{"id":92062,"date":"2020-10-07T11:56:21","date_gmt":"2020-10-07T16:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=92062"},"modified":"2020-10-20T16:42:51","modified_gmt":"2020-10-20T21:42:51","slug":"wisconsin-families-forced-to-choose-between-work-and-family-during-the-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wisconsin-families-forced-to-choose-between-work-and-family-during-the-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Wisconsin families forced to choose between work and family during the pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Natalie Eilbert<\/strong>
\nMedill Reports<\/em><\/p>\n

The first sign of trouble for Blanca Animas was her daughter\u2019s post-surgery infection that kept her hospitalized for 11 days. Then it was being furloughed without pay until she found someone else to care for her severely disabled daughter, Anna. By the time Anna left the hospital, Animas understood she would be her sole caretaker, and it was an unpaid 24\/7 gig.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a nightmare,\u201d Animas said.<\/p>\n

Six months into the pandemic, workers like Animas are encountering increasing barriers to staying in the workforce, as child care options dwindle and assistance programs dry up. As of Sep.14 in Wisconsin, 734,709 family households with children under 18 have reported job losses since March 13, according to a U.S. Census Bureau survey. And mothers are three times likelier to not be working as a result of child care demands.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Truth Freemyn, who works at 9to5 Wisconsin, a national membership organization for working women, was already concerned about overworked mothers pre-pandemic. Between soaring unemployment rates and the COVID-19 recession, Freemyn said it\u2019s even worse now.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot going to work isn\u2019t an option for so many mothers,\u201d Freemyn said. \u201cThey\u2019re employees that don\u2019t have any sick days or FMLA [Family and Medical Leave Act]. There\u2019s no sick leave; there\u2019s no time off.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Census
Data taken from the US Census Bureau Household Pulse Survey, Week 14: Sept. 2 to 14, from \u201cEmployment Table 1: Experienced and Expected Loss of Employment Income, by Select Characteristics: Wisconsin\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

While millions of American families have enjoyed certain protections under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, many healthcare providers in the country are exempt from paid sick leave and expanded family and medical leave, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. \u2028Healthcare workers are trained to maintain meticulous sanitation measures before and after their shifts. But the risk is too high now for even an inch of forgetfulness.<\/p>\n

After her nursing shift at a hospital in Appleton, Wisconsin, Chris Propson, 35, undresses in her garage before heading straight to the shower. She washes her clothing separately from her 5-year-old daughter\u2019s garments.<\/p>\n

She hopes she is being careful enough, but she works in the COVID-19 unit every shift. And because there\u2019s a shortage of masks and other personal protective gear, she and her colleagues also must worry about overusing supplies.
\nPropson worries about the future of PPE access. \u201cIf we have a much larger surge during flu season, I don\u2019t know if those things are going to be easily available to us,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Sara Forss, a massage therapist and mother in Madison, wrote in a Nextdoor private message that her former employer pressured her to take on more clients following the quarantine lift in Wisconsin after Memorial Day weekend. Her 65-year-old mother took care of her child three times a week so she could work with clients. Unnerved about exposing her mother and child to the virus, she left her job only a few weeks after her business opened back up.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis virus shows how broken our system is,\u201d Forss said. \u201cWe rely on moms, especially, to take over the house and sacrifice their growth for their child\u2019s growth.\u201d<\/p>\n

Parents are largely on their own when companies demand they work on-site, as the medical software company Epic Systems did in an email this summer. While they have since reversed course after massive pushback from concerned employees and Public Health Madison & Dane County, the stress and uncertainty continues for workers of one of Wisconsin\u2019s largest private employers.<\/p>\n

“While our intention is to return staff to campus, we are adjusting the timeframe as we work with public health officials to gain their agreement on our plan,\u201d wrote chief administrator officer Sverre Roang in a statement to workers in August.<\/p>\n

But the company\u2019s back and forth plans do little to quell the anguish felt by parents laboring over child care during the pandemic. Over email, an Epic Systems spokeswoman confirmed that around 3,300, or 33%, of the staff now commutes to the Verona office for work.<\/p>\n

When asked about their health and safety measures for working parents, the Epic Systems spokeswoman said the company would not comment at this time.<\/p>\n

\"Animas
The Animas family poses for a picture on New Year\u2019s Eve 2019. Blanca Animus, second from top right, worked for a gardening and landscaping company before the pandemic, but now cares full-time for her disabled daughter, Anna, bottom right. Photo courtesy of Blanca Hernandez, the Animas\u2019s eldest daughter (top right).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Meanwhile, Animas is still no closer to a solution for her disabled daughter. She has not found an affordable child care provider to help with Anna\u2019s special needs, which include expertise to handle the 12-year-old\u2019s feeding tube.<\/p>\n

Her husband, the household\u2019s breadwinner, cannot sustain their seven-member family on his salary as a truck loader. But in their new roles, Animas\u2019s husband takes all the overtime he can get while Animas monitors family members entering the home. The regimen mirrors Propson\u2019s stringent cleaning routine.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel so sorry because I know they come home tired,\u201d Animas said. \u201cSometimes after a long day, my husband wants to relax on the couch when he gets home. And I don\u2019t let him. I just can\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n

Natalie Eilbert is a health, science and environmental reporter at Medill. You can follow her on Twitter at <\/i>@natalie_eilbert.<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

Correction: An earlier version of this story stated 43,000, or 45%, of Epic’s staff now commutes to the Verona office for work. The correct number of employees is 4,300, or 33%.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Natalie Eilbert Medill Reports The first sign of trouble for Blanca Animas was her daughter\u2019s post-surgery infection that kept her hospitalized for 11 days. Then it was being furloughed without pay until she found someone else to care for her severely disabled daughter, Anna. By the time Anna left the hospital, Animas understood she […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":707,"featured_media":92082,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5029,5045,5061],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-covid-19","category-fall-2020","category-featured","post_format-post-format-image"],"yoast_head":"\nWisconsin families forced to choose between work and family during the pandemic - Medill Reports Chicago<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wisconsin-families-forced-to-choose-between-work-and-family-during-the-pandemic\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wisconsin families forced to choose between work and family during the pandemic - Medill Reports Chicago\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Natalie Eilbert Medill Reports The first sign of trouble for Blanca Animas was her daughter\u2019s post-surgery infection that kept her hospitalized for 11 days. Then it was being furloughed without pay until she found someone else to care for her severely disabled daughter, Anna. By the time Anna left the hospital, Animas understood she […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wisconsin-families-forced-to-choose-between-work-and-family-during-the-pandemic\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Medill Reports Chicago\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-10-07T16:56:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-10-20T21:42:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/charles-deluvio-wt3iFNxMSE0-unsplash.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1707\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"natalieeilbert2021\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"natalieeilbert2021\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\\\/chicago\\\/wisconsin-families-forced-to-choose-between-work-and-family-during-the-pandemic\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\\\/chicago\\\/wisconsin-families-forced-to-choose-between-work-and-family-during-the-pandemic\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"natalieeilbert2021\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\\\/chicago\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c59c7f5fff655fb6655c85ca446fcc92\"},\"headline\":\"Wisconsin families forced to choose between work and family during the pandemic\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-10-07T16:56:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-10-20T21:42:51+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\\\/chicago\\\/wisconsin-families-forced-to-choose-between-work-and-family-during-the-pandemic\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":949,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\\\/chicago\\\/wisconsin-families-forced-to-choose-between-work-and-family-during-the-pandemic\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/s3.amazonaws.com\\\/medill.wordpress.offload\\\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2020\\\/10\\\/charles-deluvio-wt3iFNxMSE0-unsplash.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"COVID-19\",\"Fall 2020\",\"Featured\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\\\/chicago\\\/wisconsin-families-forced-to-choose-between-work-and-family-during-the-pandemic\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\\\/chicago\\\/wisconsin-families-forced-to-choose-between-work-and-family-during-the-pandemic\\\/\",\"name\":\"Wisconsin families forced to choose between work and family during the pandemic - Medill Reports Chicago\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\\\/chicago\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\\\/chicago\\\/wisconsin-families-forced-to-choose-between-work-and-family-during-the-pandemic\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\\\/chicago\\\/wisconsin-families-forced-to-choose-between-work-and-family-during-the-pandemic\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/s3.amazonaws.com\\\/medill.wordpress.offload\\\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2020\\\/10\\\/charles-deluvio-wt3iFNxMSE0-unsplash.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-10-07T16:56:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-10-20T21:42:51+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\\\/chicago\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c59c7f5fff655fb6655c85ca446fcc92\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\\\/chicago\\\/wisconsin-families-forced-to-choose-between-work-and-family-during-the-pandemic\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\\\/chicago\\\/wisconsin-families-forced-to-choose-between-work-and-family-during-the-pandemic\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\\\/chicago\\\/wisconsin-families-forced-to-choose-between-work-and-family-during-the-pandemic\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/s3.amazonaws.com\\\/medill.wordpress.offload\\\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2020\\\/10\\\/charles-deluvio-wt3iFNxMSE0-unsplash.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/s3.amazonaws.com\\\/medill.wordpress.offload\\\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2020\\\/10\\\/charles-deluvio-wt3iFNxMSE0-unsplash.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1707,\"caption\":\"Photo by Charles Deluvio on Unsplash\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\\\/chicago\\\/wisconsin-families-forced-to-choose-between-work-and-family-during-the-pandemic\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\\\/chicago\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Wisconsin families forced to choose between work and family during the pandemic\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\\\/chicago\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\\\/chicago\\\/\",\"name\":\"Medill Reports Chicago\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\\\/chicago\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\\\/chicago\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c59c7f5fff655fb6655c85ca446fcc92\",\"name\":\"natalieeilbert2021\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/cb4d5758423e3d34d3fc49e8a585eac37153cad83c5cf66c0e1ea89c871c6dac?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/cb4d5758423e3d34d3fc49e8a585eac37153cad83c5cf66c0e1ea89c871c6dac?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/cb4d5758423e3d34d3fc49e8a585eac37153cad83c5cf66c0e1ea89c871c6dac?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"natalieeilbert2021\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\\\/chicago\\\/author\\\/natalieeilbert2021\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Wisconsin families forced to choose between work and family during the pandemic - Medill Reports Chicago","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wisconsin-families-forced-to-choose-between-work-and-family-during-the-pandemic\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Wisconsin families forced to choose between work and family during the pandemic - Medill Reports Chicago","og_description":"By Natalie Eilbert Medill Reports The first sign of trouble for Blanca Animas was her daughter\u2019s post-surgery infection that kept her hospitalized for 11 days. Then it was being furloughed without pay until she found someone else to care for her severely disabled daughter, Anna. By the time Anna left the hospital, Animas understood she […]","og_url":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wisconsin-families-forced-to-choose-between-work-and-family-during-the-pandemic\/","og_site_name":"Medill Reports Chicago","article_published_time":"2020-10-07T16:56:21+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-10-20T21:42:51+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1707,"url":"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/charles-deluvio-wt3iFNxMSE0-unsplash.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"natalieeilbert2021","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"natalieeilbert2021","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wisconsin-families-forced-to-choose-between-work-and-family-during-the-pandemic\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wisconsin-families-forced-to-choose-between-work-and-family-during-the-pandemic\/"},"author":{"name":"natalieeilbert2021","@id":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/#\/schema\/person\/c59c7f5fff655fb6655c85ca446fcc92"},"headline":"Wisconsin families forced to choose between work and family during the pandemic","datePublished":"2020-10-07T16:56:21+00:00","dateModified":"2020-10-20T21:42:51+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wisconsin-families-forced-to-choose-between-work-and-family-during-the-pandemic\/"},"wordCount":949,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wisconsin-families-forced-to-choose-between-work-and-family-during-the-pandemic\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/charles-deluvio-wt3iFNxMSE0-unsplash.jpg","articleSection":["COVID-19","Fall 2020","Featured"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wisconsin-families-forced-to-choose-between-work-and-family-during-the-pandemic\/","url":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wisconsin-families-forced-to-choose-between-work-and-family-during-the-pandemic\/","name":"Wisconsin families forced to choose between work and family during the pandemic - Medill Reports Chicago","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wisconsin-families-forced-to-choose-between-work-and-family-during-the-pandemic\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wisconsin-families-forced-to-choose-between-work-and-family-during-the-pandemic\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/charles-deluvio-wt3iFNxMSE0-unsplash.jpg","datePublished":"2020-10-07T16:56:21+00:00","dateModified":"2020-10-20T21:42:51+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/#\/schema\/person\/c59c7f5fff655fb6655c85ca446fcc92"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wisconsin-families-forced-to-choose-between-work-and-family-during-the-pandemic\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wisconsin-families-forced-to-choose-between-work-and-family-during-the-pandemic\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wisconsin-families-forced-to-choose-between-work-and-family-during-the-pandemic\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/charles-deluvio-wt3iFNxMSE0-unsplash.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/charles-deluvio-wt3iFNxMSE0-unsplash.jpg","width":2560,"height":1707,"caption":"Photo by Charles Deluvio on Unsplash"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wisconsin-families-forced-to-choose-between-work-and-family-during-the-pandemic\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Wisconsin families forced to choose between work and family during the pandemic"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/#website","url":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/","name":"Medill Reports Chicago","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/#\/schema\/person\/c59c7f5fff655fb6655c85ca446fcc92","name":"natalieeilbert2021","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cb4d5758423e3d34d3fc49e8a585eac37153cad83c5cf66c0e1ea89c871c6dac?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cb4d5758423e3d34d3fc49e8a585eac37153cad83c5cf66c0e1ea89c871c6dac?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cb4d5758423e3d34d3fc49e8a585eac37153cad83c5cf66c0e1ea89c871c6dac?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"natalieeilbert2021"},"url":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/author\/natalieeilbert2021\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/707"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92062"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92062\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92269,"href":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92062\/revisions\/92269"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}