Corporations are extracting billions from America’s safety net and their payday is about to be supercharged by new rules. I lay out how programs like Medicaid have become vulnerable to corporate capture and what we need to build to stop it. @lpeblog.bsky.social lpeproject.org/blog/the-mea...

Three million care workers could be reclassified as "companions" instead of professionals under a proposal from the Trump admin, ending their right to federal minimum wage and overtime pay. Producer: Cerise Castle Camera: Jeff Ricker Editor: Marco Amador #homehealthcare #minimumwage #News

Thrilled to work with Kalena Thomave on this critical piece of reporting: The Trump administration is proposing to take away min wage and overtime for home care workers, a profession dominated by women of color—and the workers aren't taking it sitting down.

Eagerly awaiting an analysis linking Mamdami’s rap career to the joyful, earned, and *savage* braggadocio in that victory speech youtu.be/9MfBp8xUR3Q?...

Dollar Store workers like David Williams are organizing to improve their working conditions without the help of unions. Instead, they've turned to groups like @raiseupthesouth.bsky.social @stepuplouisiana.bsky.social. Experts say that strategy may be their best bet. #DollarGeneral #LocalNews #Union

I am such a fan of this kind of reporting -- and so well done! Congrats, @detdocumenters.bsky.social and @kobylevin.bsky.social. (Full disclosure: I did a deep dive on food prices in Detroit for Slate when Whole Foods opened in 2013.)

Really proud to work on this piece with the excellent @tatiwm.bsky.social

Great work from @blumorpheusbttrfly.bsky.social on how private equity’s entry into HOSPICE is fueling worker organizing.

Private equity investment in end-of-life care has boomed over the last decade. After 29 months without a contract, a new labor union is resisting the "financialization" of hospice care. Story by @blumorpheusbttrfly.bsky.social capitalandmain.com/private-equi...

Really proud of the work @rainesford.bsky.social pulled off in this KENTUCKY union story, including tracking down a document showing the consultants they paid $425/hr to meet with workers have a track record of following union supporters around at their jobs to talk them out of supporting a union.

A May 22 move by the Supreme Court may signal the end of the NLRB’s independence and transform the agency into an extension of the White House, labor leaders say. Their warning: Trump could use the board to reward friends and punish enemies. capitalandmain.com/its-time-to-...

Hundreds of nurses employed by the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center say they are having to fight just to schedule a union election. Meanwhile, their employer is justifying delays by citing the Trump administration’s changes to the NLRB. capitalandmain.com/nurses-run-u...

Slashing $300B in food assistance will only make life harder for millions of working families. "Americans need SNAP because their jobs often don’t pay enough to cover basic living expenses. That is a problem of wages, not dependency. " ✍️ @tmmcmillan.bsky.social

"In one of the wealthiest countries in the history of the world, a missed call means cupboards begin to empty. A typo in an email address means stomachs start to growl." @tmmcmillan.bsky.social in today's Opinion pages: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/o...

“Americans need SNAP because their jobs often don’t pay enough to cover basic living expenses. That is a problem of wages, not dependency.”

@tmmcmillan.bsky.social has a new must-read piece on SNAP and work requirements. While her characterization of the evidence is both accurate and awesome, her story and the stories of other participants matter more. Let's all act in good faith. Gift article: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/o...

TLDR: Don't cut SNAP. Make work pay. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/o...

Great to work with Kalena Thomave on this piece!

"These threats are a straight-line result of the Democratic Party’s abandonment of America’s original system of liberty. If we are honest, we will admit that Trump sits in the White House thanks largely to the rage of citizens Democrats betrayed."

Thrilled to see (belatedly) that @capitalandmain.bsky.social took home 37 (!!) awards at the California Journalism Awards, including the series I edit, Striking Back. cnpa.com/california-j...

In their third walkout, New Orleans nurses with @nationalnurses.bsky.social face a drawn-out contract fight. Today, the nurses not only have to overcome their employer’s resistance, but the downstream effects of the Trump administration’s policy changes, too. capitalandmain.com/is-trump-bad...

“Engage,Dems.” 👀🍿

Yes, it's fascism: newrepublic.com/article/1942...

Honored to have an excerpt from The White Bonus in The Amsterdam News today, celebrating its paperback release.

Pass it on

Paperback out next Tuesday, April 22. Available where books are sold. bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

NEW: The University of Southern California is attempting to block faculty from forming a union and it is doing it by using an argument pushed by SpaceX and Amazon: that the National Labor Relations Board is unconstitutional. capitalandmain.com/usc-follows-...

Black women are the working class, too. Thrilled to shepherd forward work reminding folks of that fact -- especially as we go into Women's History Month.

Trump is expected to help pass work requirements for Medicaid, SNAP etc. The last time, it was just a huge give away to companies like Maximus, and did nothing to help people find jobs: By @tmmcmillan.bsky.social www.motherjones.com/politics/201...