings data.
This morning, it couldn't release 2025Q3 business Productivity and Costs data.
Tomorrow, it can't release Oct 2025 #JobsReport
www.bls.gov/schedule/202...
November 6, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Every month for the last 77 years, the Bureau of Labor Statistics has estimated Americans' unemployment rate
This streak dies tomorrow
Govt staff could not survey Americans about whether they're working or looking for work in Oct, the 1st time in 934 months
This blind spot will remain forever
This streak dies tomorrow
Govt staff could not survey Americans about whether they're working or looking for work in Oct, the 1st time in 934 months
This blind spot will remain forever
We are into the 6th week of the longest government #shutdown in history. If this stretches to the end of November, the CBO estimates it will cost the economy $14B. Lemme tell you what else we could have for $14B: nationalpartnership.org/six-things-w...
November 5, 2025 at 9:43 PM
We are into the 6th week of the longest government #shutdown in history. If this stretches to the end of November, the CBO estimates it will cost the economy $14B. Lemme tell you what else we could have for $14B: nationalpartnership.org/six-things-w...
Reposted by Kate Gallagher Robbins
BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani wins the New York City mayoral race, NBC News projects. nbcnews.to/4nIzNUC
November 5, 2025 at 2:33 AM
BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani wins the New York City mayoral race, NBC News projects. nbcnews.to/4nIzNUC
New: The Share of Mothers Who Work Is Shrinking – and Black Mothers Face the Steepest Declines.
nationalpartnership.org/report/share...
nationalpartnership.org/report/share...
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...
nationalpartnership.org
October 30, 2025 at 7:22 PM
New: The Share of Mothers Who Work Is Shrinking – and Black Mothers Face the Steepest Declines.
nationalpartnership.org/report/share...
nationalpartnership.org/report/share...
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The degree of callousness and cruelty to be able to leave a toddler in a car is frightening.
Multiple accounts on ICE Watch Facebook pages are reporting that agents pulled a couple out of their vehicle in Aurora, Illinois, arrested them, and then abandoned the couple’s toddler in the backseat.
October 30, 2025 at 6:23 PM
The degree of callousness and cruelty to be able to leave a toddler in a car is frightening.
$14 billion is more than what we spend in a year on Head Start, which is at risk of shutting down because of the shutdown.
Make it make sense.
Make it make sense.
Breaking news: The United States economy will lose between $7 billion and $14 billion due to the federal government shutdown, according to a report released by Congress’s nonpartisan bookkeeper.
Report: Government shutdown will cost the economy up to $14 billion
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office says the longer the government stays closed, the more costly the pause will be.
wapo.st
October 29, 2025 at 4:54 PM
$14 billion is more than what we spend in a year on Head Start, which is at risk of shutting down because of the shutdown.
Make it make sense.
Make it make sense.
Good day to read this @chabeli.bsky.social piece on how women of color are impacted when there is no new jobs report. #numbersday
Trump’s pick to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics suggested a pause of the monthly employment reports, the only timely economic measure of how women of color are faring in the economy.
19thnews.org/2025/08/susp...
19thnews.org/2025/08/susp...
Suspending monthly economic reports would be really bad for women of color
Trump’s pick to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics suggested a pause of the monthly employment reports, the only timely economic measure of how women of color are faring in the economy.
19thnews.org
October 3, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Good day to read this @chabeli.bsky.social piece on how women of color are impacted when there is no new jobs report. #numbersday
Delaying the jobs report would be bad for everyone -- but especially Black women, who are bearing the brunt of Trump's disastrous economic agenda: 19thnews.org/2025/08/susp...
September 29, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Delaying the jobs report would be bad for everyone -- but especially Black women, who are bearing the brunt of Trump's disastrous economic agenda: 19thnews.org/2025/08/susp...
Our analysis shows that threats to fire federal workers are threats against disabled workers, workers in the South, and veterans -- especially women veterans: nationalpartnership.org/report/trump....
September 25, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Our analysis shows that threats to fire federal workers are threats against disabled workers, workers in the South, and veterans -- especially women veterans: nationalpartnership.org/report/trump....
One untold story of this week's wage gap data? The data pre-date the Trump administration’s policies that especially harm Black women.
“The[se]...policies have frankly poured fuel on the fire, which means...Black women are in an even more challenging position this year” www.cnbc.com/2025/09/11/f...
“The[se]...policies have frankly poured fuel on the fire, which means...Black women are in an even more challenging position this year” www.cnbc.com/2025/09/11/f...
For the first time in over 60 years, the gender pay gap widened 2 years in a row
The average woman who worked full-time year-round in 2024 was paid just 81 cents for every $1 paid to a man, according to new Census data.
www.cnbc.com
September 12, 2025 at 2:11 PM
One untold story of this week's wage gap data? The data pre-date the Trump administration’s policies that especially harm Black women.
“The[se]...policies have frankly poured fuel on the fire, which means...Black women are in an even more challenging position this year” www.cnbc.com/2025/09/11/f...
“The[se]...policies have frankly poured fuel on the fire, which means...Black women are in an even more challenging position this year” www.cnbc.com/2025/09/11/f...
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“The wage gap is nearly $15,000 – more than a year of child care. Unfortunately, the current administration’s economic policies are contributing to the country’s pay gap, driving up costs while torpedoing job growth." @kfgrobbins.bsky.social
For Second Year, Wage Gap Grows Wider for Women | National Partnership for Women & Families
The pay gap between full-time working women and their male counterparts has widened for the second year in a row: NPWF analysis finds a leading factor is men’s earnings growing at a faster rate than w...
nationalpartnership.org
September 10, 2025 at 3:36 PM
“The wage gap is nearly $15,000 – more than a year of child care. Unfortunately, the current administration’s economic policies are contributing to the country’s pay gap, driving up costs while torpedoing job growth." @kfgrobbins.bsky.social
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This is the official spokesperson for the White House, stating that the President hopes to deploy the United States military to occupy every city controlled by the political party that opposes him. Explicitly.
Leavitt: "These are the bad guys that we are picking up in Washington DC every day. The president would love to do this in every Democrat-run city across the country."
September 9, 2025 at 6:16 PM
This is the official spokesperson for the White House, stating that the President hopes to deploy the United States military to occupy every city controlled by the political party that opposes him. Explicitly.
"It's good that men are gaining; we want to see those wages go up. We know families need it. But we also can't be in the situation where we're seeing women being left further and further behind."
Was glad to chat with @maddiemitch.bsky.social about today's new #wagegap data. Read the whole piece!
Was glad to chat with @maddiemitch.bsky.social about today's new #wagegap data. Read the whole piece!
Some #breaking #genderwagegap news: It's getting wider.
New Census data shows the gender wage gap widened for the second year in a row. For every dollar a man makes in America, a woman made 84 cents in 2022, 83 cents in 2023 and 81 cents in 2024.
www.usatoday.com/story/money/... via @usatoday.com
New Census data shows the gender wage gap widened for the second year in a row. For every dollar a man makes in America, a woman made 84 cents in 2022, 83 cents in 2023 and 81 cents in 2024.
www.usatoday.com/story/money/... via @usatoday.com
How big is the gender wage gap now? What new Census data shows.
The female-to-male earnings ratio fell in 2024 to 80.9% from 82.7% in 2023. In 2022, the ratio was 84%.
www.usatoday.com
September 9, 2025 at 7:58 PM
"It's good that men are gaining; we want to see those wages go up. We know families need it. But we also can't be in the situation where we're seeing women being left further and further behind."
Was glad to chat with @maddiemitch.bsky.social about today's new #wagegap data. Read the whole piece!
Was glad to chat with @maddiemitch.bsky.social about today's new #wagegap data. Read the whole piece!
New Mexico has:
-300+ days of sunshine each year
-the best chile in the country
-and now universal child care
We're the best place to live and raise a family hands down.
-300+ days of sunshine each year
-the best chile in the country
-and now universal child care
We're the best place to live and raise a family hands down.
In the absence of a federal universal child care system, some states have worked to build their own systems, and New Mexico has been a leader in that effort over the past several years.
It will now be the first to make child care free for all.
19thnews.org/2025/09/new-...
It will now be the first to make child care free for all.
19thnews.org/2025/09/new-...
New Mexico will be the first state to make child care free
The program, which is expected to save families $12,000 per child annually, is available to all residents regardless of income.
19thnews.org
September 9, 2025 at 7:54 PM
New Mexico has:
-300+ days of sunshine each year
-the best chile in the country
-and now universal child care
We're the best place to live and raise a family hands down.
-300+ days of sunshine each year
-the best chile in the country
-and now universal child care
We're the best place to live and raise a family hands down.
Reposted by Kate Gallagher Robbins
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Today’s alarming #JobsReport continues recent trends of a dramatically slowing economy – and Black women continue to bear the brunt of this economic slowdown 1/10
September 5, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Today’s alarming #JobsReport continues recent trends of a dramatically slowing economy – and Black women continue to bear the brunt of this economic slowdown 1/10
September 5, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Today’s alarming #JobsReport continues recent trends of a dramatically slowing economy – and Black women continue to bear the brunt of this economic slowdown 1/10
Amidst some miserable #JobsReport data, Black women's unemployment rate hit 6.7%, the highest it's been in nearly 4 years. It's more than double white women's rate of 3.2%. #NumbersDay
September 5, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Amidst some miserable #JobsReport data, Black women's unemployment rate hit 6.7%, the highest it's been in nearly 4 years. It's more than double white women's rate of 3.2%. #NumbersDay
"For groups of women we and others have been watching especially closely during this period—for example, disabled women, Black women, women veterans—timely information about these groups would disappear.”
Was glad to talk to @chabeli.bsky.social about what losing monthly BLS data means for women.
Was glad to talk to @chabeli.bsky.social about what losing monthly BLS data means for women.
Trump’s pick to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics suggested a pause of the monthly employment reports, the only timely economic measure of how women of color are faring in the economy.
19thnews.org/2025/08/susp...
19thnews.org/2025/08/susp...
Suspending monthly economic reports would be really bad for women of color
Trump’s pick to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics suggested a pause of the monthly employment reports, the only timely economic measure of how women of color are faring in the economy.
19thnews.org
August 15, 2025 at 3:12 PM
"For groups of women we and others have been watching especially closely during this period—for example, disabled women, Black women, women veterans—timely information about these groups would disappear.”
Was glad to talk to @chabeli.bsky.social about what losing monthly BLS data means for women.
Was glad to talk to @chabeli.bsky.social about what losing monthly BLS data means for women.
What's wild is that while 212,000 women 20 and older have left the labor force since January, among women 25-34 years old, 330,000 have exited during the same time period.
After a pandemic boost, women's labor force participation is falling again. Why? A combination of strict RTO policies and vanishing childcare funding: time.com/7306896/wome...
Why So Many Women Are Quitting the Workforce
Labor force participation among women has started falling again in 2025.
time.com
August 13, 2025 at 5:01 PM
What's wild is that while 212,000 women 20 and older have left the labor force since January, among women 25-34 years old, 330,000 have exited during the same time period.
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Dr. Erika McEntarfer has devoted her career to public service. She has conducted herself as BLS Commissioner with great integrity. There is no evidence whatsoever that BLS data are politically biased.
#econsky
#econsky
August 1, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Dr. Erika McEntarfer has devoted her career to public service. She has conducted herself as BLS Commissioner with great integrity. There is no evidence whatsoever that BLS data are politically biased.
#econsky
#econsky
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Today’s terrible #JobsReport comes amidst headlines warning of an economic slow down – and confirms recent data showing a weakening economy. #JobsDay #NumbersDay www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/b... 1/10
U.S. Economy Slowed in First Half of 2025 as Tariffs Scrambled Data
www.nytimes.com
August 1, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Read more about what's happening to Black women's unemployment in this piece from @chabeli.bsky.social: 19thnews.org/2025/07/blac...
August 1, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Read more about what's happening to Black women's unemployment in this piece from @chabeli.bsky.social: 19thnews.org/2025/07/blac...
Today’s terrible #JobsReport comes amidst headlines warning of an economic slow down – and confirms recent data showing a weakening economy. #JobsDay #NumbersDay www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/b... 1/10
U.S. Economy Slowed in First Half of 2025 as Tariffs Scrambled Data
www.nytimes.com
August 1, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Today’s terrible #JobsReport comes amidst headlines warning of an economic slow down – and confirms recent data showing a weakening economy. #JobsDay #NumbersDay www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/b... 1/10