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Andrea Hsu

Labor and Workplace Correspondent

Andrea Hsu is NPR's labor and workplace correspondent.

Hsu first joined NPR in 2002 and spent nearly two decades as a producer for All Things Considered. Through interviews and in-depth series, she's covered topics ranging from America's opioid epidemic to emerging research at the intersection of music and the brain. She led the award-winning NPR team that happened to be in Sichuan Province, China, when a massive earthquake struck in 2008. In the coronavirus pandemic, she reported a series of stories on the pandemic's uneven toll on women, capturing the angst that women and especially mothers were experiencing across the country, alone. Hsu came to NPR via National Geographic, the BBC, and the long-shuttered Jumping Cow Coffee House.

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Monday

Ebert Velasquez Ramos (right) works at the drive-through at a McDonald's in Morningside, Md. He doesn't have a car, so he sometimes turns to Escalate, a startup that provides Uber vouchers for workers who need last-minute rides among other support. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption

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Missed shifts were costly to this McDonald’s. An app has fixed the problem

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Monday

Noella Sudbury is the founder of Rasa Legal, a startup that is using artificial intelligence to help tens of thousands of people seal or expunge their criminal records. Meredith Rizzo for NPR hide caption

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For those with criminal records, AI is breaking down barriers to employment

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Tuesday

Nursing student Amiri Saadiq (left) talks with classmate Ethan Stinson in the simulation suite at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing. Through clinical rotations, Saadiq has found that the work suits his disposition. "I think I'm pretty personable for the most part," he says. Andi Rice for NPR hide caption

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Amid nurse shortage, a university rolls out the welcome mat for men

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Monday

With nursing in high demand, more men look to the field as a stable career option

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Wednesday

Kwame Crockett started working at the plant a few days a week but now he works full-time hours. Julie Holder for NPR hide caption

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This factory was severely short on workers. Then it offered flexible work

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Sunday

Delivering packages through dangerous heat

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Monday

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Supreme Court Humphrey's Executor and Cook decisions

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Tuesday

Amber Petersen sits in the backyard of her parents' home in Iowa City, Iowa on Sunday, June 14, 2026. Petersen lives in Mason City, Iowa with her husband and three children. (Cliff Jette for NPR) Cliff Jette for NPR hide caption

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Survey confirms the struggle of working parents: 'No way to be two things at once'

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Tuesday

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House approves labor-friendly bill with support from 20 Republicans

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Thursday

Trump signs executive order that makes it easier to fire federal employees

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Wednesday

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Trump strips job protections from 8,000 federal workers

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Monday

New research finds remote work has sidelined younger college graduates since the pandemic. Maksym Belchenko/iStock / Getty Images Plus hide caption

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Remote work has sidelined younger college grads, research finds

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One by one, U.S. civil rights agency dismantles tools to fight discrimination

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Tuesday

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To stop leaks, the Trump administration wants federal workers to sign NDAs

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Wednesday

EEOC wants to stop collecting data used to fight discrimination

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Friday

The NFL logo adorns the uniform of a referee prior to the start of Super Bowl LX between the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots on February 8, 2026 in Santa Clara, Calif. Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images North America hide caption

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Trump's DEI blitz raises questions: Could the NFL's Rooney Rule be flagged next?

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Thursday

How AI is speeding new business creation, especially among Gen Z entrepreneurs

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Trump's DEI blitz raises questions: Could the NFL's Rooney Rule be flagged next?

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Thursday

Service to America honorees

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Wednesday

At 82, Rita Seibenaler, center, has been speaking out about the need for immigrant workers, including caregivers with Temporary Protected Status. Andrea Hsu/NPR hide caption

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On eve of Supreme Court arguments, seniors advocate for their immigrant caregivers

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Tuesday

On eve of Supreme Court arguments, seniors advocate for their immigrant caregivers

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Monday

Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer looks on during a Congressional hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on May 22, 2025. Drew Angerer/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Trump’s labor secretary resigns amid investigation into misconduct

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Friday

The Labor Department says the vast majority of new jobs created over the last year went to women, most of them in health care. melitas/Getty Images hide caption

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Women are getting most of the new jobs. What's going on with men?

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Tuesday

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Chair Andrea Lucas is changing the priorities of an agency that had long focused its efforts on protecting vulnerable and underserved workers. Elizabeth Gillis/NPR hide caption

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How Trump’s EEOC is attacking DEI and emphasizing white people

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