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Unemployment Is Up For Black Women As Hospitality And Retail Stopped Adding Jobs In August

Social Issues - Growth in the industries that had helped women regain jobs in the labor force this year ground to a halt in August, as the spread of the Delta variant drove business closures. Chabeli Carrazana Originally published by The 19th After months of adding jobs, the industries that have helped women return to the labor force — hospitality, retail and education — suddenly took a dip. The hospitality industry, one of the largest employers of women in the country, has been adding 350,000 jobs a month on average over the past six months. In August, job growth was completely flat. The entertainment sector gained 36,000 positions but food and drink services lost 42,000, according to the latest data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Friday. Similarly, the retail sect...

Questions Answered – Why GameStop Shares Stopped Trading

GameStop stock resumed its dramatic ascent after a popular no-fee online broker said it would lift restrictions on trading its shares. In recent days, frenzied activity in the video game retailer’s stock led the New York Stock Exchange to briefly halt trading multiple times, while Robinhood and other brokers restricted purchases of GameStop. That prompted outrage among some lawmakers and investors, leading to calls for investigations in Washington. Jena Martin, a law professor who studies securities regulation, explains what’s going on, why trading is sometimes restricted and how to tell if it’s a sign of any funny business. 1. What prompts trading in a stock to be halted? Typically, there are two reasons that an exchange might stop trading in a stock. The first occurs when an exchange – ...

I Stopped Playing the “Strong Black Woman”

We are paying for this myth we’ve bought into with our lives.I never saw my grandmother rest. From morning to night, she appeared to be in service: cooking and cleaning, helping and caring for others. She died of a heart attack at 69. As I reflect today on the high rates of heart disease, stress, obesity, and other physical as well as mental ailments among African American women, I wonder what would have been the impact had she said, “I ain’t cooking tonight, everybody is on their own,” or “I’m headed out for a walk,” or simply, “I’m tired, and I need to rest.” What messages might I have inferred from watching her take 15 minutes of quiet time in the morning to “get centered.” Instead, I observed what appeared to be a never-ending pace of busyness, problem-solving, and making en...