“The government is shutting down HUD systemically,” a housing lawyer told me. “It rolls back the clock to the pre-Civil Rights age.” www.thenation.com/article/poli...

Introducing Maven Musings! Get yourself some joy today. www.instagram.com/reel/DSDd-WR...

The current President is fighting to starve American families is the only talking point.

The economy is not doing well if there are unhoused people on the streets, childcare is aggressively unaffordable and the unemployment rate for Black people is at 7%.

“Too often overlooked, Black women’s positioning in the labor market is a critical early warning for the health and equity of our broader economy.” My latest for @npquarterly.bsky.social nonprofitquarterly.org/black-womens...

The NYC penthouse crowd is squawking: “If you raise our taxes, we’ll leave!” 🐦 Spoiler: they won’t. The City’s millionaires + billionaires may never ride a free city bus, but they can’t ignore the fact that the everyday people who do are the ones who keep NYC thriving as the capital of the world.

The caucasity of it all. I’m so tired.

Black and brown voters seriously asking Dems “what have you done for me lately” and their response is “but white working class voters….”

Hats off to New Yorkers tonight for getting this very, very right.

If you don't see the connection between what is happening to Black women in the labor market and the crusade against keeping America diverse and equitable, you are doing it all wrong. www.washingtoninformer.com/black-women-...

Feeling like you need a little hope and inspiration this wretched tax day? Check out my new piece with @npquarterly.bsky.social advocating for us to dream big and create a new tax system that centralizes communal care - a lesson from Black women. nonprofitquarterly.org/putting-an-e...

Maven Collaborative has entered the tax chat! Check out our new report and 3-part series with @npquarterly.bsky.social highlighting the toll non-federal taxes take on Black people as well as solutions for a better system for us all. nonprofitquarterly.org/series/how-t...

Putting an End to Quiet Violence: What Tax Justice Looks Like - nonprofitquarterly.org/putting-an-e...

Thanks @bunkhistory.bsky.social for featuring The Plunder of Black America: How the Racial Wealth Gap Was Made now available @yalepress.bsky.social www.bunkhistory.org/works/the-pl...

If you're sinking in defeatism and wondering if there’s any point in protesting, here’s a detailed look at the astonishing amount of resistance happening — and how it's making a difference.

Sometimes forcing them to do nothing (shutdown) is better than letting them do whatever they want.

The current administration is preparing to sign an order to dismantle the dep of edu and Dems are busy censoring a Black elder who was showing righteous anger. 🤦🏾‍♀️

Racist lies about a coordinated "mass rape" campaign on 10/7 are used to justify the genocide—and have fueled increased sexual violence against Palestinians. Victims aren't seeing their stories told anywhere, discouraging them from coming fwd. I talked to Palestinian legal advocates+activists:

DON’T WATCH. Read about it later to stay informed but don’t give him the ratings, something he cares about.

Just reminder that work requirements are indeed TRASH. nonprofitquarterly.org/series/endin...

Many Black & brown immigrants who worked as house cleaners, caregivers, & gardeners in Los Angeles County lost work after the Eaton & Palisades fires destroyed thousands of homes. Immigrants recovering from fires turn to local support organizations, @andreagtrrz.bsky.social reports.

If you are still posting on X, YOU ARE DOING IT WRONG. Make it irrelevant by not using it!

NEW POLLING 🚨: Voters across party lines oppose the latest GOP plan to gut vital programs and shower billionaires with more tax breaks. Americans don't want lawmakers messing with their Social Security and Medicare. Our latest with @thesbpc.bsky.social and @dataforprogress.org in @politico.com ⬇️

NEW with @groundwork.bsky.social work and @thesbpc.bsky.social: Rather than give tax breaks to corporations and wealthy households, voters want programs like Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and SNAP to be protected or expanded. www.dataforprogress.org/blog/2025/2/...

NEW POLL from @dataforprogress.org / @thesbpc.bsky.social / @groundwork.bsky.social shows voters across party lines and demographics REJECT attacks on borrowers & the student loan safety net to pay for tax cuts for the ultra wealthy. Poll: protectborrowers.org/new-poll-ove... Highlights below 🧵

Also, for what it’s worth, I thought that was a pretty clearly political performance, and I also think if we’re relying on the superbowl halftime show to have a significant impact on the political moment we are once again completely misreading the room!

"funders must serve as a foil and address the urgent need to invest in efforts to uplift and understand Black and other invisibilized and forgotten communities’ experiences in order to create a thriving, multiracial society." cep.org/blog/l-a-wil...

If we all stopped flying as much as possible out of fear of safety since they are cutting air traffic controllers, maybe that would get the attention of the powers that be. Just saying we aren’t powerless here…

How are we really still working away as if it’s business as usual? It is not. Stop acting like it is.

Last week felt like a whole month and we ended up entering a Time Machine where civil rights don’t matter anymore.

Fire devastation brings multifaceted loss to a community. In addition to homes, businesses, legacies and memories being destroyed in the LA fires, I also keep thinking about the jobs that are gone for now.

I grew up with a space race between countries which I always thought was kinda strange. Why wouldn’t humans all work together to explore space? I thought it was patriarchy at its worst. But my kid is growing up with a space race between billionaires and that’s definitely a new low.

Important narrative shift and racial context on the LA fires dont believe that this a rich people problem www.bet.com/article/7a2t...

Many funders ramped up funding during COVID b/c they recognized we were in a crises. We were told they will cut back again in 2025. I'm here to tell you WE ARE STILL IN CRISES, particularly on racial & gender justice work. Reach back into those hefty endowments & give more. You know you can.

Pretty sure working class Black women care about high prices and yet they still didn’t vote for that dude. Can we please focus on why that was as a part of our postmortem discussions?

It’s only “identity politics” when Black and brown people are being discussed but never when white folks are voting for a white racist egomaniac to uphold the values of white supremacy.

I said what I said and it’s still true.

Psst. If people weren’t drowning in student debt and paying sky rocket housing and child care costs, maybe they would feel better about the economy.

Got to talk about debt cancellation and whose moral hazard we should be worried about, with the great Maurice BP Weeks on the season finale of his new podcast Indebted! Also featuring @astra.bsky.social, @jhumpa.bsky.social, and @elizabethwarren.bsky.social!! convergencemag.com/podcast/hope...

Clearing unhoused people’s encampments doesn’t actually solve any housing problems or get folks the help they deserve. It just makes certain people feel better that they don’t have to look at a problem they are contributing to.

Slavery benefitted white people and caused harm to Black people. I cannot believe this is in question.

“Black women have been the backbone of our health system since the earliest days. This bill represents one step in a long journey to pay Black women — and, by extension, all workers in this sector — their worth.” ⁦ https://www.statnews.com/2023/07/07/health-care-minimum-wage-california/

The transition back from being out a week is ROUGH. I should have made today a half-day.