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Haley Norris @hvnorrisphd.bsky.social · 1d

Yesterday’s oral argument included a lot of misleading and downright fake claims. We need to challenge those false narratives bc it’s putting kids at risk. www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

Conversion therapy isn't real. Junk science that harms LGBTQ youth should be banned. | Opinion

Conversion therapy has long been debunked. Now the Supreme Court may render bans against it unlawful, paving the way for countless kids to be harmed.

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 8d

We will very likely not get the official BLS #JobsReport Friday.

An alternative estimate of private payroll change comes from payroll processor ADP.

It says the number of U.S. private sector jobs fell in Sept per @jaredb-econ.bsky.social
econjared.substack.com/p/rs-big-shu...

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Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 8d

The Trump administration is eliminating the data on food insecurity in America instead of putting food in the bellies of hungry kids.

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Kennedy Andara @kennedyandara.bsky.social · 8d

While we won't get the latest jobs day numbers this week due to the #shutdown, the data clearly shows the Trump administration's attacks on health care and enforcement agencies that protect against discrimination are an attack on women and the labor market www.americanprogress.org/article/what...

What To Know Before September’s Jobs Day Report: Falling Wages and Stalling Employment Growth

In August, women held up the economy while their wages faltered in industries such as health care. Will the September Employment Situation report show more of the same?

www.americanprogress.org

Kennedy Andara @kennedyandara.bsky.social · 8d

Additionally, 2024 marks the second year in a row that the wage gap has increased. As it has been for decades now, women are expected to keep the labor market afloat for lower earnings and less workplace protections

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Kennedy Andara @kennedyandara.bsky.social · 8d

Women in the health care industry are keeping the economy afloat, yet they are not keeping up with the rest of the labor force

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Kennedy Andara @kennedyandara.bsky.social · 8d

We wrote this before the shutdown but the analysis is still just as important. Healthcare workers, who are mostly women, are the backbone of our economy, but Trump's attacks on health care and repubs refusal to extend the ACA tax credits threaten the industry
www.americanprogress.org/article/what...

What To Know Before September’s Jobs Day Report: Falling Wages and Stalling Employment Growth

In August, women held up the economy while their wages faltered in industries such as health care. Will the September Employment Situation report show more of the same?

www.americanprogress.org

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Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 14d

The Trump administration is slashing minimum wage protections for disabled workers, federal contractors and home care workers. We have to demand accountability. CAP's @jaureliaglass.bsky.social explains in @theprogressivemag.bsky.social:

Trump Takes Aim at Minimum Wage

The current administration continues its assault on the working class.

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David Madland @davidmadland.bsky.social · 15d

With all the noise it has been easy to miss the ways Trump has been undermining minimum wage protections
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Trump Takes Aim at Minimum Wage

The current administration continues its assault on the working class.

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Economic Policy Institute @epi.org · 15d

In 2024, teachers earned 73 cents for every dollar their similarly educated peers made, on average—a record low.

In 1996, the gap was much smaller: teachers earned 94 cents for every dollar.

We need to pay teachers more! How? By investing in public education.

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The teacher pay penalty reached a record high in 2024: Three decades of leaving public school teachers behind

Over the past three decades, stagnant weekly wages of public school teachers have fallen further and further behind those of college graduates who chose other careers, resulting in an ever increasing ...

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Barbara Rodriguez @bcrodriguez.bsky.social · 15d

Trump to pregnant people: “Don’t take Tylenol. There’s no downside.” But acetaminophen is one of the few drugs that pregnant people can safely use to relieve pain or fever — conditions that, if left untreated, can increase risk of birth defects and premature delivery. 19thnews.org/2025/09/rfk-...

Linking Tylenol to autism could harm pregnant people’s health, doctors warn

Acetaminophen is one of the few drugs that pregnant people can safely use to relieve pain or fever — conditions that, if left untreated, can increase the risk of birth defects and premature delivery.

19thnews.org

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Kennedy Andara @kennedyandara.bsky.social · 16d

In another attempt to hide data that shows just how disastrous Republican policies are for the nation, the Trump admin is canceling the national food insecurity report- just ahead of historic SNAP cuts going into effect. Check out the full story here ⇣ www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...

The Trump Administration Cancels Food Insecurity Report, Masking Harms of Historic SNAP Cuts

Eliminating the data measuring hungry Americans’ access to food will make it easier for the Trump administration to hide the impacts of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

www.americanprogress.org

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Sara Estep (she/her) @saraestep.bsky.social · 19d

My latest op-ed in @msnbc.com grapples with some of the reasons Gen Z men are out of the labor force and how we could help them come off the sidelines. Read more:
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/rc...

Gen Z men are facing a surprise workforce crisis

There’s not a one-size-fits-all explanation, but two main factors stand out.

www.msnbc.com

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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 22d

It is the job of the Democratic party to sell and defend the policies that most Democratic voters want, not to present a candidate slate that is palatable to moderate Republicans who might switch if they hate their own candidate enough.

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Tom Moore @thmoore.bsky.social · 22d

Delighted that USA Today published my opinion piece today on @americanprogress.bsky.social's plan to undo Citizens United through state corporation laws.

Americans want dark money out of politics. We don't have to wait for Supreme Court. | Opinion

Corporations are not born; they are built. And the Supreme Court has always held that the power to build them belongs to states alone.

www.usatoday.com

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Cathleen Kelly @cmkelly.bsky.social · 24d

NEW: President Trump and RFK Jr. promised to “Make America Healthy Again” but the administration’s assault on environmental safeguards will expose kids and families to more cancer-causing pollution as RFK Jr. cuts cancer research and treatment: www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...

The Trump Administration’s Attack on Environmental Protections Will Increase Cancer-Causing Pollution

The Trump administration’s plan to torpedo air pollution limits and cancer prevention programs while ripping away health care and cancer treatment and canceling clean energy investments will increase ...

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CAP Action @americanprogressaction.org · 28d

The Trump tax is making our lives a lot more expensive.

Headline: BREAKING: Inflation continues its upward trend under Trump's leadership.Is this a winning economy? A chart showing the headline inflation rate in 2025. From January to April, it decreases from 3.0 to 2.4. Starting on "Liberation day" in early April, it increases to 2.9, where it stands in August.

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Corey Husak @chusak.bsky.social · 29d

Policy changes enacted since the start of the year (One Big Bill and tariffs) will hurt Americans' 2027 incomes on average at every income level by about -$1,500

Except the top 1%. They can expect a +$5,000 income bump

CAP Action @americanprogressaction.org · 29d

Donald Trump doesn't care about the working class—he is laser-focused on making the 1% richer at our expense.

A graphic with a dark background. The title at the top says, "Only the top 1% of families will see an increase in income under Trump's policies." A bar chart titled "INCOME CHANGE AS A RESULT OF NEW TRUMP POLICIES (2027)" shows the percentage change in income for different quintiles and the top 1%. Red bars show negative income changes for the Bottom 20% (-3.5%), Second 20% (-1.6%), Middle 20% (-1.1%), Fourth 20% (-1.2%), 80%-90% (-0.7%), and 90%-99% (-0.2%). A small yellow bar shows a positive income change for the "Top 1%" (+0.5%), with an annotation above it of "+$5,000." A photo of Donald Trump is in the bottom right corner with the text, "He broke his promise to you so he could give more money to millionaires." Source information is included at the bottom left.

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Sharita Gruberg @gruberg.bsky.social · 29d

“The wage gap is nearly $15,000 – more than a year of child care. Unfortunately, the current administration’s economic policies are contributing to the country’s pay gap, driving up costs while torpedoing job growth." @kfgrobbins.bsky.social

For Second Year, Wage Gap Grows Wider for Women | National Partnership for Women & Families

The pay gap between full-time working women and their male counterparts has widened for the second year in a row: NPWF analysis finds a leading factor is men’s earnings growing at a faster rate than w...

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Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 29d

While poverty remained flat in 2024, the Trump administration's actions—including its regressive tariff policies and the signing of the OBBBA into law—will likely increase the number of people in poverty with devastating cuts to Medicaid and SNAP.

A photograph shows a young woman at a grocery store, placing items into a metal donation cart. Text superimposed over the image reads, "In 2024 alone, 3.6 million people were kept out of poverty by SNAP, making it one of the nation's most effective anti-poverty programs."

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Kennedy Andara @kennedyandara.bsky.social · 29d

Trump's tariffs are devastating America's manufacturers, with 42,000 manufacturing jobs lost since "liberation day." Check out @cbsnews.com coverage of @saraestep.bsky.social and my latest piece here
www.cbsnews.com/news/jobs-ma...

The U.S. is losing thousands of manufacturing jobs, analysis finds

Uncertainty over U.S. tariffs and other Trump administration economic policies are deterring manufacturers from hiring, according to the Center for American Progress.

www.cbsnews.com

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Kennedy Andara @kennedyandara.bsky.social · 29d

we needed this

Treble @treblezine.bsky.social · Sep 9

@themountaingoats.bsky.social have announced a new album, 'Through This Fire Across from Peter Balkan'

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The Mountain Goats announce new album, Through This Fire Across from Peter Balkan - Treble

Hear "Armies of the Lord"

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Kennedy Andara @kennedyandara.bsky.social · Sep 9

Today's #Census data serves as a baseline for poverty in America before the Trump administration's historic cuts to SNAP and Medicaid #NumbersDay
Read our analysis on the latest data and how the OBBBA will increase poverty over time ⇣ www.americanprogress.org/article/pove...

Poverty in America Remained Flat in 2024 But Will Likely Rise as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Goes Into Effect

New census data show how poverty in America looked before the Trump administration’s megabill made historic cuts to Medicaid and SNAP.

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Elise Gould @elisegould.bsky.social · Sep 9

The latest data out from #Census today show median earnings and median household incomes kept pace with inflation in 2024. Men's earnings rose 3.7% increasing the gender wage gap back to 2019 levels. Income grew at the top, but not the middle or bottom, reversing recent trends.
#EconSky #NumbersDay

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19thnews @19thnews.org · Sep 8

Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued a scathing rebuke Monday in response to the Supreme Court's ruling permitting immigration stops in Los Angeles: https://bit.ly/4n27HUU

Text reads: "We should not have to live in a country where the Government can seize anyone who looks Latino, speaks Spanish, and appears to work a low wage job. Rather than stand idly by while our constitutional freedoms are lost, I dissent. Justice Sonia Sotomayor, in her dissent of the SCOTUS ruling on ICE raids in Los Angeles"

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