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News Articles: Series: Enough Already: How The Pandemic Is Breaking Women

Increased household responsibilities during the pandemic have forced many working mothers to scale back on their hours or to leave the workforce entirely.

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  • Family

Almost A Year Into The Pandemic, Working Moms Feel 'Forgotten,' Journalist Says

Claire Cain Miller says many working moms have scaled back on their hours or left the workforce entirely in response to new household burdens. "There were never the structures in place to help us."

February 18, 2021
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By:
  • Terry Gross
Station with his children, Taylor (left) and Jaden.

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  • Business

'I'm A Much Better Cook': For Dads, Being Home During Pandemic Is Eye-Opening

While working moms have been struggling this year, pandemic life is also taking a toll on dads, many of whom are confronting situations they may not have chosen otherwise.

November 12, 2020
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By:
  • Andrea Hsu
Couples are struggling to redefine their own roles as they look to navigate a pandemic that has upended many aspects of domestic life.

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  • Business

'I Come Up Short Every Day': Couples Under Strain As Pandemic Upends Life At Home

Couples are struggling to redefine their own roles as they look to navigate a pandemic that has upended many aspects of domestic life.

November 12, 2020
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By:
  • Rafael Nam
Heather Wilcox-Nicholls lost her job with Mattress Firm during the pandemic. She had been with the company for about five years and was about to take on a new store as a manager.

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  • Economy

These Women Built Careers In Retail. The Pandemic Tore Through Their Stores

Women hold the majority of jobs in clothing and department stores, gift and souvenir shops. They run cash registers everywhere. Now thousands of stores have shuttered, leaving them jobless.

November 05, 2020
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By:
  • Alina Selyukh

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  • Business

The American Government Once Offered Widely Affordable Child Care ... 77 Years Ago

Affordable, quality child care was hard to come by even before the pandemic and now even more so. It's not for a lack of ideas about how to fix it. Is this the moment those ideas are taken seriously?

November 01, 2020
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  • Andrea Hsu
The number of women in the workforce overtook men for a brief period earlier this year. But the uncomfortable truth is that in their homes, women are still fitting into stereotypical roles of doing the bulk of cooking, cleaning and parenting. It's another form of systemic inequality within a 21st century home that the pandemic is laying bare.

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  • Analysis

Stuck-At-Home Moms: The Pandemic's Devastating Toll On Women

Women have made great strides. But the uncomfortable truth is that in their homes, they are still fitting into stereotypical roles of doing the bulk of housework and parenting.

October 28, 2020
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  • Pallavi Gogoi
Ellen Griffin is a single mom with two kids in Birmingham, Ala.

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  • Economy

'Incredibly Scary': Single Moms Fear Falling Through Holes In Pandemic Safety Net

Many single parents collecting unemployment benefits are running out of money to pay rent, with Congress still unable to pass a relief bill to help.

October 27, 2020
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By:
  • Chris Arnold
Farida Mercedes and her two sons Sebastian, 5, (left) and Lucas, 7, stand in their backyard in Fairlawn, N.J. Mercedes left her job as an assistant VP of HR at L'Oreal in August after working there for 17 years. As hundreds of thousands of women dropped out of the workforce in September, Latinas led the way, leaving at nearly three times the rate of white women.

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  • Economy

'My Family Needs Me': Latinas Drop Out Of Workforce At Alarming Rates

Women are leaving the workforce at four times the rate of men. The shift is especially pronounced among Latina women, and that could have lasting effects for the broader economy.

October 27, 2020
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By:
  • Scott Horsley

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