Oct 6, 2022

Why women have been left behind in the job recovery

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A major obstacle women face in trying to rejoin the workforce is reliable, affordable child care. Plus, disaster SNAP, a water conservation deal and the lurker economy.

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The cost of economic lurking

by Kristin Schwab

Oct 6, 2022

As we wait for a recession to happen or inflation to come down, we're postponing big decisions. The economy feels it.

As prices fluctuate, it can be agonizing to wait and see what the economy will do next. The waiting can affect spending.

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Women's return to work a stop-and-start struggle

by Mitchell Hartman

Oct 6, 2022

The availability of affordable child care is limiting mothers' options for returning to full-time work after the pandemic.

Stable, affordable child care remains a persistent barrier to women reentering the workforce.

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How SNAP expands to help after a natural disaster

The Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or D-SNAP, helps people access food aid or replace groceries damaged by disasters like Hurricane Ian.

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Why is it so hard to negotiate a Colorado River conservation deal?

by Savannah Peters

Oct 6, 2022

It's been almost two months since the basin states blew past a federal deadline to negotiate major water conservation.

Without significant conservation, the seven basin states that depend on the Colorado River for water and hydroelectric power risk shortages.

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For a rural hospital trying to reopen, hiring is a challenge

by Blake Farmer

Oct 6, 2022

Many rural hospitals have closed during the pandemic, and their staffers found other work far away.

The Haywood County Community Hospital reopened in August after more than a year of renovations. The hospital closed in 2014.

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Iran's internet crackdown prompts frustration — and workarounds

by Lily Jamali

Oct 6, 2022

After the death of Mahsa Amini, Iran's government and citizens use increasingly sophisticated tools in their struggle over information.

Iranian demonstrators in the streets of Tehran after the death of Mahsa Amini. The government has a history of blocking digital access when protests break out.

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Music from the episode

chillin' again [bds.u]

No Room Madison McFerrin

Weird Fishes / Arpeggi Radiohead

Flutter Mocky

Real and the Ideal Shoji Meguro, Atlas V2

Back To You Selena Gomez

The team

Nancy Farghalli Executive Producer

Maria Hollenhorst Producer II

Andie Corban Producer I

Sarah Leeson Producer I

Sean McHenry Director & Associate Producer II

Richard Cunningham Associate Producer I

Dylan Miettinen Associate Digital Producer

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