“For many of us, there is no out of office. Many of us might have the ability to take time off but it’s no vacation. It’s the invisible labor of a society that doesn’t value care or the people who provide it.” @dhuckelbridge.bsky.social @usatodayopinion.usatoday.com www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

We finally got jobs data from September, and there are some warning signs for the women in the economy. Black women’s unemployment has reached 7.5 percent. Black women’s unemployment is the canary in the coal mine, currently sitting 4 percentage points higher than white men’s unemployment. 1/

What if everything weren’t so hard? What if we built a better, more affordable world for us all? A new video from @tcfdotorg.bsky.social imagines what life could be like if we invested in a care economy that supported our families and communities. #CareCantWait www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sdK...

So proud of our new report with @caringacross.org @jaimieworker.bsky.social about the care imperative. Time to make care a national priority. #carecantwait #carefest

A vibrant vision for America’s economy must put public investments for care at the center. Read @tcfdotorg.bsky.social and @caringacross.org’s new report to learn more about how investing in care can secure a brighter future for families everywhere go.tcf.org/TheCareImperative

A better, more affordable country for all of us is possible and within reach. My new report for @tcfdotorg.bsky.social with @caringacross.org details how substantive investments in the care economy support families and catalyze economic growth. #CareCantWait go.tcf.org/TheCareImper...

Investments in care policies, including those that support child care, paid leave, aging and disability care, and good jobs for care workers ensure that the government is responsive to people’s basic needs. New from TCF and @caringacross.org: go.tcf.org/TheCareImperative

An American economy that prioritizes care gives workers the time they need to care for themselves and their families without risking their job or their paycheck. Read @tcfdotorg.bsky.social and @caringacross.org’s new report to learn more: go.tcf.org/TheCareImperative #PaidLeaveForAll

As worker protections erode at the federal level, here’s how state leaders can fill the gap. Our new report offers concrete solutions—including wage boards, “just cause” protections, and other innovative policies—that states can adopt now to rebuild a just economy. Learn more: go.tcf.org/playbook

I talked to Emily Tate Sullivan at @edsurge.com about Tri-Share’s limitations. We need policy solutions that make child care more affordable, build supply, and help providers cover overhead expenses including wage increases. Here’s where Tri-Share falls short 🧵 www.edsurge.com/news/2025-11...

SNAP benefits will start to run out on November 1—a food aid cliff that will have devastating impacts for Black and low-income households.

Designated drivers & marriage equality were mainstreamed by TV, now there are efforts to incorporate care and family leave into storylines--to help mainstream and garner societal support for paid family leave policy. I'm here for it. 19thnews.org/2025/10/holl...

Costs are up. Burnout is up. Loneliness is up. Illness is rising, from flu to chronic disease. Paid leave would help.

America’s child care crisis isn’t a problem that will go away on its own. Instead of solutions, Trump and Congressional Republicans passed a megabill with child care tax updates too small to fundamentally change how families are experiencing the child care crisis. Learn more: go.tcf.org/crisis

If you’re a federal employee or contractor affected by the government shutdown, you’re not alone. To qualify for UI/UFCE benefits, there are important additional steps beyond the standard application. Learn more: go.tcf.org/uiguide

MISSOURI (and everywhere): How do we build a safer, healthier community? By ensuring workers can stay home when they're sick. #PaidSickDays aren't just about individual well-being; they're a powerful tool for community-wide public health. https://bit.ly/3VJrZGG

The FAMILY Act—the only bill for real paid family and medical leave in Congress—has a record 38 Senate cosponsors. But we’re not done. Be sure to ask your Senators and all your Representatives to sign on too. #PaidLeaveForAll #ForFAMILY

The U.S. Dept of Labor is sitting on millions of $$ in funding allocated for the WANTO program that helps #women enter well-paid #jobs in traditionally male-dominated fields. Contact #Congress to urge Lori Chavez-DeRemer to release the funds! #twtf #WhereIsWANTO share.equalrights.org/s/Vt4JXqkV

Rep @delauro.house.gov & @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social just reintroduced the FAMILY Act! 27% of the workforce has paid family leave from their jobs. The FAMILY Act would address America’s paid leave crisis & benefit working people, families, and businesses. We’re #ForFAMILY #PaidLeaveForAll. 👏

The newly reintroduced FAMILY Act would, among other things: ✔️Provide workers with up to 12 weeks of income when they take time ✔️Cover workers in all companies, no matter their size ✔️Enable the lowest-paid workers to earn up to 85% of their normal wages

Americans know the way forward: 80% of swing-state voters support paid leave. Nearly 3/4 of independents and over 2/3 of Republicans agree. If paid leave is bipartisan to the public, it should be bipartisan in Congress. We must pass paid leave now.

There is no excuse for why we don’t have paid family and medical leave for all workers.   We must find the political will to provide paid leave for all.

What would the ideal child care infrastructure in America look like? A system that’s affordable, accessible, and builds community. TCF’s @kashenj.bsky.social in conversation with @rowefinkbeiner.bsky.social of @momsrising.org. Full episode ➡️ go.tcf.org/momsrising Julie's latest ➡️ go.tcf.org/ccwfa

MY BELOVED DMV FAMILY!!! I'm on my way to Washington D.C. to be in conversation about Black women in leadership with some of my favorite Black women leaders!! In collaboration IWPR, @groundwork.bsky.social, and @tcfdotorg.bsky.social, join us at 6 PM EST at MLK Jr. Auditorium in D.C. #PackTheHouse

The hardworking & talented investigators at the DOL have an underrated skill in convincing workers to talk about abuses in their workplace even when those workers face retaliation for doing so. Today, those investigators are the ones speaking up about abuses in their own workplace.

It's time to build an America where families can thrive. The FAMILY Act is the solution. @clasp.org demonstrates how a national #PaidLeave program would reduce poverty, improve health outcomes, and support families. #PaidLeave #FAMILYAct #FamiliesFirst www.clasp.org/wp-content/u...

“If we really want to tackle this issue, we know the solutions. We know the structural policies and investments it requires." @bcrodriguez.bsky.social reports for @19thnews.org.

“This [eliminating the Women's Bureau] wasn’t a cost-savings measure,” @gaylegoldin.bsky.social , a senior fellow at The Century Foundation and former deputy director of the Women’s Bureau, told me. “It was a very intentional way to get women out of these jobs.”

"Throughout his second term, the president has made it clear that he is determined to take the American workplace back to the early 20th century, when being White and male carried huge advantages."

Join us for an evening with award-winning researcher and writer Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman as she launches her new book, The Double Tax: How Women of Color Are Overcharged and Underpaid. 📍 MLK Library Auditorium, Washington, DC 📅 Thursday, Sept. 18 | 6 PM 🎟️ Complimentary books + signing to follow

Today, the Census Bureau released new data that show that in 2024, 13.4% of U.S. children under 18—9.7 million children—lived in poverty TCF's Rachel West and Julie Kashen analyze these data and explore policies to end child poverty: go.tcf.org/childpoverty

🚨🚨 Today I officially jumped in the race for Providence City Council in ward 2. I'm running to protect our city, our rights, and our freedom, while also tackling the big issues facing Providence like the budget, schools, and the affordability crisis. Learn more or get involved at jefflevy.us

Thanks to @wpri12.bsky.social for covering our campaign’s launch!

👀 NEW: The group behind Project 2025 wants a "Manhattan Project" for more babies. We have the Heritage Foundation's closely-held draft paper taking a hard turn into "pronatalism." It pitches ripping up economic policy to induce straight, married couples to have more children. Gift link ⤵️

"The problem underlying the child care crisis is that we rely on the private market to solve a problem it can’t," says @tcfdotorg.bsky.social's Ruth Friedman. Competitive compensation for workers and public investments in child care would make the system work. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

My polling data analysis w/ @kashenj.bsky.social mentioned in @bloomberg.com: “Women are now experiencing more economic anxiety than men: Though both are struggling with rising costs, women are more likely to say they are taking on debt to cover the basics and falling behind on monthly bills.”

Today marks Women’s Equality Day and 105 years since the passage of the 19th Amendment granting women the right to vote. Yet, this win for women’s suffrage was not without racist hurdles for Black and brown women.

Today we celebrate the women who fought for our right to vote and the opportunities they helped create for women across the country. We continue their work to not only protect the vote, but to secure reproductive rights, equal pay, and everything we are owed. Que honor seguir en sus pasos.

In our new commentary, @kashenj.bsky.social‬ and I find a gender gap in men and women’s feelings toward the admin. Women of all ages feel more strongly than men that Trump’s first months in office have negatively impacted the economy, prices at the grocery store, and their personal/family finances

The American Dream has a gender gap. Recent Morning Consult polling analyzed by TCF’s Gayle Goldin and Julie Kashen shows striking differences in how women and men are experiencing America’s affordability crisis. Learn more: go.tcf.org/gendergap @gaylegoldin.bsky.social @kashenj.bsky.social

“What families need is reliable, stable child care options that meet their needs — affordable, convenient, with no wait list. The big Republican bill provides none of that.” @kashenj.bsky.social pulls no punches in new op ed for The Hill thehill.com/opinion/fina...

🚨 New resource for care advocates: Today TCF, @npwf.bsky.social, and @caringacross.org launched the Care Research Hub — a one-stop shop for the latest research on child care, paid leave, aging & disability care, and good jobs for care workers. Learn more: go.tcf.org/carehub

“Some 212,000 women over 20 have stopped working or applying for jobs since January, with particularly pronounced drops for Black women and those ages 25 to 34, Labor Department data shows.” You know what would reverse this? #PaidLeaveForAll. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

In a new post for @NewAmerica.org's The Thread, Haley Swenson of the Better Life Lab emphasizes the importance of rebuilding the economic and social conditions that once made having a family possible. 💰 go.newamerica.org/raising-birt...

The Republican megabill, even with its various tax credits and child accounts included, will make it much more difficult and costly to raise a family and care for each other in America. @kashenj.bsky.social and I explain in our new commentary. tcf.org/content/comm...

“Women still take on the lion’s share of caregiving responsibilities, and they are more likely than men... to feel that they have to leave the workforce when their balancing act becomes unmanageable.” 

Statement from Julie Su, Senior Fellow at the Century Foundation and Former Acting Secretary of Labor, on the recent firing of BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer:

This morning, we released an alarming new report detailing the depths of Americans’ financial distress, based on a June survey of 2,000 voters with Morning Consult. TCF President Julie Margetta Morgan (@jmargetta.bsky.social) explains in a new op-ed in @rollingstone.com.

More than 63 million Americans are caregivers for a family member with complex medical needs, a 20 million increase over the past decade, according to a new report ohiocapitaljournal.com/briefs/more-...

“Child care’s been rising for about 30 years faster than inflation. The reality is the price of providing good child care is more than a lot of parents can pay. We've solved this in other sectors, like in education. That's what we need to be doing for child care, too.” – @kashenj.bsky.social