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NEW: Economic Security Project Executive Director Taylor Jo Isenberg comments on historic numbers from Moody's in @usatoday.com. A near-majority of consumer spending in the U.S. economy now comes from the top 10% of earners—highlighting the daily precarity the other 90% face.
November 25, 2025 at 5:14 PM
NEW: Economic Security Project Executive Director Taylor Jo Isenberg comments on historic numbers from Moody's in @usatoday.com. A near-majority of consumer spending in the U.S. economy now comes from the top 10% of earners—highlighting the daily precarity the other 90% face.
Meta’s acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp helped define today’s social media landscape—and this decision shows how difficult it is to unwind consolidation years later. 1/
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November 19, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Meta’s acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp helped define today’s social media landscape—and this decision shows how difficult it is to unwind consolidation years later. 1/
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🔗 www.businessinsider.com/meta-wins-ft...
On @cnbc.com's Squawk Box, ESP Board Chair and Co-founder @c-hughes.bsky.social describes the industrial policy we need:
“Give an institution a clear mission, and work with Congress to streamline that, rather than just do one deal here or there because your buddy called you up.”
“Give an institution a clear mission, and work with Congress to streamline that, rather than just do one deal here or there because your buddy called you up.”
November 12, 2025 at 5:41 PM
On @cnbc.com's Squawk Box, ESP Board Chair and Co-founder @c-hughes.bsky.social describes the industrial policy we need:
“Give an institution a clear mission, and work with Congress to streamline that, rather than just do one deal here or there because your buddy called you up.”
“Give an institution a clear mission, and work with Congress to streamline that, rather than just do one deal here or there because your buddy called you up.”
President Trump’s economy runs on deals, not strategy—ad hoc bargains that expand presidential power without building public capacity.
November 11, 2025 at 8:34 PM
President Trump’s economy runs on deals, not strategy—ad hoc bargains that expand presidential power without building public capacity.
The votes are in and the result is clear: it’s time to make life affordable for everyone.
From New York to Virginia, voters elected leaders who took the rising cost of living seriously and offered concrete solutions rooted in the realities of their communities. 1/
From New York to Virginia, voters elected leaders who took the rising cost of living seriously and offered concrete solutions rooted in the realities of their communities. 1/
November 5, 2025 at 11:29 PM
The votes are in and the result is clear: it’s time to make life affordable for everyone.
From New York to Virginia, voters elected leaders who took the rising cost of living seriously and offered concrete solutions rooted in the realities of their communities. 1/
From New York to Virginia, voters elected leaders who took the rising cost of living seriously and offered concrete solutions rooted in the realities of their communities. 1/
Congressional Republicans’ cuts to ACA subsidies and Medicaid will make healthcare more expensive for 22M Americans. ESP’s @mtkonczal.bsky.social broke down what’s at stake on CSPAN. WATCH 👇
October 28, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Congressional Republicans’ cuts to ACA subsidies and Medicaid will make healthcare more expensive for 22M Americans. ESP’s @mtkonczal.bsky.social broke down what’s at stake on CSPAN. WATCH 👇
1/💬 In a New York Times op-ed, ESP President Natalie Foster called out Congressional Republicans’ healthcare plan for what it is: a raw deal for Gen Z and working Americans.🧵
October 23, 2025 at 7:44 PM
1/💬 In a New York Times op-ed, ESP President Natalie Foster called out Congressional Republicans’ healthcare plan for what it is: a raw deal for Gen Z and working Americans.🧵
1/ Most people are not judging the state of the economy by GDP—they’re judging it by the cost of their weekly groceries or rent.
We’re living through an affordability crisis, and today, we’re releasing a framework to help make sense of this reality + chart a different path forward.
We’re living through an affordability crisis, and today, we’re releasing a framework to help make sense of this reality + chart a different path forward.
October 22, 2025 at 2:07 PM
1/ Most people are not judging the state of the economy by GDP—they’re judging it by the cost of their weekly groceries or rent.
We’re living through an affordability crisis, and today, we’re releasing a framework to help make sense of this reality + chart a different path forward.
We’re living through an affordability crisis, and today, we’re releasing a framework to help make sense of this reality + chart a different path forward.
Nearly 2M Californians could see their healthcare costs double, and 400K families could lose coverage as ACA tax credits expire. It’s a blow to working families stretched thin and a consequence of this summer’s tax law that prioritized tax breaks for the wealthy over healthcare affordability.
October 16, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Nearly 2M Californians could see their healthcare costs double, and 400K families could lose coverage as ACA tax credits expire. It’s a blow to working families stretched thin and a consequence of this summer’s tax law that prioritized tax breaks for the wealthy over healthcare affordability.
Cook County is making history. President Toni Preckwinkle’s 2026 budget makes the nation’s largest #guaranteedincome program permanent — putting $ directly in the pockets of working families. ESIL is proud to partner on this nation-leading effort.
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October 9, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Cook County is making history. President Toni Preckwinkle’s 2026 budget makes the nation’s largest #guaranteedincome program permanent — putting $ directly in the pockets of working families. ESIL is proud to partner on this nation-leading effort.
🔗 economicsecurityproject.org/news/cook-co...
🔗 economicsecurityproject.org/news/cook-co...
Michigan just showed what it looks like to invest in families.
A $270M state budget boost will expand #RxKids tenfold, reaching 30K babies a year👏👏👏
🔗 www.michiganpublic.org/health/2025-...
A $270M state budget boost will expand #RxKids tenfold, reaching 30K babies a year👏👏👏
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October 9, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Michigan just showed what it looks like to invest in families.
A $270M state budget boost will expand #RxKids tenfold, reaching 30K babies a year👏👏👏
🔗 www.michiganpublic.org/health/2025-...
A $270M state budget boost will expand #RxKids tenfold, reaching 30K babies a year👏👏👏
🔗 www.michiganpublic.org/health/2025-...
1/ 🎉🧵 BIG WIN: Gov. Newsom (@governor.ca.gov) yesterday signed #AB325 into law! The era of corporate collusion hiding behind computer code is over. Californians deserve fair prices, not corporate price manipulation, and that’s exactly what this bill delivers.
October 7, 2025 at 4:57 PM
1/ 🎉🧵 BIG WIN: Gov. Newsom (@governor.ca.gov) yesterday signed #AB325 into law! The era of corporate collusion hiding behind computer code is over. Californians deserve fair prices, not corporate price manipulation, and that’s exactly what this bill delivers.
1/ Oregon’s Direct Cash Transfer Plus (DCT+) pilot proves that trust and cash changes lives.
In 2022, Oregon launched the first statewide, publicly funded #guaranteedincome program for young people, ages 18–24, experiencing homelessness. 🧵
In 2022, Oregon launched the first statewide, publicly funded #guaranteedincome program for young people, ages 18–24, experiencing homelessness. 🧵
October 3, 2025 at 7:14 PM
1/ Oregon’s Direct Cash Transfer Plus (DCT+) pilot proves that trust and cash changes lives.
In 2022, Oregon launched the first statewide, publicly funded #guaranteedincome program for young people, ages 18–24, experiencing homelessness. 🧵
In 2022, Oregon launched the first statewide, publicly funded #guaranteedincome program for young people, ages 18–24, experiencing homelessness. 🧵
California just set the national standard for AI safety and innovation.
@governor.ca.gov just signed #SB53 into law, ensuring the future of AI serves all of us, not just Big Tech’s bottom line.
Here’s what the law does 🧵
@governor.ca.gov just signed #SB53 into law, ensuring the future of AI serves all of us, not just Big Tech’s bottom line.
Here’s what the law does 🧵
September 30, 2025 at 12:11 AM
California just set the national standard for AI safety and innovation.
@governor.ca.gov just signed #SB53 into law, ensuring the future of AI serves all of us, not just Big Tech’s bottom line.
Here’s what the law does 🧵
@governor.ca.gov just signed #SB53 into law, ensuring the future of AI serves all of us, not just Big Tech’s bottom line.
Here’s what the law does 🧵
1/ Launched in 2024 in Flint, Michigan, #RxKids is the nation’s first-ever community-wide prenatal and infant cash prescription program.
The results of two studies are in:
💡Preterm births fell by 18% and low birthweights by up to 27%
💡Evictions fell by 91%!
💡Postpartum depression fell by 14%
The results of two studies are in:
💡Preterm births fell by 18% and low birthweights by up to 27%
💡Evictions fell by 91%!
💡Postpartum depression fell by 14%
September 24, 2025 at 7:44 PM
1/ Launched in 2024 in Flint, Michigan, #RxKids is the nation’s first-ever community-wide prenatal and infant cash prescription program.
The results of two studies are in:
💡Preterm births fell by 18% and low birthweights by up to 27%
💡Evictions fell by 91%!
💡Postpartum depression fell by 14%
The results of two studies are in:
💡Preterm births fell by 18% and low birthweights by up to 27%
💡Evictions fell by 91%!
💡Postpartum depression fell by 14%
Childcare isn’t just a family issue. Sky-high costs ripple across the economy, hurting businesses, shrinking local economies, and forcing parents (mostly women) out of the workforce, explains ESP President @nataliefoster.bsky.social.
September 22, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Childcare isn’t just a family issue. Sky-high costs ripple across the economy, hurting businesses, shrinking local economies, and forcing parents (mostly women) out of the workforce, explains ESP President @nataliefoster.bsky.social.
Private capital’s reach is everywhere—from housing to retail to healthcare.
TOMORROW: ESP’s @nataliefoster.bsky.social will moderate a conversation with @techequity.us Founder + CEO Catherine Bracy and journalist @greenwell.bsky.social on what this means for our economy.
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TOMORROW: ESP’s @nataliefoster.bsky.social will moderate a conversation with @techequity.us Founder + CEO Catherine Bracy and journalist @greenwell.bsky.social on what this means for our economy.
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September 8, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Private capital’s reach is everywhere—from housing to retail to healthcare.
TOMORROW: ESP’s @nataliefoster.bsky.social will moderate a conversation with @techequity.us Founder + CEO Catherine Bracy and journalist @greenwell.bsky.social on what this means for our economy.
🔗 ow.ly/LK0w50WKnq1
TOMORROW: ESP’s @nataliefoster.bsky.social will moderate a conversation with @techequity.us Founder + CEO Catherine Bracy and journalist @greenwell.bsky.social on what this means for our economy.
🔗 ow.ly/LK0w50WKnq1
🧵Groceries or rent. Medicine or the electric bill. These aren’t hypothetical choices. They're the real trade-offs Illinois families told us about on our Road to Affordability Tour, a series of listening conversations across the state.
September 4, 2025 at 8:07 PM
🧵Groceries or rent. Medicine or the electric bill. These aren’t hypothetical choices. They're the real trade-offs Illinois families told us about on our Road to Affordability Tour, a series of listening conversations across the state.
Cash isn’t a cure-all. It won’t end homelessness or fix our broken healthcare system. But as @annielowrey.bsky.social reminds us, it can help families afford the basics like groceries and lower the poverty rate. That isn’t a disappointment—that’s the point.
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🔗 www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
September 2, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Cash isn’t a cure-all. It won’t end homelessness or fix our broken healthcare system. But as @annielowrey.bsky.social reminds us, it can help families afford the basics like groceries and lower the poverty rate. That isn’t a disappointment—that’s the point.
🔗 www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
🔗 www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
President Trump’s attempt to fire Federal Reserve Governor Cook is the most aggressive assault on the Fed's independence that we have ever seen, explains @c-hughes.bsky.social on Squawk Box.
This instability won’t just rattle markets—it will hit families already struggling with high costs, too.
This instability won’t just rattle markets—it will hit families already struggling with high costs, too.
August 28, 2025 at 3:03 PM
President Trump’s attempt to fire Federal Reserve Governor Cook is the most aggressive assault on the Fed's independence that we have ever seen, explains @c-hughes.bsky.social on Squawk Box.
This instability won’t just rattle markets—it will hit families already struggling with high costs, too.
This instability won’t just rattle markets—it will hit families already struggling with high costs, too.
Cash helps families cover essentials like groceries, rent, and medical bills, while also improving birth outcomes and boosting school attendance—just a few of the many proven benefits. But it was never meant to be a silver bullet, explains ESP’s Shafeka Hashash via @vox.com.
August 27, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Cash helps families cover essentials like groceries, rent, and medical bills, while also improving birth outcomes and boosting school attendance—just a few of the many proven benefits. But it was never meant to be a silver bullet, explains ESP’s Shafeka Hashash via @vox.com.
🚀Gig work is everywhere. For some, it’s a way to make extra cash. For others, it’s a lifeline in a tough economy.
But behind the headlines are real struggles. 🧵
But behind the headlines are real struggles. 🧵
August 27, 2025 at 5:35 PM
🚀Gig work is everywhere. For some, it’s a way to make extra cash. For others, it’s a lifeline in a tough economy.
But behind the headlines are real struggles. 🧵
But behind the headlines are real struggles. 🧵
Speaking with @arimelber.bsky.social, ESP co-founder
@c-hughes.bsky.social warns that firing Federal Reserve Governor Cook undermines the independence of the central bank—creating more economic instability at a time when families are already facing an affordability crisis.
@c-hughes.bsky.social warns that firing Federal Reserve Governor Cook undermines the independence of the central bank—creating more economic instability at a time when families are already facing an affordability crisis.
August 27, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Speaking with @arimelber.bsky.social, ESP co-founder
@c-hughes.bsky.social warns that firing Federal Reserve Governor Cook undermines the independence of the central bank—creating more economic instability at a time when families are already facing an affordability crisis.
@c-hughes.bsky.social warns that firing Federal Reserve Governor Cook undermines the independence of the central bank—creating more economic instability at a time when families are already facing an affordability crisis.
Last week, our Director of Cash Initiatives Shafeka Hashash joined @jeremybney.bsky.social on Substack Live to talk about what it really takes to build direct cash programs that deliver for families. Watch a highlight!
August 26, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Last week, our Director of Cash Initiatives Shafeka Hashash joined @jeremybney.bsky.social on Substack Live to talk about what it really takes to build direct cash programs that deliver for families. Watch a highlight!
1/ NEW: A study in Kenya found that giving families $1K cut infant mortality rates by nearly half. The infusion of cash meant mothers could afford prenatal visits, rest instead of working late into pregnancy, and deliver safely at hospitals. @give-directly.bsky.social
August 19, 2025 at 10:29 PM
1/ NEW: A study in Kenya found that giving families $1K cut infant mortality rates by nearly half. The infusion of cash meant mothers could afford prenatal visits, rest instead of working late into pregnancy, and deliver safely at hospitals. @give-directly.bsky.social