Lily Roberts
@lilyroberts.bsky.social
Assorted econ policies at Center for American Progress. Opinions are mine unless they're actually David Byrne lyrics.
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We finally have jobs numbers out this morning from September and take a look at this: big jump again in Black women's unemployment, now 7.5% from 6.7% in August.
This figure has been ticking up all year. This is now the highest unemployment rate Black women have faced in 4 years, since mid-2021.
This figure has been ticking up all year. This is now the highest unemployment rate Black women have faced in 4 years, since mid-2021.
November 20, 2025 at 2:51 PM
We finally have jobs numbers out this morning from September and take a look at this: big jump again in Black women's unemployment, now 7.5% from 6.7% in August.
This figure has been ticking up all year. This is now the highest unemployment rate Black women have faced in 4 years, since mid-2021.
This figure has been ticking up all year. This is now the highest unemployment rate Black women have faced in 4 years, since mid-2021.
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This Veterans Day I want to acknowledge the Black veterans of WWII who fought fascism and nazism and came home to fight for civil rights and democracy here. New research shows Black veterans were critical in securing the voting rights currently under attack.
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Homefront: Black Servicemembers and Black Voters in the Civil Rights Era
The role of Black World War II veterans in the Civil Rights Movement has been well documented, but the effect of Black military service on Black voting patterns remains unclear. Combining detailed in...
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November 11, 2025 at 12:10 PM
This Veterans Day I want to acknowledge the Black veterans of WWII who fought fascism and nazism and came home to fight for civil rights and democracy here. New research shows Black veterans were critical in securing the voting rights currently under attack.
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"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
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An Episcopal Texas priest is being detained in a Conroe ICE facility despite being allowed to work in the U.S.
Texas priest being held in Conroe ICE facility despite work permit, diocese says
An Episcopal priest and immigrant who was legally employed by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice is in the custody of immigration authorities in Conroe.
www.houstonchronicle.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:18 PM
An Episcopal Texas priest is being detained in a Conroe ICE facility despite being allowed to work in the U.S.
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Lots of wrong information coming from the Trump administration on SNAP "running out of money November 1" and the SNAP contingency fund.
The truth is:
1) It *can* be used to cover SNAP benefits during a shutdown.
2) It actually *must* be used to cover SNAP benefits during a shutdown.
Let's dig in.
The truth is:
1) It *can* be used to cover SNAP benefits during a shutdown.
2) It actually *must* be used to cover SNAP benefits during a shutdown.
Let's dig in.
October 31, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Lots of wrong information coming from the Trump administration on SNAP "running out of money November 1" and the SNAP contingency fund.
The truth is:
1) It *can* be used to cover SNAP benefits during a shutdown.
2) It actually *must* be used to cover SNAP benefits during a shutdown.
Let's dig in.
The truth is:
1) It *can* be used to cover SNAP benefits during a shutdown.
2) It actually *must* be used to cover SNAP benefits during a shutdown.
Let's dig in.
East Wing destruction is an on-the-nose metaphor, but I'm fixated on the whereabouts of the "state piano" - the 300,000th Steinway produced, given to FDR and painted by muralist Dyson Beck.
Did they call a huge team of historical piano specialists and professional piano movers to move the piano?
Did they call a huge team of historical piano specialists and professional piano movers to move the piano?
October 23, 2025 at 8:40 PM
East Wing destruction is an on-the-nose metaphor, but I'm fixated on the whereabouts of the "state piano" - the 300,000th Steinway produced, given to FDR and painted by muralist Dyson Beck.
Did they call a huge team of historical piano specialists and professional piano movers to move the piano?
Did they call a huge team of historical piano specialists and professional piano movers to move the piano?
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A mom in Houston reported her 15-year-old son with autism missing. She spent 6 days terrified, searching for him. The whole time, Houston police knew exactly where he was since they helped ICE place him in a refugee facility.
This is beyond cruel.
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
This is beyond cruel.
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
Missing teen with autism transferred to refugee facility by HPD
He is currently being held at an Office for Refugee Resettlement facility.
www.houstonchronicle.com
October 13, 2025 at 8:15 PM
A mom in Houston reported her 15-year-old son with autism missing. She spent 6 days terrified, searching for him. The whole time, Houston police knew exactly where he was since they helped ICE place him in a refugee facility.
This is beyond cruel.
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
This is beyond cruel.
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
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In the spring, the Trump administration abruptly cut $500 million from an emergency food assistance program that delivered meat, dairy, eggs and produce to food banks across the country.
Thousands of planned deliveries were canceled without warning.
Thousands of planned deliveries were canceled without warning.
Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.
ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...
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October 5, 2025 at 3:00 AM
In the spring, the Trump administration abruptly cut $500 million from an emergency food assistance program that delivered meat, dairy, eggs and produce to food banks across the country.
Thousands of planned deliveries were canceled without warning.
Thousands of planned deliveries were canceled without warning.
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It takes an awful lot for Senate Republicans to reject a Trump nominee — but E.J. Antoni was that bad.
The fiasco makes the White House’s incompetence even more obvious. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
The fiasco makes the White House’s incompetence even more obvious. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
E.J. Antoni’s failed nomination makes the White House look even more incompetent
It’s not often that Senate Republicans muster the courage to tell Donald Trump and his team, “Whoa, hold on, we can’t go that far.”
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October 1, 2025 at 2:03 PM
It takes an awful lot for Senate Republicans to reject a Trump nominee — but E.J. Antoni was that bad.
The fiasco makes the White House’s incompetence even more obvious. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
The fiasco makes the White House’s incompetence even more obvious. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
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I'm in the market for a beautiful Italian sandwich that will fix my life
September 24, 2025 at 2:59 AM
I'm in the market for a beautiful Italian sandwich that will fix my life
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Looking specifically at Black women, this group has experienced the most layoffs this year.
This was highlighted recently in this @nytimes piece: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u... (4/9)
This was highlighted recently in this @nytimes piece: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u... (4/9)
In Trump’s Federal Work Force Cuts, Black Women Are Among the Hardest Hit
www.nytimes.com
September 5, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Looking specifically at Black women, this group has experienced the most layoffs this year.
This was highlighted recently in this @nytimes piece: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u... (4/9)
This was highlighted recently in this @nytimes piece: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u... (4/9)
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President Trump’s federal takeover of D.C.’s local police is unprecedented. “The last person who asserted the authority to use military personnel for routine law enforcement anywhere in the country for any reason was King George,” a legal scholar said.
What’s Life Like in Washington, D.C., During Trump’s Takeover?
Late-summer days and nights amid troops on the streets of the nation’s capital.
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August 24, 2025 at 3:43 PM
President Trump’s federal takeover of D.C.’s local police is unprecedented. “The last person who asserted the authority to use military personnel for routine law enforcement anywhere in the country for any reason was King George,” a legal scholar said.
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🚨ALERT: ICE & other feds raided the Home Depot parking lot on Rhode Island this morning (8/12) and detained approx 15 people who were both workers and shoppers.
Multiple agencies were involved and the cowards were masked. 1/
Multiple agencies were involved and the cowards were masked. 1/
August 12, 2025 at 2:16 PM
🚨ALERT: ICE & other feds raided the Home Depot parking lot on Rhode Island this morning (8/12) and detained approx 15 people who were both workers and shoppers.
Multiple agencies were involved and the cowards were masked. 1/
Multiple agencies were involved and the cowards were masked. 1/
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small brain: retrocession of dc to maryland
medium brain: dc statehood
galaxy brain: "reduc[e] the size of Washington, D.C., to an area encompassing only a few core federal buildings and then admit the rest of the District’s 127 neighborhoods as states" harvardlawreview.org/print/vol-13...
medium brain: dc statehood
galaxy brain: "reduc[e] the size of Washington, D.C., to an area encompassing only a few core federal buildings and then admit the rest of the District’s 127 neighborhoods as states" harvardlawreview.org/print/vol-13...
Pack the Union: A Proposal to Admit New States for the Purpose of Amending the Constitution to Ensure Equal Representation - Harvard Law Review
For most of the twenty-first century, the world’s oldest surviving democracy has been led by a chief executive who received fewer votes than his...
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August 11, 2025 at 5:58 PM
small brain: retrocession of dc to maryland
medium brain: dc statehood
galaxy brain: "reduc[e] the size of Washington, D.C., to an area encompassing only a few core federal buildings and then admit the rest of the District’s 127 neighborhoods as states" harvardlawreview.org/print/vol-13...
medium brain: dc statehood
galaxy brain: "reduc[e] the size of Washington, D.C., to an area encompassing only a few core federal buildings and then admit the rest of the District’s 127 neighborhoods as states" harvardlawreview.org/print/vol-13...
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Washington, D.C., has a population roughly equivalent to Alaska's.
And it has zero senators. If D.C. had senators, the GOP megablil bill would have failed today.
Instead, Murkowski got carve-outs and money for Alaska, and then voted to subject DC to the bill
And it has zero senators. If D.C. had senators, the GOP megablil bill would have failed today.
Instead, Murkowski got carve-outs and money for Alaska, and then voted to subject DC to the bill
July 1, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Washington, D.C., has a population roughly equivalent to Alaska's.
And it has zero senators. If D.C. had senators, the GOP megablil bill would have failed today.
Instead, Murkowski got carve-outs and money for Alaska, and then voted to subject DC to the bill
And it has zero senators. If D.C. had senators, the GOP megablil bill would have failed today.
Instead, Murkowski got carve-outs and money for Alaska, and then voted to subject DC to the bill
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For 6 months, Dem leaders have downplayed or refused to frontally address many of Trump's worst abuses by saying those are "distractions" from the Dems focusing on economic issues. But as Trump's tax bill is being voted on, Jeffries is attacking a Dem ...over a phrase that Dem doesn't even use.
Hakeem Jeffries on Mamdani: "'Globalizing the intifada' by way of example is not an acceptable phrasing. He's gonna have to clarify his position on that as he moves forward."
June 29, 2025 at 10:21 PM
For 6 months, Dem leaders have downplayed or refused to frontally address many of Trump's worst abuses by saying those are "distractions" from the Dems focusing on economic issues. But as Trump's tax bill is being voted on, Jeffries is attacking a Dem ...over a phrase that Dem doesn't even use.
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The Senate Republican bill would cut SNAP by $186 billion - 22% by the final year. This would be by far the largest SNAP cut in history and would rip food assistance away from millions of households, including families with kids and veterans.
June 29, 2025 at 3:56 AM
The Senate Republican bill would cut SNAP by $186 billion - 22% by the final year. This would be by far the largest SNAP cut in history and would rip food assistance away from millions of households, including families with kids and veterans.
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"Rural hospital fund?"
June 25, 2025 at 6:00 PM
"Rural hospital fund?"
CAP’s edition of InProgress today features me highlighting how Senate Republicans are racing to the finish line to pass the largest-ever cuts to health care and food assistance. Questions about the Big, “Beautiful” Bill? I’ll do my best to answer here.
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Friend, the Senate’s Big, “Beautiful” Bill is even more extreme—and they’re racing to the finish line to pass it
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June 25, 2025 at 4:12 PM
CAP’s edition of InProgress today features me highlighting how Senate Republicans are racing to the finish line to pass the largest-ever cuts to health care and food assistance. Questions about the Big, “Beautiful” Bill? I’ll do my best to answer here.
my1.americanprogress.org/personalizat...
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Amber Thurman. Candi Miller. Josseli Barnica. Nevaeh Crain. Porsha Ngumezi.
On the third anniversary of the overturning of Roe v. Wade, revisit our reporting about the women who died after not receiving timely medical care in states with strict abortion bans:
On the third anniversary of the overturning of Roe v. Wade, revisit our reporting about the women who died after not receiving timely medical care in states with strict abortion bans:
Life of the Mother
When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, doctors warned that women would die, but lawmakers who passed state abortion bans didn’t listen. The worst consequences are now becoming clear.
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June 25, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Amber Thurman. Candi Miller. Josseli Barnica. Nevaeh Crain. Porsha Ngumezi.
On the third anniversary of the overturning of Roe v. Wade, revisit our reporting about the women who died after not receiving timely medical care in states with strict abortion bans:
On the third anniversary of the overturning of Roe v. Wade, revisit our reporting about the women who died after not receiving timely medical care in states with strict abortion bans:
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The first person arrested by the Marines is an Army veteran who was on his way to work at the Veterans Administration. It appears he was arrested for crossing a yellow line which the Marines did not realize was not designed to exclude federal employees from reporting to work.
Exclusive: US Marines carry out first known detention of civilian in Los Angeles, video shows
Marines deployed to Los Angeles carried out the detention of a civilian on Friday, the U.S. military confirmed after being presented with Reuters images, in the first known detention by active-duty troops deployed there by President Donald Trump.
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June 14, 2025 at 2:39 AM
The first person arrested by the Marines is an Army veteran who was on his way to work at the Veterans Administration. It appears he was arrested for crossing a yellow line which the Marines did not realize was not designed to exclude federal employees from reporting to work.
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@governorwalz.mn.gov: "The road to authoritarianism is littered with people telling you you're overreacting."
June 13, 2025 at 2:50 PM
@governorwalz.mn.gov: "The road to authoritarianism is littered with people telling you you're overreacting."
This is super important. Maybe the most insidious threat to poor and working-class in the whole big beautiful bill? SNAP promises you won’t starve whether you live in New York or Mississippi. By shifting billions in costs to states, SNAP is no longer the federal guarantee millions rely on.
Like the House version, they're pushing costs onto states. These are less extreme than the House version, but the biggest problem still remains: by being a shared model, states can drop out of the SNAP program, dooming their people to starvation.
June 12, 2025 at 1:38 AM
This is super important. Maybe the most insidious threat to poor and working-class in the whole big beautiful bill? SNAP promises you won’t starve whether you live in New York or Mississippi. By shifting billions in costs to states, SNAP is no longer the federal guarantee millions rely on.
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Tariffs & ICE raids are connected insofar as they are attempts to blame economic & social conditions entirely on the actions of foreigners while attempting to paint domestic enemies as a traitorous fifth column working with the foreigners to undermine the country
June 10, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Tariffs & ICE raids are connected insofar as they are attempts to blame economic & social conditions entirely on the actions of foreigners while attempting to paint domestic enemies as a traitorous fifth column working with the foreigners to undermine the country
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This one was emotional. I read thousands of project abstracts that could've helped fix the problems that cause so many Black women to die in childbirth, encouraged young girls to become engineers, and helped women escape abuse. Years of progress, gone. www.americanprogress.org/article/how-...
How the Trump Administration’s DOGE Cuts Are Harming Women
A new analysis by the Center for American Progress shows DOGE has cut at least $3 billion in grants for research, education, and other programs that help women and girls—especially women of color.
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June 9, 2025 at 3:13 PM
This one was emotional. I read thousands of project abstracts that could've helped fix the problems that cause so many Black women to die in childbirth, encouraged young girls to become engineers, and helped women escape abuse. Years of progress, gone. www.americanprogress.org/article/how-...