Should We Be Alarmed About a Mass Exodus of Women From the Workplace?
It’s probably not news to anyone to hear that U.S. workforce participation has fallen as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Anyone who works in—or knows someone who works in—the hospitality industry, for instance, can readily attest to that. And many are probably also aware that the job losses and exits from the workforce are not evenly distributed across the American population. For example, women have been particularly hard hit. Women in the Workforce Declining The National
Rethinking Criminal Background Screening: A Win-Win
A common preliminary question on many job applications asks applicants whether or not they’ve ever been convicted of a crime. While these questions certainly wouldn’t say so explicitly, checking “yes” is a generally a surety of not moving forward in the hiring process. At first glance, this might seem logical and even fair. What employer would want to hire a criminal? The problem is that the practice of excluding all candidates with a prior criminal conviction uses an extreme
Saturday Night Live (SNL) Joke Sparks Transphobia Debate
A recent segment on Saturday Night Live’s “Weekend Update” sparked swift backlash and allegations of transphobia from some observers. In the segment, SNL’s Michael Che referenced President Joe Biden’s recent executive orderreversing the Trump administration’s ban on openly transgender service members in the military. The Joke “It's good news, except Biden is calling the policy, ‘don't ask, don't tuck,’ which is not good news,” Che said. The joke is a reference to the infamous
The Hidden Bias of the Pandemic Recession
Generalized numbers often hide the fact that the COVID-19 economy has been much harder on some than on others. For example, there has been a
