“I wish Congressman Kean healing and a full recovery. But a four-month leave with fully paid salary is something few Americans have access to — he’s enjoyed rights that he directly voted against for his own constituents,” Dawn Huckelbridge, director of @paidleaveforall.bsky.social

“What would you need to be satisfied with your life? Our research reveals that the answer to that question is not simply about money but money as one of a handful of enablers to time—or put differently, to a life with enough room for the things that matter most.” democracyjournal.org/magazine/81/...

“The affordability crisis is the lack of care infrastructure by another name” @symonedsanders.bsky.social at the @paidleaveforall.bsky.social Lifelines screening

You know who has put paid leave for all on their platform? The mom and health care leader running for his seat. @rebeccabennettforcongress.com

I wish Rep. Kean health and healing. But he also voted against paid leave in NJ and I hope all elected leaders reckon with that. Everyone deserves the dignity to care and recover. That shouldn’t be a luxury for a privileged few—nor a right an elected enjoys but votes against for their constituents.

NEW from @newamerica.org: Most Americans underestimate the cost of care, overestimate public investment, and don’t know how families find, manage, or pay for care across the lifespan (neither do we!)—and say government should play a role in helping us afford care. www.newamerica.org/insights/the...

This was powerful. The understanding that caregiving issues—paid leave, child care, aging and disability care—are at the heart of an economic and political agenda, but also that a broader agenda encapsulates care, whether health or housing or financial security. We should all stand for care.

Thanks to @mollyww.bsky.social for giving us some positive news. Turns out dads want, and are using, paid leave for their children — as much as moms. #PaidLeaveForAll

Man, that Obama grand opening lineup as the real 250th.

I’d like to elect the people that give us a majority to take children and human beings out of concentration camps. You?

These things are not pipe dreams. They’re not radical. They’re not even hard to do. Nearly every country in the world does. We’re simply being swindled in this country, including out of the things working families pay into and billionaires and corporations—beneficiaries of welfare—do not.

What if—bear with me, it sounds shocking but it’s commonplace in much of the world—people had paid leave when they got sick or gave birth or needed to care for a parent. What if child care and pre-k and care for your family was easy to come by. What if health care and education was simply a given.

What if, instead of the donor advised funds and breadth of philanthropy that isolates mass resources for generations or picks pet projects, the wealthiest and biggest corporations simply paid their fair shares of taxes — to the country and communities that enabled their wealth.

Even as her daughter was fighting for her life in the NICU, Olympian Allyson Felix wasn’t thinking only of her—she also had to worry about her income. That’s why she’s become a prominent advocate for paid family leave: https://bit.ly/43jAXy3

Recent polls show that 91 percent of voters support a national paid family and medical leave policy. But just 13 states and D.C. have paid family and medical leave programs.

Paid leave is personal — and it's pro-worker, pro-family, and pro-growth. It's why I lead the effort in Delaware and it's why I'm championing it in Congress.

If this country can find trillions for tax breaks for the rich and wars of choice, it can find the resources to guarantee paid leave for every worker in America.    Virginia led. Now Congress must act. Let's pass the FAMILY Act.

Far too often women feel forced to leave their jobs to care for loved ones, losing income & career opportunities. We are fighting for legislation that makes access to paid leave, childcare, eldercare, and family care a guarantee.

“Those additional weeks of leave allowed me to reclaim my story with M. We bonded, played and slowly built routines. It gave us time to heal. Without this state-funded support, I likely would not have stayed in the workforce.” @usatodayopinion.usatoday.com www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

“But what’s sometimes missing from the affordability conversation is time—our ability to have it with the people we love without sacrificing our livelihoods. Being denied that time is a poverty in itself.” @dhuckelbridge.bsky.social www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

ALSO TODAY, the new short film Lifelines is released to the public. Lifelines follows two families’ journeys, but it’s all of our stories—and it shows the difference paid leave can make. Watch it at LifelinesTheFilm.com and share your own paid leave story with hashtag #Lifelines. #PaidLeaveForAll

Today, we released the first comprehensive report of paid leave progress since the pandemic and Build Back Better, and we counted substantive wins in a stunning 42 states and DC. The momentum is growing, and a federal policy is next. #PaidLeaveForAll paidleaveforall.org/wp-content/u...

And now—Virginia has paid sick days. For all. Congratulations to all those who fought for this victory.

Thank you, Thomas Massie.

"“It’s possible that we’re starting to see the consequences of severe and sudden cuts to global health programs that have eroded surveillance and allowed deadly viruses to spread undetected...” www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/w...

"Especially over the last 15 years, the Court's corrupt majority has more & more openly adopted the stance that you have a powerful presidency for Republicans & a weak one for Dems. They won’t allow Dems to enjoy the fruits of political power when they win it, & that’s just an untenable situation."

Only 1 in 4 working people have paid family leave from their employers in the private sector, and that number has barely increased over time. This is why we must have a federal program: the market will not solve this problem. #PaidLeaveForAll

“We could have paid for a year of paid family medical leave for this country, with simply the cost of one day of the attacks on Iran last June,” Huckelbridge said. “...These are some of the biggest sources of financial and emotional stress for American families.” www.12onyourside.com/2026/05/06/w...

Moms deserve ALL the flowers, but flowers & chocolate can’t fix the disastrously falling dominoes that start the moment a person becomes a mom: Republican leaders must stop undercutting moms & end the affordability crisis. @msnownews.bsky.social   www.ms.now/opinion/moth...  #HappyMothersDay

We are watching the worst assault on multiracial democracy since the Pettus bridge. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/u...

Some companies are scaling back paid parental leave. We would like to hear from people affected by this

THIS IS WHY WE NEED PAID LEAVE. Even in places where leave is covered and the parents have means, it's STILL a huge caregiving toll! www.businessinsider.com/millennial-d...

Virginia enacted paid leave. Ohio introduced bipartisan legislation in the State Senate. Pennsylvania passed paid leave in the State House. It’s been a good month for getting closer to #PaidLeaveForAll.

“A new bipartisan proposal at the Ohio Statehouse is generating widespread conversation… Two state senators are introducing legislation to create a paid family and medical leave program funded through a state-run insurance system.” www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-n...

This victory did not happen by accident. Advocates fought for paid leave in Virginia for more than eight years. The state’s previous governor, Glenn Youngkin, vetoed paid leave bills two years in a row. But the story changed when Gov. Abigail Spanberger took office... msmagazine.com/2026/04/22/v...

Today is Gov. Spanberger's 100th day in office. Her accomplishments include: —Passing paid family and medical leave —Raising the minimum wage —Reducing prescription drug costs —Supporting affordable housing —Guaranteeing access to contraception —Ending tax breaks for Confederate groups

Reminder as Karoline Leavitt prepares to go on leave to have her baby: federal employees are entitled to 12 weeks of paid parental leave while only 1 in 3 workers nationwide get ANY paid parental leave. We need guaranteed paid parental leave for everyone!

You know what I will say no matter the situation, the people, the world: Ask questions.

TRUMP: I'm not a rapist. I didn't rape anybody O'DONNELL: Oh, you think he was referring to you?

The House of Labor showed up in solidarity to support our NWSLPA union sisters at the Washington Spirit and KC Current game tonight. Women’s soccer is #BetterInAUnion!

My latest. I’ve been watching the media coverage of the murders of Dr. Cerina Fairfax and Vice Mayor Nancy Metayer. One way media can fight back against male violence: If you kill your wife, you don’t get to be called a “husband” any more. You’re her killer. open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...

Thank you @bobbyscott.house.gov for cosponsoring the FAMILY Act. 👏 👏👏 Paid leave is good for business, good for workers, good for families. And we *will* get it done for all working Americans. #PaidLeaveForAll #ForFamily

Representing the city I love in Congress is the honor of a lifetime, but the weeks home with my new baby were the most meaningful of my life. Now I’m grateful to have a safe, loving place for him to go each day. Every American deserves the same and Congress must act to expand access to child care.

A million thoughts, a million tears, a million prayers. But one thought I’ve had consistently over the last ten years, perhaps 40, is it’s not sufficient to love our boys and raise our daughters. We have to go back to raising our sons, to loving our daughters, to loving and raising our children.

We cover how power corrupts our political choices, and sexism and racism shape how we de-prioritize care w/ Dawn Huckelbridge, @paidleaveforall.bsky.social. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYTW517gfOU

That feeling as a parent of watching your child dancing in celebration because you are not, in fact, going to immediately genocide anyone nor immediately be genocided in return is not one I prepared for.

“A man you can bait with a tweet is not a man we can trust with nuclear weapons.”

25th Amendment. The job is to try. The job is to make clear the need and urgency. The job is to show up.

This would be the moment for world leaders, ex-Presidents, military, and Congressional leadership on all sides to speak up and do something.

Dear Trump Cabinet Secretaries, The 25th Amendment does serve a purpose Preventing a genocidal crime against humanity by the person with his finger on America's nuclear triad seems to be one of those moments right about now. Congressional Republicans: This is your war, too.