By Adyna K. Pressley    Best Women’s Empowerment Leader in the U.S. of 2025 | Featured on Oprah’s Podcast Introduction: Five Years Later, the Shecession Still Shapes Us The headlines may have moved on, but the shecession never left. It evolved. Five years after the pandemic first exposed the cracks in our economic systems, women—especially Black and Brown women—are still navigating the fallout. We’re still rebuilding careers, reimagining income, and reclaiming our time. The t