Emily Peck
@emilypeck.bsky.social
Axios reporter, Slate Money host. I'm back on coffee.
More women are leaving their jobs this year -- this is just the latest piece of evidence. The return to office push, the soaring cost of child-care and elder-care and the changing demographics of the country are all at work here. My latest: www.axios.com/2025/11/20/w...
More working men are caregivers as women leave workforce, survey finds
There's not a big shift in gender equality — instead, it's a change in who's going to work.
www.axios.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:25 PM
More women are leaving their jobs this year -- this is just the latest piece of evidence. The return to office push, the soaring cost of child-care and elder-care and the changing demographics of the country are all at work here. My latest: www.axios.com/2025/11/20/w...
Has anyone written a story about the whole phenomenon of the side-chat conversations that now happen regularly on any Zoom or Teams meetings? It's a fascinating little work subculture
November 20, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Has anyone written a story about the whole phenomenon of the side-chat conversations that now happen regularly on any Zoom or Teams meetings? It's a fascinating little work subculture
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"A 10% increase in the price of childcare leads to a 5.7% decrease in the birth rate" abigaildow.com/assets/docs/...
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November 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
"A 10% increase in the price of childcare leads to a 5.7% decrease in the birth rate" abigaildow.com/assets/docs/...
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Important piece from @emilypeck.bsky.social on today's labor market trends: www.axios.com/2025/11/20/w...
As more men juggle working & caregiving, it underscores the urgency of policies like affordable child care & paid leave to help everyone meet their responsibilities on the job and at home.
As more men juggle working & caregiving, it underscores the urgency of policies like affordable child care & paid leave to help everyone meet their responsibilities on the job and at home.
More working men are caregivers as women leave workforce, survey finds
There's not a big shift in gender equality — instead, it's a change in who's going to work.
www.axios.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Important piece from @emilypeck.bsky.social on today's labor market trends: www.axios.com/2025/11/20/w...
As more men juggle working & caregiving, it underscores the urgency of policies like affordable child care & paid leave to help everyone meet their responsibilities on the job and at home.
As more men juggle working & caregiving, it underscores the urgency of policies like affordable child care & paid leave to help everyone meet their responsibilities on the job and at home.
Social Security backed off a change to the way disability insurance works — a huge relief to advocates and the many people who rely on it — after a raft of criticism. They don't call Social Security the third-rail of politics for no reason.. www.axios.com/2025/11/20/s...
Social Security not planning major disability overhaul amid criticism
A reported plan would've reduced the number of people who qualified for disability, panicking advocates.
www.axios.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Social Security backed off a change to the way disability insurance works — a huge relief to advocates and the many people who rely on it — after a raft of criticism. They don't call Social Security the third-rail of politics for no reason.. www.axios.com/2025/11/20/s...
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NEW:
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
www.propublica.org
November 19, 2025 at 11:08 AM
NEW:
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
Anyone out there dealing with rounding up/rounding down in paying cash? www.wsj.com/business/bur...
Burger King Braces for the Demise of the Penny
Restaurants operators are hoarding the coins and warning customers to not expect exact change. Cashiers are getting stuck with a math quiz.
www.wsj.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Anyone out there dealing with rounding up/rounding down in paying cash? www.wsj.com/business/bur...
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Other element of this is the non-backfill. Someone leaves, the position is just cut. Leaving workers with more to do with less resources.
I wrote about the stomach clenching reality of work now -- where rolling layoffs are the norm and no one feels secure in their job. Happy Monday! www.axios.com/2025/11/16/r...
It's a rolling layoff world
These silent layoffs are now just a part of doing business.
www.axios.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Other element of this is the non-backfill. Someone leaves, the position is just cut. Leaving workers with more to do with less resources.
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They wanna cut costs but they don’t wanna raise a panic so we’ll just lay off 50 people and no one will notice
I wrote about the stomach clenching reality of work now -- where rolling layoffs are the norm and no one feels secure in their job. Happy Monday! www.axios.com/2025/11/16/r...
It's a rolling layoff world
These silent layoffs are now just a part of doing business.
www.axios.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:59 PM
They wanna cut costs but they don’t wanna raise a panic so we’ll just lay off 50 people and no one will notice
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My company has been laying off on all non pay weeks (every 2) since june. We were supposed to be done Oct, its continued into Nov. Entire company on edge for months now
November 17, 2025 at 9:16 PM
My company has been laying off on all non pay weeks (every 2) since june. We were supposed to be done Oct, its continued into Nov. Entire company on edge for months now
I wrote about the stomach clenching reality of work now -- where rolling layoffs are the norm and no one feels secure in their job. Happy Monday! www.axios.com/2025/11/16/r...
It's a rolling layoff world
These silent layoffs are now just a part of doing business.
www.axios.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I wrote about the stomach clenching reality of work now -- where rolling layoffs are the norm and no one feels secure in their job. Happy Monday! www.axios.com/2025/11/16/r...
Why yes I do get breaking news emails about cheese.
November 13, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Why yes I do get breaking news emails about cheese.
Women have had it. 2 out of 5 said they'd like to permanently move to another country.
That's four times as high as in 2014.
21 points higher than among young men.
Only 19% of men expressed a similar desire.
No other wealthy country has numbers like these
www.axios.com/2025/11/13/t...
That's four times as high as in 2014.
21 points higher than among young men.
Only 19% of men expressed a similar desire.
No other wealthy country has numbers like these
www.axios.com/2025/11/13/t...
Record share of women want to leave U.S. for good — more than double that of men
That's four times as high as in 2014.
www.axios.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Women have had it. 2 out of 5 said they'd like to permanently move to another country.
That's four times as high as in 2014.
21 points higher than among young men.
Only 19% of men expressed a similar desire.
No other wealthy country has numbers like these
www.axios.com/2025/11/13/t...
That's four times as high as in 2014.
21 points higher than among young men.
Only 19% of men expressed a similar desire.
No other wealthy country has numbers like these
www.axios.com/2025/11/13/t...
hi, Women of Bluesky -- anyone out there considering permanently leaving the U.S. to live in another country?
November 10, 2025 at 10:36 PM
hi, Women of Bluesky -- anyone out there considering permanently leaving the U.S. to live in another country?
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On a $500,000 home, assuming current average rates, taking out a 50-year mortgage instead of a 30-year loan would save you $5,000 in monthly payments over five years.
You'd also lose out on $27,000 in equity.
www.axios.com/2025/11/10/t...
You'd also lose out on $27,000 in equity.
www.axios.com/2025/11/10/t...
Trump administration's 50-year mortgage idea ditches a key advantage
Buyers taking out a 50-year mortgage wouldn't actually save that much.
www.axios.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:26 PM
On a $500,000 home, assuming current average rates, taking out a 50-year mortgage instead of a 30-year loan would save you $5,000 in monthly payments over five years.
You'd also lose out on $27,000 in equity.
www.axios.com/2025/11/10/t...
You'd also lose out on $27,000 in equity.
www.axios.com/2025/11/10/t...
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The deal reached in the Senate today would reverse the mass firings initiated during the government shutdown — and guarantee backpay for furloughed government workers.
Senate deal would reverse shutdown firings
It includes backpay for furloughed workers, and stymies the effort to slash the federal workforce.
www.axios.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:21 AM
The deal reached in the Senate today would reverse the mass firings initiated during the government shutdown — and guarantee backpay for furloughed government workers.
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JUST IN: Schumer will say today that Democrats would vote to end the shutdown in exchange for a one-year extension of expiring Obamacare tax credits, multiple sources told Axios.
Democrats name their price on ending government shutdown
Democrats could vote to end the shutdown in exchange for a one-year extension of expiring Obamacare tax credits.
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November 7, 2025 at 7:33 PM
JUST IN: Schumer will say today that Democrats would vote to end the shutdown in exchange for a one-year extension of expiring Obamacare tax credits, multiple sources told Axios.
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Here's where we're at — 3:30PM ET Thursday, and still no official list of which airports are supposed to be affected starting Friday. www.axios.com/2025/11/06/f...
Brace for more shutdown travel pain as FAA cuts flights ahead of Thanksgiving
The 10% reduction translates to dozens of flights at each of the country's busiest airports.
www.axios.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Here's where we're at — 3:30PM ET Thursday, and still no official list of which airports are supposed to be affected starting Friday. www.axios.com/2025/11/06/f...
The illustration tells the story here. Some households will get 65% of what they normally receive in food benefits; others are going to get less. And states stay that calculating and sending benefits out is going to be difficult, fueling delays. www.axios.com/2025/11/06/s...
What SNAP beneficiaries are getting in November
The Trump administration has revised the calculations states must use for stopgap food benefits.
www.axios.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:46 PM
The illustration tells the story here. Some households will get 65% of what they normally receive in food benefits; others are going to get less. And states stay that calculating and sending benefits out is going to be difficult, fueling delays. www.axios.com/2025/11/06/s...
This explains a lot. Shot:
November 6, 2025 at 2:40 PM
This explains a lot. Shot:
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NEW by me -- US could see closed airspace, "mass chaos" next week if shutdown doesn't end, DOT warns
US could see closed airspace, "mass chaos" next week if shutdown doesn't end, Duffy says
Travelers have already seen widespread disruptions at airports over staffing shortages.
www.axios.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:17 PM
NEW by me -- US could see closed airspace, "mass chaos" next week if shutdown doesn't end, DOT warns
Anyone out there cut back on their slop bowl eating this year -- fewer trips to Chipotle/Cava/Sweetgreen etc? Maybe you're making more food at home, etc? Tired of $20 bowls? please reach out: [email protected]
November 4, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Anyone out there cut back on their slop bowl eating this year -- fewer trips to Chipotle/Cava/Sweetgreen etc? Maybe you're making more food at home, etc? Tired of $20 bowls? please reach out: [email protected]
The majority of SNAP recipients are children and adults age 60 and over.
October 31, 2025 at 8:12 PM
The majority of SNAP recipients are children and adults age 60 and over.
A crisis is exploding across America as the cost of in-home care for older adults is skyrocketing -- up 10% just this year!! That's more than three times the rate of inflation.
The Trump immigration crackdown has exacerbated the situation www.axios.com/2025/10/30/t...
The Trump immigration crackdown has exacerbated the situation www.axios.com/2025/10/30/t...
In-home elder care cost is rising more than three times faster than inflation
So far this year, the price of in-home care for the elderly, disabled or convalescent at home is up 10%.
www.axios.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:58 PM
A crisis is exploding across America as the cost of in-home care for older adults is skyrocketing -- up 10% just this year!! That's more than three times the rate of inflation.
The Trump immigration crackdown has exacerbated the situation www.axios.com/2025/10/30/t...
The Trump immigration crackdown has exacerbated the situation www.axios.com/2025/10/30/t...
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Axios asked "if there'd been any discussion about seizing voting machines, sending troops to polling stations, or trying to take over state election systems.
"Absolutely not," the official replied. "But there are people around here who would probably like that."
www.axios.com/2025/10/28/t...
"Absolutely not," the official replied. "But there are people around here who would probably like that."
www.axios.com/2025/10/28/t...
Behind the Curtain: Trump claims the power to do almost anything
A new precedent is being set in real time: The only real limit on Trump appears to be Trump himself.
www.axios.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Axios asked "if there'd been any discussion about seizing voting machines, sending troops to polling stations, or trying to take over state election systems.
"Absolutely not," the official replied. "But there are people around here who would probably like that."
www.axios.com/2025/10/28/t...
"Absolutely not," the official replied. "But there are people around here who would probably like that."
www.axios.com/2025/10/28/t...