Women Make Up Large Share of Essential Workforce
A New York Times analysis found that one in three jobs held by women has been designated as “essential,” and women of color are more likely to be doing essential jobs than anyone else.
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Republican Rep Wins First Round In Fight Against Stay-at-Home Order
A judge has blocked Gov. J.B. Pritzker from enforcing his stay-at-home order on a Republican state legislator who went to court over the matter.
The 21st—Tuesday, April 28, 2020
Today on The 21st: a judge has entered an order blocking Illinois from enforcing its stay-at-home order on a Republican state legislator, women are shouldering a lot of the burden of "essential jobs," a look at the promise and peril of antibody testing for COVID-19, and Wait Wait... Don’t Tell Me host Peter Sagal talks about doing comedy in an empty room.
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Telehealth Surges During COVID-19 Crisis, But Will It Last?
The coronavirus pandemic has forced hospitals and doctors to move much of their work online. That shift to telehealth required big changes -- from...
