Please remember this chart the next time you read or hear it said that the cost of college is skyrocketing.

Looking to hear from those who've been laid off in December -- ahead of holiday season? Seems to be happening with more frequency now. Please let me know in the comments -- were you surprised? You can email or DM, too, I'm on deadline today Friday Dec. 12. (Please don't pitch me on your company)

Are you turning to a chatbot for help or guidance or just feedback/brainstorming at work — stuff that you might have once simply talked to a coworker about?? I want to hear about it for a story. Get in touch. [email protected] or DM /comment here.

GOP bill would rename Black Lives Matter Plaza after Charlie Kirk, reports @andrewsolender.bsky.social

Is there any example of "upskilling" being something that actually worked?

Everyone’s doing a word of the year now. Glassdoor’s is “fatigue.” I’m so tired.

Here's something: I'm constantly sent surveys conducted annually by companies and what puzzles me is that they ask different questions every year. They'll be like 45% of people want to quit their jobs/ are stressed/ whatever. Then we'll ask, is that unusual? What was last year's? They're like 🤷‍♂️

This might be my favorite one-on-one @slate.com podcast ever -- I got to talk to Heather Haddon of the @wsj.com about fast food for 45 minutes and it was amazing. slate.com/podcasts/sla...

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

"A 10% increase in the price of childcare leads to a 5.7% decrease in the birth rate" abigaildow.com/assets/docs/...

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.

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...

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...

Anyone out there dealing with rounding up/rounding down in paying cash? www.wsj.com/business/bur...

Other element of this is the non-backfill. Someone leaves, the position is just cut. Leaving workers with more to do with less resources.

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

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...

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...

hi, Women of Bluesky -- anyone out there considering permanently leaving the U.S. to live in another country?

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...

The deal reached in the Senate today would reverse the mass firings initiated during the government shutdown — and guarantee backpay for furloughed government workers.

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.

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...

This explains a lot. Shot:

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]

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...

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...

The government shutdown is halting the collection and release of statistics tracking the job market, public health and crop production, as well as other economic indicators. www.axios.com/2025/10/26/s...

Bleak from @alexjamesfitz.com

anticrust lawsuit! well done Chartr

“.. Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) posted .. a potential [health insurance] premium increase, sent to him by a constituent, from $307 per month to $964 per month. “.. The post has 6.5 million views.” @axios.com www.axios.com/newsletters/...

Hi! Are you a teacher who is tired of dealing with 6,7? I would like to talk to you. Please DM or message me EmilyRPeck.71 or email [email protected]

Conversation with Evangeline. E.: "What happens if the government shuts down? Does somebody else take over?" Me: "Well..."

And now Vought is threatening to fire them…

The rise of remote work coming out of the pandemic led to a historic rise in employment rates for those with disabilities. Return to office policies, in general, could reverse that trend." Thanks @emilypeck.bsky.social for interviewing me. www.axios.com/2025/09/17/c...

NEW (#GovernmentShutdown) via @axios.com's @emilypeck.bsky.social: "Hundreds of federal workers across 60 agencies and departments are urging Congress to rein in the White House even if it means shutting down the government, in a letter sent Thursday afternoon." www.axios.com/2025/09/18/t...

The CDC has stopped making telework accommodations, even as many employees don't feel safe at work in the wake of the shooting last month. Read my story with @maya-goldman.bsky.social www.axios.com/2025/09/17/c... Or just read this passage:

Axios highlights a significant divergence within the US unemployment data. #economy #unemployment @axios.com

“.. International air travel to the U.S. is declining this year, down 7% from 2024, according to an Axios analysis of U.S. Customs and Border Protection data.” @axios.com www.axios.com/newsletters/...

Exactly on point re: today's #JobsReport from @emilypeck.bsky.social: www.axios.com/2025/09/05/j...

Looking for any Canadians on here who may have canceled or decided against travel to the US this year. Or any foreign travelers that had second thoughts? [email protected]

So the sandwich guy ... beat the wrap

"Fertility is higher when men and women share more in household- and child-care, and is lower when men do little in the home." www.axios.com/2025/08/22/b...