Our allies in the region oppose Iran and still don’t want a US–Iran war. They understand that the profound risks eclipse any short-term benefits. Read more from @tcambanis.bsky.social tcf.org/content/comm...

Immigrants aren't the reason you can't afford child care. It's the billionaires and corporations raiding everything that isn't nailed down and the politicians who enable them #SOTU

Americans are already seeing their prices eat into their budgets and driving them into debt just to keep the lights on #SOTU

So far, the Great Health Care Plan has included 1) kicking millions of their health insurance 2) raising costs for nearly every American and 3) threatening rural communities across the country with their local hospital closing. #SOTU

The President of the United States is bragging on television about jacking up costs by illegally putting tariffs on American consumers and business. #SOTU

Just a reminder that President Trump and Republicans in Congress actually cut Social Security benefits #SOTU

Republicans in Congress "delivered" the largest health care cut in American history and jacked up health care costs for 250 million Americans. #SOTU

Americans are tired... but we don't think they're tired of winning

The #SOTU in my house is that my community is littered with signs marking where federal troops kidnapped someone.

The President is telling Americans about his "wins" on driving down costs, but you can't tell working families to not believe their eyes and bank accounts. #SOTU

Our report with @borrowerjustice.bsky.social found that nearly 9 million student-loan borrowers — or one out of every five are in default. Read more about it over at @businessinsider.com www.businessinsider.com/student-loan...

It’s past time that we took on the fight for immigrant students head on. A crucial way we can do so is to invoke and shore up one of education’s most crucial legal protections: Plyler v. Doe. Read more from TCF's @alevazquezbaur.bsky.social ⬇️ tcf.org/content/comm...

As the president takes the mic for tonight's #SOTU address, millions are waiting to hear how he will help them afford health care. But Republicans have spent the last year jacking up costs. @chiquitabl.bsky.social writes for @contrariannews.org here: contrarian.substack.com/p/millions-o...

Attacks on immigrant students are an attack on all of our students and our schools. Students need to feel safe so they can learn and grow—they shouldn't have to worry about armed men illegally storming into their school. @alevazquezbaur.bsky.social writes for TCF 👇 tcf.org/content/comm...

The students who need the most help when it comes to affording higher education aren't getting it. In fact, in some states, a high share of state grant dollars go to students without financial need rather than to low-income students. tcf.org/content/comm...

This week, Chief of Policy Programs @angelanhanks.bsky.social participated in the @demwomencaucus.bsky.social roundtable on Republicans’ attacks on working women led by @repilhan.bsky.social and @replamonica.bsky.social. You can watch the whole discussion here house.app.box.com/s/40xofdycki...

Harming kids—wherever they or their parents were born—has become a core administration priority. www.the74million.org/article/as-i...

Millions of Americans are facing higher utility bills at a time when the affordability crisis is already pushing families to the brink. www.cbsnews.com/news/utility...

Senior fellow Kayla Patrick is out with a new piece today digging into the Trump administration's cuts to school funding and how it is hurting students, schools, and communities. tcf.org/content/comm...

WATCH 📺: TCF President @jmargetta.bsky.social will testify before the House Ed and Workforce Committee's subcommittee on higher education at 10:15am ET to talk about how to make college more affordable for working class families. Watch here: www.youtube.com/live/AqWrBfk...

As I shared with @bcrodriguez.bsky.social, “The devaluing of women’s work in care, it’s isolating ... So we can feel so separated from a greater social fabric. This is really weaving it all together in a way that I think actually is showing the power of togetherness.” 19thnews.org/2026/02/minn...

We're living in two different economies: a booming one for the very rich and an ailing one for the rest of us. @byheatherlong.bsky.social on how uncertainty from White House policy is squeezing middle and working class families. www.vox.com/the-highligh...

Trump promised that on day one, he'd lower prices and bring manufacturing back to America. One year in and prices are up—in no small part because of his tariffs—and manufacturing has lost tens of thousands of jobs.

Rightwing influencers are trying to use YouTube clips to distract people from the fact that millions of Americans across the country are calling for affordable, accessible child care. We won't let them distract us. www.latimes.com/world-nation...

More than a million fewer people have health insurance this year because Republicans in Congress chose to double or triple health care costs for working families. www.cnn.com/2026/01/28/p...

Great to be on Order From Ashes, Century International's podcast with @tcambanis.bsky.social, talking Syria's reconstruction challenges, what rebuilding could look like, and Sharaa's vision for the post-Assad era. @centuryintl.bsky.social @tcfdotorg.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/w...

The fight against hunger has never been an easy one, especially in the United States, but we've never given up on that fight—until 2025. Elizabeth Dawes and Michaela Minnis write for TCF about the devastating impact of the Trump administration's cuts: tcf.org/content/comm...

Young people are being crushed in this economy. As @cnbc.com notes, our survey found "nearly half... of adults ages 18 to 29 have delayed or skipped medical care — more than any other age group." It's time for our leaders to offer real solutions to this crisis. www.cnbc.com/2026/01/23/f...

"Ultimately, having universal childcare as the goal is something that not only serves the families directly who will benefit from it, but it really serves everyone" - @kashenj.bsky.social on the movement towards universal child care in @us.theguardian.com theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Over half the country is getting pummeled by snow and freezing temperatures this week. Families shouldn't have to foot the bill for utility companies and their shareholders while they take on debt to keep themselves safe from the storm. www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...

NEW OP-ED: In the 74 Million, @c-hinds.bsky.social and @kingsfloyd.bsky.social spell out how moving disability programs from the Department of Education to HHS would be detrimental to students and families across the country.

"If we believe in competition, we should... consider breaking up this industry to allow the kind of competition that prevents this vertical integration and abuse of power." WATCH: @ocasio-cortez.house.gov calls for adopting a new Glass–Steagall Act in health care 👇

NEW: @angelanhanks.bsky.social and @nateschenkkan.bsky.social join @centuryintl.bsky.social’s Order from Ashes podcast to discuss the U.S. Democracy Meter, our new tool for assessing the health of American democracy. 🎧 Tune in: go.tcf.org/OrderFromAshes 📚 Full report: go.tcf.org/DemocracyMeter

"Universal child care, when fully funded and well implemented, supports parents’ choices, higher family income, thriving children, greater gender equity, and economic growth. It is a win-win policy that should enjoy [cross party] support.” - @kashenj.bsky.social thedispatch.com/debates/univ...

Today, we are launching the U.S. Democracy Meter, a new tool that deploys a 100-point scale across twenty-three subquestions to evaluate the quality of American democracy: go.tcf.org/DemocracyMeter

Poll after poll shows Americans are frustrated with the economy—and increasingly blame Trump’s policies for rising costs. “The average American looks at this against a larger stack of cost-of-living increases they’re experiencing right now.” — @jmargetta.bsky.social

“Reconstruction risks ushering in a new era of clientelism and corruption in Syria.” My piece on opaque reconstruction under Sharaa, who so far has prioritized shady investment deals with foreign patrons over any plan to rebuild a country in ruins. @tcfdotorg.bsky.social tcf.org/content/comm...

Nearly 15,000 nurses are on strike in New York City, the largest nurses’ strike in NYC history. One major grievance is dangerously low staffing levels that burn out workers and compromise patient care. New York and other states can address the shortage with minimum staffing standards. Here’s how.

The Dept. of Ed just concluded negotiations that will weaken the gainful employment rule. TCF’s Carolyn Fast explains how the proposed changes leave low-income students more vulnerable to investing in programs that do not provide a return on investment.

If Trump’s child care freeze is enacted: 156,000 mothers will be pushed out of the workforce and more than half a million children will lose access to care.

Thank you for your leadership @governor.ny.gov @mayor.nyc.gov This is what families want and need! #childcareforall

This week, HHS announced it is freezing funding for child care and other family assistance programs in California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, and New York. More than 500,000 children in over 44,000 programs could be impacted, with devastating effects for the economy: go.tcf.org/ChildCareFreeze

BIG NEWS: Today, Gov. Hochul and Mayor Mamdani announced a sweeping child care plan: free child care for 2-year-olds in NYC and more affordable care for all kids under 5. 🎉

As @repstansbury.bsky.social said in today’s Oversight hearing, the admin’s attacks on child care are part of a larger effort to defund social services. These attacks make child care more expensive for families, make children less safe, and make it harder for programs to stay open #FundChildCare

This @harpers.bsky.social piece exposes how America’s investor-owned electric utilities have engineered a profitable crisis at consumers’ expense, with excess profits of $50B+. Energy and utility bills are not luxury goods. Those excess profits come directly from families who can’t afford them.

"The Trump administration is cutting off more than $10 billion in social services and child care funding meant for [California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, and New York], officials told The Post Monday." A travesty

The 20 biggest US banks made over $3 billion last year in overdraft fees.

More than 8.3 million workers got a raise this year after 19 states increased their minimum wage. But the federal minimum wage is STILL $7.25 per hour. It's mind-boggling to expect workers to pay the bills with that wage — it's unlivable in all 50 states. https://bit.ly/4jxegxO

Republicans pushed through massive higher ed changes in 2025, expanding aid to short-term programs, limiting grad loans, & taxing wealthy colleges. Now they’re targeting accreditation reform, but TCF’s Carolyn Fast warns it risks prioritizing culture wars over protecting students and federal funds.

Trump has jacked up America’s Forever War and brought it to the Western Hemisphere. The results are sure to be a disaster for both Venezuela and the United States. 1/7