Amy M. Traub
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Research for a more just and equitable economy. Currently focused on unemployment insurance policy.
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My latest research looks at how the unemployment insurance system systematically disadvantages women who are out of work -- and offers practical policy recommendations for states and the federal government. đ
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Bryce Covert
about 5 hours ago
I for one will not forget that an army of 20-something bros like this guy, who openly admits he had no expertise or even education in the topic, marched into the government and tore it down, destroying people's lives and livelihoods.
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Pete Sikora
about 11 hours ago
Senators Liz Krueger,
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@senatorharckham.bsky.social
roast Hochulâs attack on NYâs climate law, pointing out GAS drives up bills, so rolling back the law would *raise* utility bills! They rightly compare this attack to Trump. đĽ
www.nydailynews.com/2026/03/12/k...
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Keep N.Y.âs climate law; it is working
The price of natural gas is skyrocketing, something that New Yorkers getting their home heating and electric bills after this winterâs cold snap know all too well. Unaffordable rate hikes have beenâŚ
https://www.nydailynews.com/2026/03/12/keep-n-y-s-climate-law-it-is-working/
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Prisonculture
1 day ago
@nycplan.org
is calling on the
@council.nyc.gov
to fund at our public libraries at 0.5% of the city's expense budget. Please send them a letter if you live in NYC supporting this demand:
actionnetwork.org/letters/city...
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Cliff Poole
2 days ago
Yup. We came up with a billion dollars a day overnight to bomb Iran for no reason. We could end hunger and homelessness on a whim instead of starting a pointless war on a whim.
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âWhen you see something that looks like a change in the economy, make sure itâs not a change in how data is collected.â
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Hypervisible
3 days ago
âFor New Yorkers, the fight is simpler: when the âfast laneâ biometrics company shows up at the hospital door, the real question is whether face ID is becoming the price of entry to essential services, and what happens to the people who canât, or wonât, pay it.â
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CLEAR brings biometric identity checks to Mount Sinai hospitals amid privacy scrutiny | Biometric Update
CLEAR1 is a selfie-based identity verification that uses facial biometrics and âlivenessâ checks to match a user to an identity document.
https://www.biometricupdate.com/202603/clear-brings-biometric-identity-checks-to-mount-sinai-hospitals-amid-privacy-scrutiny
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NYC Public Library Action Network
4 days ago
@mayor.nyc.gov
Itâs clear : New Yorkers want increased funds for our public libraries.
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Joseph Rezek
5 days ago
Huge NYT article on the back story of those two weeks in March/April 2025 when DOGE illegally terminated hundreds of NEH grants. Gift link!!
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/a...
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When DOGE Unleashed ChatGPT on the Humanities
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/arts/humanities-endowment-doge-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.RVA.ha2L.H8O2a8h8JIEt&smid=nytcore-ios-share
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg
6 days ago
seeing more disgusting genocidal racism talk coming from Israeli politicians now that more bombs are dropping. There is no justification. Every human being's life is equally precious and demands our dignity, care and consideration. Full stop.
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Kashana
6 days ago
Well, gas is expensive, and food is expensive, and weâre doing a war nobody wants, but at least there are no jobs
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THE CITY
6 days ago
The lack of affordable child care is sometimes a cause of homelessness â and often a barrier for families in shelters transitioning to permanent housing, according to a new report.
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For Homeless Parents, a Child Care âCatch-22â
The lack of affordable child care is sometimes a cause of homelessness â and often a barrier for families in shelters transitioning to permanent housing, according to a new report.
https://buff.ly/ItpgFSc
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Sherrilyn Ifill
7 days ago
This is utterly unacceptable.
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Colin Kinniburgh
7 days ago
đ New letter from 29 NYS Senators (>2/3 of the Dem caucus) to Hochul this morning: âWe categorically oppose any effort to rollback New Yorkâs nation-leading climate law⌠and urge you to stand strong in the face of misinformation that seeks to blame the CLCPA for the energy affordability crisisâ
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AFL-CIO
8 days ago
Federal workers serve the public, not a political agenda. The AFL-CIO is joining this lawsuit because the labor movement is not intimidated by this administration's union-busting campaign meant to silence workers. Weâll see President Trump in court.
https://bit.ly/4b0hLJ2
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Roosevelt Institute
9 days ago
NEW: Lost in the news cycle last week, the Labor Department moved to make it easier to classify workers as âindependent contractorsââa shift that could strip millions of workers of their minimum wage and overtime protections and make basic labor rights harder to enforce. Patrick Oakford explains âŹď¸
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani
9 days ago
đ¨ Big news for the littlest New Yorkers: 2-K is coming.  Starting this year, weâre delivering 2,000 FREE child care seats for 2-year-olds across our city.  By Fall 2027, we'll be ready to serve 12,000 kids.  Grateful to our partner in this work,
@governor.ny.gov
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Bryce Covert
9 days ago
States are going to have to spend over $1 billion just to upgrade their Medicaid in order to comply with Republicans' new work requirements. A windfall for the consulting companies that have a monopoly on this work.
apnews.com/article/medi...
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Trump's Medicaid work mandates are meant to save money. But first states will have to spend millions
New Medicaid work requirements signed into law by President Donald Trump are meant to save money. But states first will have to spend millions of dollars to implement them.
https://apnews.com/article/medicaid-work-requirements-trump-baea2561c67b0d24eddacbeb77ce6ec3
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Carl Quintanilla
11 days ago
21%
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www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/u...
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani
12 days ago
Todayâs military strikes on Iran â carried out by the United States and Israel â mark a catastrophic escalation in an illegal war of aggression. Bombing cities. Killing civilians. Opening a new theater of war.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani
12 days ago
Additionally, I want to speak directly to Iranian New Yorkers: you are part of the fabric of this city â you are our neighbors, small business owners, students, artists, workers, and community leaders. You will be safe here.
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Matthew Gertz
14 days ago
imo the threat posed by CBS News and CNN getting absorbed by pro-regime billionaires isn't that they're going to produce right-wing slop that convinces people to be right-wing, it's the dismantling of newsrooms capable of doing investigative reporting on the administration. Fewer eyes on the street.
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Max Rivlin-Nadler
14 days ago
Just underneath the absurdity lies one of the most volatile fault lines in city politics: The rift between elected government on the one hand, and the political power of the NYPD and the constellation of interests with which it is aligned on the other.
hellgatenyc.com/mamdani-is-g...
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Mamdani Is Getting Snowballed by His Own NYPD
The situation is absurd. The stakes are real.
https://hellgatenyc.com/mamdani-is-getting-snowballed-by-his-own-nypd/
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Marisa Kabas
15 days ago
Fuck this and everyone who helped get things to this point. Trans rights are human rightsâfull stop.
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Excellent analysis of the âscriptâ that uses racism to perpetuate + deepen economic inequality, harming all workers The next act: further slashing unemployment insurance using the familiar pretext of fraud
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/24/u...
We need to flip the script before more harms are inflicted
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Excellent analysis of the âscriptâ that uses racism to perpetuate + deepen economic inequality, harming all workers The next act: further slashing unemployment insurance using the familiar pretext of fraud
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/24/u...
We need to flip the script before more harms are inflicted
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Lisa Kadonaga
15 days ago
In the thread: "We find that Operation Metro Surge caused declines in employees working, hours worked, and businesses open, leading to an estimated $106 million wage loss for Twin Cities workers."
#Minnesota
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Jews For Racial & Economic Justice Action
15 days ago
âCome for one, face us all! We will pass New York For All!â Marching to the Capitol with
@ourtimefornyc.bsky.social
@thenyic.bsky.social
@maketheroadny.bsky.social
@socialists.nyc
@caringmrising.bsky.social
and so many more!
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Working in extreme heat or cold is hazardous. âAs climate change causes ever more dangerous storms, workers need protection in extreme weather of all kinds.â Great piece by
@terrigerstein.bsky.social
calls on state and local governments to step up to protect workers:
thehill.com/opinion/ener...
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https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/5750910-extreme-weather-worker-safety/
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Janai Nelson
16 days ago
Trumpâs lies and deception are at such a clip itâs nearly impossible to keep track, but, the blatant, inciteful racist & xenophobic rhetoric against the Somali community is too dangerous & disgusting to be ignored. No one should sit in that chamber giving audience to such hatred.
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Zack Beauchamp
16 days ago
I have spent the past several months studying the cutting-edge research on modern democracies that have defeated authoritarian leaders. I've learned that the conventional wisdom on the topic is wrong â in ways that have clear implications for the US going forward THREAD
www.vox.com/politics/479...
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How to stop a dictator
I spent months studying how authoritarians like Trump lose. The answer is shockingly simple.
https://www.vox.com/politics/479924/democracy-us-brazil-south-korea-poland-backsliding-resilience
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Prisonculture
16 days ago
NYC public libraries are some of the last places in the city where you can use the bathroom without purchasing anything. Again, we need city government to stop underfunding the libraries.
actionnetwork.org/letters/city...
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City Council, we demand half a percent of the overall city budget for libraries!
In response to the NYC FY2026 Budget, adopted this June, the Brooklyn Public Library, the New York Public Library, and the Queens Public Library released a joint statement thanking City Leaders for in...
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/city-council-we-demand-half-a-percent-of-the-overall-city-budget-for-libraries
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ITEP
17 days ago
Corporate tax avoidance has already surpassed $71 billion for 2025 â and counting. Our new tracker shows the dozens of huge corporations paying little to no federal income taxes with the help of Trump's tax cuts.
itep.org/corporate-ta...
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Corporate Tax Avoidance
With earnings season now underway, dozens of huge corporations have disclosed paying single-digit federal income tax rates thanks to taxâŚ
https://itep.org/corporate-tax-avoidance/
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Aaron Sojourner
18 days ago
That is so much $$$. We could do universal national child care and pre-k for less than a tenth of that.
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Don Moynihan
18 days ago
This allows the Trump administration to literally condition citizenship on what it defines as acceptable speech
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Puff the Magic Hater
18 days ago
After months of relentless rapid response in Minneapolis, members of Defend the 612 had a moment to breathe and reflect on the lessons theyâve learned, the grief they carry, and the citywide fellowship they hope will endure. The crisis is not over, and Iâm grateful they made time to speak with me.
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âWe Belong to Each Other Nowâ: Lessons from Minneapolis
âThis extreme closeness, togetherness and intimacy â you cannot infiltrate your way into a space where you'll understand that," says May, a rapid responder in Minneapolis.
https://organizingmythoughts.org/we-belong-to-each-other-now-lessons-from-minneapolis/
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Amanda Katz
18 days ago
The concept here is to get well-heeled travelers to pressure the government to restore secret police funding
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NYSNA
19 days ago
Congratulations, NewYork-Presbyterian nurses! They overwhelmingly ratified a new contract and will return to work next week!
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Prisonculture
20 days ago
I also took note of this yesterday. It was austerity messaging and I'm like... no.
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Teddy Wilson
24 days ago
.
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: "...the race traitor label evokes an inspiring and hopeful lineage: white people who are willing to give up the protection whiteness offers to stand for justice with those who are fewer in number and have far less power."
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What It Means to Be a White âRace Traitorâ
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/magazine/minneapolis-good-pretti-race-traitors.html
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âBlack and Hispanic consumers with pristine past and future repayment history receive lower credit scores than White consumers with similar recordsâ
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Iâm reading new research from
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finding that after years of progress, Black womenâs union gains declined under Trump in 2025
nationalpartnership.org/after-years-...
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After Years of Progress, Black Women's Union Gains Decline Under Trump in 2025 | National Partnership for Women & Families
Recent growth in Black women's unionization rates was reversed in 2025, echoing a larger overall trend in declining employment opportunities for Black women during the first year of the second Trump a...
https://nationalpartnership.org/after-years-of-progress-black-womens-union-gains-decline-under-trump-2025/
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jamelle
23 days ago
i think jesse jackson was one of the most important american political figures of the post-war era and i think that his 1984 and 1988 campaigns for the democratic nomination still have a great deal to teach about forging a path to a more egalitarian world. RIP.
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Aaron Sojourner
25 days ago
One can't defeat white supremacist politics without tackling wealth concentration. They are flip sides of the same coin. Wealth buys a lot of media, politicians, & influencers to scapegoat immigrants, women's careers, & DEI for pain caused by wealth concentration.
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Jake Grumbach
25 days ago
The rule of law canât survive this
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Kat Stafford
26 days ago
âThe numbers tell a painful story. The impact on journalists of color is staggering and devastating,â the Post Guild said in its statement on Friday. âWe cannot ignore what this means for equity, representation, and the future of this organization.â
www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/wash...
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Washington Post layoffs disproportionately affected union members of color, preliminary Guild data shows
"We cannot ignore what this means for equity, representation, and the future of this organization."
https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/washington-post-layoffs-disproportionately-affected-union-members-of-color-preliminary-guild-data-shows/
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Katie Mack
28 days ago
You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.
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My latest research looks at how the unemployment insurance system systematically disadvantages women who are out of work -- and offers practical policy recommendations for states and the federal government. đ
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Alexis Goldstein
29 days ago
Some personal news
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Emily Atkin
about 1 month ago
"Others say that this action is destructive. ... What is destructive is the insidious belief that the world outside your front door is to be treated with suspicion; that every passerby is a potential threat; that every neighbor is a potential enemy" good
@hamiltonnolan.bsky.social
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Remove Your Ring Camera With a Claw Hammer
Home and life improvement.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom
29 days ago
No one has seriously said LLMs arenât important or that AI is categorically junk. Some of us have said that there is something bigger than tech. Itâs called power â governance, civic norms, etc â & refusal is absolutely part of how we think soberly about that power. Who has it & how they use it.
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