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The childcare industry could be key to the country's economic recovery — if it had enough workers to staff it.

Part of easing the labor shortage is having affordable homes and jobs in the same location. The economic recovery is a chance to fight both problems.

Colleges, like others, are in need of more workers. Michigan State University is asking faculty and staff to come help out at the dining halls.

October 21 is Latina Equal Pay Day. Latina workers make 57 cents for every dollar non-Hispanic white men make.

The childcare industry lost 100,000 workers since the pandemic began, and it's losing more because it can't raise pay fast enough.

Gina Raimondo told Insider that childcare workers "are, in a very real way, the backbone of our economy" and it's time to treat them like it.

In the race to return to normal, many parents — especially mothers — are feeling pushed out of their jobs, or unable to return to work.

BestColleges used different metrics, such as state unemployment rates, to see what are the best states for people considering a career change.

In August, 3% of the workforce said, "I quit." It's a trend that shows no sign of slowing as workers flex their power and leave behind jobs.

A record 892,000 accommodation and food-services employees quit their jobs in August, leading to the highest quit rate of any sector in the economy.