About 5.5 million borrowers are currently in default. They haven't risked wage garnishment since the beginning of the pandemic, when policymakers paused the practice. n.pr/49mlYXT

Here's the segment that Bari Weiss and Donald Trump didn't want you to see www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...

the vice president is a klansman

#7 I mean fr people -- is it any wonder everything seems unaffordable? 4/

Signs of labor market softening amid significant delays in data availability due to the government shutdown according to @kdoc-writes.bsky.social The latest on the State Unemployment by Race & Ethnicity →

Millions of working families will lose coverage and millions more face sharply higher premiums if the ACA tax credits expire. New analysis from @kdoc-writes.bsky.social and @groundwork.bsky.social's Breyon Williams find Black Americans would face deep losses and financial harm.

FOUR new deaths in ICE detention. That puts the total this year at 30 people dead; the highest in ICE's history and worse than even during the COVID years. It's clear that the system is breaking down. Many of these are preventable deaths.

Trump’s DOJ is suing Minneapolis Public Schools over a union contract it falsely labels "discriminatory" against white teachers. @dskamper.bsky.social & Valerie Wilson set the record straight—showing how the contract protects all educators while preserving a diverse teaching workforce.

While subject to more uncertainty than in previous months, the Hispanic unemployment rate (UR) edged down to 5% in November. This contrasts with the rise in the Black UR to 8.3% (from 7.5%). While the Latino UR remained at 4.5%, the UR of Latinas fell to 4.4% (from 5.5% in Sept). #EconSky #JobsDay

OK, starting to see a trend here--unemployment is up a tenth every month since midsummer (approximate b/c missing data) www.bls.gov/news.release...

Breaking news: The U.S. labor market lost 41,000 jobs over October and November, and the unemployment rate ticked up to 4.6 percent, the highest since 2021, underscoring concerns about the strength of the economy.

Today the BLS releases two months of payroll data and one month of household data. A little jarring to see the first gap in data on the unemployment rate in the history of the survey. Second thing to note is that the unemployment rate is now 4.6% a significant rise from 4.0% in January. #NumbersDay

Trump’s deportation plan would wipe out 394,000 direct care jobs, hurting immigrant AND U.S.-born workers. Families would lose vital home care. States like NY could lose nearly half their care workforce. Mass deportations = a care crisis. New from @benzipperer.org @domesticworkers.bsky.social

Destroying jobs, terrorizing communities. Funded by gutting Medicaid and food assistance to fill an unaccountable slush fund for secret police

The Senate failed to extend ACA premium subsidies again today. @kdoc-writes.bsky.social and I show that these subsidies kept 2 million people out of poverty last year. #EconSky www.epi.org/blog/new-mea...

The latest read on the labor market comes in the unemployment insurance claims data released this morning. Toplines: - regular UI claims rose, but appear to be typical for this time of year - claims for federal workers declined as paychecks resumed after the shutdown furloughs #EconSky #NumbersDay

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Earlier this year, EPI partnered with @darkhorseviz.bsky.social to bring nearly 40 years of data, analysis, and research to life for everyday users. Their team brought design, data, and purpose together in the State of Working America Data Library. Try right now at data.epi.org 1/

Purchasing power of average hourly earnings is no longer growing, @usbls.bsky.social www.bls.gov/news.release...

And we're off -- @elisegould.bsky.social with the analysis of the latest #JOLTS 👀

Breaking News from @theathletic.com: Lando Norris became the Formula 1 world champion for the first time after finishing third at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Follow live.

Another Not #JobsDay Normally BLS would release the Nov #JobsReport today Instead, due to the aftermath of the federal govt shutdown, we wait until Tuesday (unsettling, derogatory) Dec 16.

Trump’s new H-2A wage rule will radically cut the wages of all farmworkers - and that appears to be the administration's explicit intention: New estimates from @benzipperer.org & me at @epi.org show farmworkers stand to lose $4.4 to $5.4 billion annually under DOL’s updated Adverse Effect Wage Rate

Breaking News: The Trump Administration is launching an operation targeting Somali immigrants in Minneapolis, according to an official and newly obtained documents.

Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization

the requirement is, of course, “be white” amp.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...

#econ_ra careers-brookings.icims.com/jobs/3757/re...

Breaking News: Viola Fletcher, the oldest survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre who testified a century later in Congress to the terror she witnessed in the hope of winning reparations, died at 111. nyti.ms/4or9B1e

JUST IN: The Pew Research Center's survey of Latinos show majorities disapprove of the president, especially his policies on the economy and immigration.

Just an absolutely gutting essay by Tatiana Schlossberg, a writer, mother of two young children, and cousin of RFK Jr who is dying of leukemia. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

Just saw this today. This is a transparent attempt to KILL DUE PROCESS by lying about the job of immigration judge and stacking the deck through hiring only bloodthirsty lawyers who want to deport people. This comes after they pushed out over 100 judges deemed too likely to grant relief.

The Hispanic unemployment rate (UR) increased slightly to 5.5% in September. This is the 3rd consecutive increase since June. While the UR for Latinos fell slightly to 4.6%, the UR for Latinas climbed to 5.5%. The Latina UR was 1 p.p. lower (4.5%) in June. #EconSky #JobsDay

Even with the faster than expected growth in payroll employment for September, downward revisions for July and August meant that combined July+Aug job growth was 33k less than originally reported. Over the last three months, job growth averaged 62k with small losses in both June and August. #EconSky

EPI's @elisegould.bsky.social with the #JobsDay analysis you've been waiting for all shutdown. Note: the data is for Sept BEFORE the shutdown began

More data release dates provided today at www.bls.gov/bls/2025-lap... After tomorrow's release of September 2025 #Jobs data, I'll be looking forward to #JOLTS on December 9 and Jobs on Dec 16. These will be highly unusual with catchup data on the establishment side. #NumbersDay #EconSky @epi.org

After enacting the deepest #SNAP cuts in history & needlessly disrupting benefits during the shutdown, the Trump Administration is quietly advancing draft regulations to take SNAP away from millions more people – primarily working families with kids, seniors & disabled people.

Detainees on “ICE Air” deportation flights are shackled and handcuffed — making it impossible to reach oxygen masks or evacuate. Just last week, 6 people were injured during a mid-flight emergency. From @gbrockell.bsky.social: trib.al/bnVblsm

War on Christmas

The federal statistical agencies (FSAs) that produce the gold standard economic data employers/investors/job seekers/workers/policymakers rely on to assess the health of the U.S. economy face unprecedented threats. We've pulled next-best data from non-FSA sources to help keep an eye on things. 1/

A US citizen filmed federal agents smashing his car window, as authorities begin a surge of immigration enforcement operations in North Carolina. The Honduran-born Charlotte resident filed a police report after the officers let him go.

As the Trump-Vance admin continues to fight for the legal right to let Americans go hungry, food insecurity threatens Native families disproportionately.

The Trump-Vance administration’s relentless attacks on basic needs programs, access to data, and economic equity are straining the capacity of the federal government to address Native disparities in poverty, nutrition, and health care access, find @icidmartinez.bsky.social and Stevie Marvin. 1/

With the looming lapse of SNAP benefits due to the federal shutdown, let's revisit @icidmartinez.bsky.social analysis of who gets hurt the most.

Yes, shared prosperity is really possible. In these dark times I hope this book will provide readers a glimpse of a brighter future and ideas on how to get there. (And a big thank you to some of my favorite scholars who offered the words of praise on the back cover.)

ICE had made only 85 arrests in Washington from Jan. 20 through the end of July. But from early August until mid-September, ICE made around 1,200 arrests, according to officials with knowledge of the data. We detail how that happened: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/u...

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Please share with your networks: The California Policy Lab is hiring a policy director to amplify our policy impact in Sacramento. We're looking for a seasoned policy professional with deep experience in California state government. First review date is Oct. 10th: capolicylab.org/careers/poli...

US private sector employers shed the most jobs since 2023 on.ft.com/3WnQKYZ

Desperate times call for desperate measures. So I'm posting the ADP data.