Great piece by @vshabo.bsky.social about the political realities of paid leave—and whether folks are asking the right questions. thefulcrum.us/governance-l...

Loved working on this with the wonderful @stephherold.bsky.social!!

It was an honor to provide thoughts in this lecture. #Care is valuable and we need culture and policy to support it.

Care isn’t niche—it’s everyday life. @vshabo.bsky.social and Lydia Storie of @caringacross.org highlight 10 standout 2025 shows—from "The Four Seasons" to "Adolescence" to "Black Mirror"—that portray caregiving with honesty. 📺 https://go.newamerica.org/10-top-moments-for-care-on-tv-in-2025-5

We couldn't end the year without delivering the 2025 WMC Progressive Women’s Voices (PWV) IMPACT Lecture, “Who Cares Today? A Reflection on Where We Are As a Country With Respect to Work, Family, and Care,” delivered by @vshabo.bsky.social. womensmediacenter.com/about/events...

Courage that shouldn't be so rare. Love this!

New America was thrilled to sponsor A Day of #UnreasonableConversation this year! @vshabo.bsky.social#UnreasonableConversationjoined a panel on gender and empowerment, and we launched our new primer on how entertainment can move beyond outdated gender tropes. Learn more 👉 https://bit.ly/43bK3NA

The Administration acknowledged that it will stop the survey that measures food insecurity, just as tariffs push up food prices and the deep cuts to food assistance enacted in July start to take effect. Congress must intervene to save these vital data. www.wsj.com/economy/trum...

"Women get punished for having children and not having children." - Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman at event with Institute for Women's Policy Research & @tcfdotorg.bsky.social

Exciting to see #PaidLeave champs gather on the Hill today to recommit to the #FAMILYAct. Here's an explainer about what's in bill -- and what US workers, families, and businesses could have access to, if only Congress would look at the evidence and take action. www.newamerica.org/better-life-...

3 fiesty MO reps (rayreed.bsky.social, Elizabeth Fuchs & Jeremy Dean) are protesting the GOP's effort to steal Kansas City's representation in Congress! 2k+ Missourians testified vs this unconstitutional power grab. Plz RT to support! @lauraannstl.bsky.social youtu.be/v66yc0g-wtU?...

It was an honor to write about #Hacks, which has been nominated for nine #EmmyAwards this year, and how the show searches for and delivers what women want: visibility, authenticity, autonomy, and voice.

They said we'll "get over it." We won't. Congress has passed the largest cuts to care in history – gutting Medicaid, Medicare, and the #AffordableCareAct by more than one trillion dollars, in favor for tax cuts for billionaires. We will not simply "get over" losing our care! #ProtectMedicaid

Great news from California, where improved #PaidLeave benefits do what they are intended to: Let people take #TimeToCare for children and loved ones and themselves! laist.com/news/educati...

Based on new CBO findings the number of uninsured resulting from the Senate bill is nearly 17 million -- more than the 16 million whom CBO found would lose coverage under the House bill. 🧵

NEW #PaidLeaveForAll report out today — more men are using paid parental leave than ever. In 8 of the 10 state paid leave programs in operation, men are taking more than 40% of paid leaves, and in some more than half. paidleaveforall.org/wp-content/u...

If political leaders could just encourage and fund care for one another instead of rolling tanks to DC to break our streets, things would be much better.

Secretary Chavez DeRemer’s attacks on the Women’s Bureau aren’t accidental, they’re part of a concerted effort by the Trump administration to disenfranchise women. Over the past 4 months, the admin has continuously rolled back women’s rights in the name of defending them. bsky.app/profile/gayl...

TCF Senior Fellow @gaylegoldin.bsky.social tells @motherjones.com about the Trump administration's defunding of the Women's Bureau at the Dept. of Labor, and how it signifies their deeper intentions on gender roles. "It really feels like a specific effort to get women out of the workplace."

In which our advisor @vshabo.bsky.social totally debunks Youngkin’s whole rationale for vetoing the paid leave passed in the legislature and supported by Virginians across party lines. virginiaindependentnews.com/politics/gov...

Gov. Josh Shapiro has a chance to make history by backing the Family Care Act—a bill that would make PA the first swing state with paid family and medical leave. 81% of voters (including 67% of GOP) support it, via @rwest817.bsky.social and @gaylegoldin.bsky.social.

“The real crisis is one of care… The answer to the real crisis is not what we can gut and burn and take away from people, but what we can give them, the world we can create.” My piece in @usatoday.com. www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

Medicaid cuts = skipped doctor visits, missed developmental screenings and fewer mental health services for parents and children. Medicaid cuts drown people in red tape to keep coverage and strip healthcare from those who qualify. Tell Congress: #NoMedicaidCuts

The House Ways and Means tax bill released today is skewed in favor of rich people, is even more costly than the original 2017 law, and fails to deliver for working-class families and small businesses. A thread 🧵

The House Ag bill released tonight would take away or cut #SNAP food benefits for millions of low-income people struggling to afford groceries—families w/ children, seniors, ppl w/ disabilities, veterans & workers in low-wage jobs.

UPDATE: Despite the government's efforts, a federal judge is allowing our case to move forward to keep DOGE from accessing Americans' personal data across three agencies (Labor, HHS, CFPB) to continue. We will continue to hold DOGE accountable in court.

The 3rd in the WMC Beverly Wettenstein History Lecture Series premiered online on March 31, during #WHM, & was delivered by Anushay Hussain on the systemic exclusion of women in American healthcare history. She was later joined in convo by @vshabo.bsky.social: womensmediacenter.com/about/events...

The changes and chaos at SSA hurt all people who rely on its services, but - no surprise - disproportionately harm low-income older adults of color. My @justiceinaging.org colleague @traceygro.bsky.social unpacks why in this piece from Mother Jones.

As the Pennsylvania Legislature gets back to work on a bipartisan paid family and medical leave proposal this week, let's review the reasons #PaidLeave benefits workers, families, businesses, and the economy and makes PA competitive with nearby states. www.cityandstatepa.com/opinion/2024...

Way to go New Mexico! One step closer to becoming the 14th state to #PassPaidLeave so all people and their families have time to care.

Because of Massachusetts’ #PaidLeave program, workers with heart disease and depression had fewer “poor health” days, amounting to over $1 billion in combined productivity gains. npwf.info/3XjFFt1

A case before the 5th Circuit will have far-reaching consequences for the rights of pregnant workers and democracy. We must fight to ensure the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act remains intact. slate.com/news-and-pol...

No idea why they need access to our IRS data, but this needs to end right now. Tell your Members of Congress--call and send a letter below: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

🚨In a victory for trans youth, their families, and their medical providers, a federal district court today issued a temporary restraining order blocking enforcement of a Trump administration EO attempting to shut down access nationwide to gender-affirming medical care for trans people under 19. 🧵

A #PaidLeave tax credit that Sen. Fischer & others would like to renew has not expanded paid family and medical leave benefits to workers & mainly subsidizes rich companies. There's no transparency or public info on who is getting what. My analysis here, under #1 newamerica.org/the-thread/v...

Should the richest man in the world be able to shut down a federal program because he wants to? www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

For decades, America has been promoting checks and balances and the rule of law around the world. But now these principles are under assault in Washington, and nobody seems to know what to do.

I would like to see the media to start putting quotes around Musk's extra-governmental fake "Department" rather than treating it like it is legitimate. It was imagined and made real by fiat, not by law, and is being used as a facade for real harm.

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The House Republican Child Predator Empowerment Act does not promote fairness and safety in sports. It will unleash horrific child predators on girls and young women throughout America. Unacceptable.

Beat the January blahs with some great TV that also happens to authentically and inclusively grapple with work, family, and care -- and equitable depictions of gender roles as characters provide for and care for their loved ones. #CareIsEverywhere #RescriptingGender newamerica.org/better-life-...

This article ties together everything that's wrong with government intrusion into people's reproductive decisions while also utterly failing at supporting families, moms, and kids. Lays bare the true agenda: to keep moms at home & families in poverty. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/...

I realize I never introduced myself here: I'm a gender equity policy & advocacy leader and, more recently, founded a project focused on stories about work, family, care, and gender equity in TV, film, and pop culture. I'm also a huge Broadway fan & amateur practitioner), mom of a teen & cat person.

It was an honor to be part of this timely panel of storytellers and researchers today. On-screen representation is more important now than ever -- it creates connection, understanding, visibility, and maybe even action.

Excited to be at @thewrap.com Power Women Summit today! I'll be speaking about reproductive rights & caregiving & work/family on screen later on, but for now bathing in the wisdom of @staceyabrams.bsky.social in conversation w/ Laura Dern. We must "insist... that we redesign to meet this moment."

ICYMI, last week @USDOL and the @urbaninstitute released a new study showing that a national paid family and medical leave program would reduce poverty across all communities in the U.S.—and shrink the racial poverty gap. #PaidLeaveForAll www.dol.gov/newsroom/rel...