“When this administration and Elon Musk talk about ‘efficiency,’ we should remember: workers die in the name of efficiency.” –Former Acting Secretary of Labor @juliesulabor.bsky.social on DOGE’s devastating effects on the federal workforce and American workers

A vibrant vision for America’s economy must put public investments for care at the center. Read @tcfdotorg.bsky.social and @caringacross.org’s new report to learn more about how investing in care can secure a brighter future for families everywhere go.tcf.org/TheCareImperative

Florida’s largest power company is set to hike prices on over 12 million consumers, one of the largest increases in the state’s history. “A new analysis by The Century Foundation finds that 14M Americans have severe utility debt…and energy costs have risen 35% since 2022.”

Walmart said their “cheaper” Thanksgiving basket proves prices are down. What they didn’t say is that it has fewer items & cheaper substitutes. Thanksgiving dinner is up 10% this year and some staples are up nearly 60%! New report from @groundwork.bsky.social, @tcfdotorg.bsky.social, & @aft.org.

🦃 NEW: Thanksgiving dinner is up 10% this year — more than 3x overall inflation. Families are cutting back or skipping the holiday entirely. The reason? Economic policies are driving prices up for the whole meal. Full analysis from @groundwork.bsky.social, @tcfdotorg.bsky.social, & @aft.org.

ICYMI: My colleagues have run the numbers on rising heat and electric costs going into this winter, and it's not pretty. What's especially troubling is that many households are borrowing money to pay their utility bill, and many more have those debts in collection. tcf.org/content/comm...

Walmart said their “cheaper” Thanksgiving basket proves prices are down. What they didn’t say is that it has fewer items & cheaper substitutes. Thanksgiving dinner is up 10% this year & some staples are up nearly 60%! Our new report with @tcfdotorg.bsky.social & @aft.org digs into who's to blame.

Americans spent more this year on Halloween - & Trump’s tariffs are hitting Thanksgiving too. Expect to spend 10% more thanks to economic chaos. That’s 3x the rate of overall inflation! Our new analysis w/ @tcfdotorg.bsky.social & @aft.org shows how Trump's policies are ruining Thanksgiving.

🦃 NEW: Thanksgiving dinner is up 10% this year — more than 3x overall inflation. Families are cutting back or skipping the holiday entirely. Why? Trump’s policies keep driving prices up. Read my latest with @groundwork.bsky.social, @tcfdotorg.bsky.social & @aft.org tcf.org/content/comm...

🦃 NEW: Thanksgiving dinner is up 10% this year—more than 3x overall inflation. Families are cutting back or skipping the holiday entirely. The reason? Trump’s policies are driving prices up for the whole meal. Full analysis from Groundwork, TCF, & AFT: go.tcf.org/TurkeyDay

As energy bills soar, past due balances to utility companies jumped nearly 10% from last year. Instead of working to bring down prices like he promised, Trump is instead boosting power-hungry AI data centers that enrich his Big Tech billionaire allies.

What if everything weren’t so hard? What if we built a better, more affordable world for us all? A new video from @tcfdotorg.bsky.social imagines what life could be like if we invested in a care economy that supported our families and communities. #CareCantWait www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sdK...

We finally got jobs data from September, and there are some warning signs for the women in the economy. Black women’s unemployment has reached 7.5 percent. Black women’s unemployment is the canary in the coal mine, currently sitting 4 percentage points higher than white men’s unemployment. 1/

NEW: Sen. Bill Cassidy calls his latest labor proposals “pro-worker,” but the legislation would impose $5,000 fines for filing workplace complaints deemed “frivolous” and require impossible participation thresholds for union elections.

Since 2020, utility costs have increased by 35%. As a result, today 14 MILLION Americans are drowning in severe utility debt. This is not a market failure. This is a government failure.

NEW: TCF analysis shows the Trump administration is already cutting Social Security for over 64 million Medicare recipients. Next year, premium increases will be at least 3X higher than growth in prices, income, and SSI benefits. 🔗 go.tcf.org/coverage

The Trump administration’s attempt to transfer core functions of the Department of Education to other agencies is an illegal bypass of Congress to achieve through fiat what they cannot win legislatively. Millions of students and families would be harmed in the process:

1 in 20 households are facing severely delinquent utility bills. New @tcfdotorg.bsky.social & @borrowerjustice.bsky.social study breaks down how rising utility costs are driving families into debt. Monthly energy bills have soared 35% since 2022—nearly 3x overall inflation. tcf.org/content/comm...

The cost of unpaid caregiving in the United States is estimated to be over $1 trillion, yet only 11 percent of the 11.5 million eligible children are actually served by the Child Care and Development Block Grant—the primary source of federal funding for child care. Our vision for a better world:

Investments in care policies, including those that support child care, paid leave, aging and disability care, and good jobs for care workers ensure that the government is responsive to people’s basic needs. New from TCF and @caringacross.org: go.tcf.org/TheCareImperative

Yes, and! There are simple steps policymakers can take to lower utility bills: 💡 Freeze electricity rates temporarily ⚖️ Regulate utility pricing practices 🏛️ Hold monopolies accountable 🌱 Invest in clean energy Full report: go.tcf.org/utilities

Our report with @borrowerjustice.bsky.social is driving national coverage of the utility debt crisis. “Another sign of economic struggles: about 6 million households are so far behind that it will soon be reported to collection agencies,” via Good Day LA. Learn more ➡️ go.tcf.org/utilities

Nearly 6 million US households have utility debt “so severe” that it will soon be reported to collection agencies. apnews.com/article/trum...

NEW: Nearly 6 million U.S. households now have utility debt so severe, it’s heading to collections. Our analysis with @borrowerjustice.bsky.social finds that average past-due utility balances jumped 9.7% while monthly energy bills rose 12% in just one year.

TCF senior fellow @kashenj.bsky.social weighs in on @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social’s vision for child care in New York City.

The Trump admin is signaling they will force all SNAP recipients to reapply to continue receiving benefits. This deflection is a gross assault on millions, and another callous attempt to gut America’s safety net.

New analysis from Lending Tree finds over 70% of Trump’s tariff costs get passed directly to consumers, adding an estimated $132 to every American’s shopping bill this holiday season. That’s an added $29 billion in extra costs hitting working families this year.

TCF’s work on ACA tax credits featured on Fox San Antonio:  “In Texas, nearly 4 million people enrolled in the ACA in 2025. If Republicans do not agree on an alternative solution, they’ll have to decide whether to join Democrats in extending the ACA tax credits in January.”

Federal and state governments pour billions of dollars into support for higher education to promote access to college for all. In reality, financial aid is helping the rich get richer and making college less accessible for lower-income families.

“There’s something fundamentally broken about our economy when there are people who can’t afford the basics of their lives without taking on debt.” ICYMI: TCF president @jmargetta.bsky.social joined @adamconover.net to talk consumer safety and curbing corporate power.

As Acting Sec. of Labor, @juliesulabor.bsky.social worked with local labor and community leaders to help build the Atlanta Good Jobs Alliance. She recently returned to Atlanta for a listening session with @staceyabrams.com and the coalition to strategize for the road ahead. Here’s what we learned.

Just published this new report at @tcfdotorg.bsky.social. Quick thread explaining what we found. tcf.org/content/repo...

“When there’s more workers available, companies are going to feel less pressure to increase wages, and that’s the moment we’re in now.” TCF’s @aimstettner.bsky.social discusses the current state of the labor market with @marketplace.org.

As worker protections erode at the federal level, here’s how state leaders can fill the gap. Our new report offers concrete solutions—including wage boards, “just cause” protections, and other innovative policies—that states can adopt now to rebuild a just economy. Learn more: go.tcf.org/playbook

New report: Students from wealthy families are 280x more likely to receive grants BEYOND their financial need than low-income students. 56% of top-income students get aid in excess of need. Just 0.2% of bottom-income students do. Full report: go.tcf.org/finaid

WATCH: If you're on Medicaid, or taking care of someone who is, H.R. 1 is putting your benefits in danger. @chiquitabl.bsky.social: shop around, get Part D coverage, research caregiver support—but don't forget to make yourself heard.

LISTEN: TCF's @chiquitabl.bsky.social and Princeton's @heatherhhoward.bsky.social forecast the future of Medicare and Medicaid, as well as pathways to a stronger system, in a special episode of the Princeton Pulse podcast. chw.princeton.edu/news/podcast...

Sure, sometimes we choose our wallets over the sweet treat or one more coffee. Today, some Americans must choose between their wallets and their health. Former CMS chief @chiquitabl.bsky.social thinks that maybe, just maybe, we should be able to have both. READ: www.newsweek.com/former-cms-a...

NEW: Donald Trump just dropped massive healthcare hikes onto Americans. Now, he wants to make sure they crush your credit. Read more in @nytimes.com on Trump's effort to push medical debt into credit scores, with @jmargetta.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/y...

WATCH: "The double whammy of SNAP and healthcare coverage is really devastating to so many working families in this country." -- TCF Senior Fellow + fmr. CMS chief @chiquitabl.bsky.social on the Joy Reid Show @joy.msnbc.com

Bottom line: They are deliberately taking food from children and struggling families, knowing it will increase hunger, damage children’s futures, devastate rural communities, hurt farmers, kill jobs, and weaken the entire economy.

The only thing scarier than Halloween costumes? The rising price of candy from Trump's tariffs. 🍬👻 @tcfdotorg.bsky.social

“I think people of all political stripes have experienced financial hardship at some point in their life... we want to make sure that people who need access to these critical programs are able to get it.” -- TCF's Carole Johnson in @politico.com

Gifted and talented programs can be a springboard to success--for some. TCF's Halley Potter shared her thoughts on the equity challenges of G&T programs with @nytimes.com.

SNAP benefits will start to run out on November 1—a food aid cliff that will have devastating impacts for Black and low-income households.

The shutdown has only been 3 weeks, but more federal workers have filed for unemployment than at any point since 2019—and they’re struggling to get help. @tcfdotorg.bsky.social's new analysis in a must-read from CNN 👇

“For decades, these agencies have been uniquely capable of holding corporations and other powerful actors accountable regardless of their political connections, but that independence is disappearing before our eyes.” -- Lauren McFerran, TCF Senior Fellow

TCF's Jeanne Lambrew will testify in front of the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging today at 3:30pm on behalf of millions of American seniors who rely on the ACA's premium tax credits to access quality care at a fair price.

Making AI slop videos and making "your mom" jokes isn't going to lower the cost of child care for millions of parents trying to make ends meet. But free child care would—read more about it from TCF's @kashenj.bsky.social here: tcf.org/content/comm...

When we think about online programs, we think about accessibility: ‘I don’t have the kind of schedule that’ll allow me to go to school in person, but there’s this great option for me to learn online.’ But inclusion at what cost, asks TCF's Amber Villalobos 👇 www.nprillinois.org/education-de...