Vicki Shabo

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New America was thrilled to sponsor A Day of #UnreasonableConversation this year! @vshabo.bsky.social joined a panel on gender and empowerment, and we launched our new primer on how entertainment can move beyond outdated gender tropes.

Learn more 👉 https://bit.ly/43bK3NA

Exclusive | Trump Administration Cancels Annual Hunger Survey The government has been measuring food insecurity since the mid-1990s but now says the report has become “overly politicized.”

The Administration acknowledged that it will stop the survey that measures food insecurity, just as tariffs push up food prices and the deep cuts to food assistance enacted in July start to take effect. Congress must intervene to save these vital data. www.wsj.com/economy/trum...

"Women get punished for having children and not having children." - Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman at event with Institute for Women's Policy Research & @tcfdotorg.bsky.social

Exciting to see #PaidLeave champs gather on the Hill today to recommit to the #FAMILYAct.

Here's an explainer about what's in bill -- and what US workers, families, and businesses could have access to, if only Congress would look at the evidence and take action.

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YouTube video by KRCG 13 Three Missouri Democrats refuse to leave House floor

3 fiesty MO reps (rayreed.bsky.social, Elizabeth Fuchs & Jeremy Dean) are protesting the GOP's effort to steal Kansas City's representation in Congress!

2k+ Missourians testified vs this unconstitutional power grab. Plz RT to support! @lauraannstl.bsky.social

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I'm hitting the paywall at this link and really want to read this! Thank you for writing it - this very topic has been on my mind!

It was an honor to write about #Hacks, which has been nominated for nine #EmmyAwards this year, and how the show searches for and delivers what women want: visibility, authenticity, autonomy, and voice.

Little Lobbyists families sit in front of a livestream camera feed to read their Medicaid stories

Little Lobbyists families sit in front of a livestream camera feed to read their Medicaid stories

Little Lobbyists families sit in front of a livestream camera feed to read their Medicaid stories

Little Lobbyists families sit in front of a livestream camera feed to read their Medicaid stories

They said we'll "get over it." We won't.

Congress has passed the largest cuts to care in history – gutting Medicaid, Medicare, and the #AffordableCareAct by more than one trillion dollars, in favor for tax cuts for billionaires.

We will not simply "get over" losing our care!
#ProtectMedicaid

California increased paid family leave payments. Now more parents are taking advantage Starting in January, the state offered more-generous leave benefits. Claims in the first two quarters this year were up about 16%, compared to the same time period last year.

Great news from California, where improved #PaidLeave benefits do what they are intended to: Let people take #TimeToCare for children and loved ones and themselves!

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Based on new CBO findings the number of uninsured resulting from the Senate bill is nearly 17 million -- more than the 16 million whom CBO found would lose coverage under the House bill. 🧵

NEW #PaidLeaveForAll report out today — more men are using paid parental leave than ever. In 8 of the 10 state paid leave programs in operation, men are taking more than 40% of paid leaves, and in some more than half. paidleaveforall.org/wp-content/u...

If political leaders could just encourage and fund care for one another instead of rolling tanks to DC to break our streets, things would be much better.

Secretary Chavez DeRemer’s attacks on the Women’s Bureau aren’t accidental, they’re part of a concerted effort by the Trump administration to disenfranchise women. Over the past 4 months, the admin has continuously rolled back women’s rights in the name of defending them. bsky.app/profile/gayl...

Trump wants to eliminate a 105-year-old office that supports women Staffers see the proposal as part of an effort to fundamentally reshape America's workforce.

TCF Senior Fellow @gaylegoldin.bsky.social tells @motherjones.com about the Trump administration's defunding of the Women's Bureau at the Dept. of Labor, and how it signifies their deeper intentions on gender roles.

"It really feels like a specific effort to get women out of the workplace."

In which our advisor @vshabo.bsky.social totally debunks Youngkin’s whole rationale for vetoing the paid leave passed in the legislature and supported by Virginians across party lines. virginiaindependentnews.com/politics/gov...

Shapiro’s silence on paid family leave stands in stark contrast with Democratic rivals. What gives? | Opinion While other rising-star governors like Tim Walz, Gretchen Whitmer, Gavin Newsom, and JB Pritzker have expanded paid leave in their states, Josh Shapiro has stayed silent on Pa.'s Family Care Act.

Gov. Josh Shapiro has a chance to make history by backing the Family Care Act—a bill that would make PA the first swing state with paid family and medical leave.

81% of voters (including 67% of GOP) support it, via @rwest817.bsky.social and @gaylegoldin.bsky.social.

We're worrying about the wrong thing. Low birth rate isn't the crisis: Child care is. | Opinion Making more babies by threat, faux incentives, or even force is not a goal or a solution. And it ignores the desperate, real needs of families.

“The real crisis is one of care… The answer to the real crisis is not what we can gut and burn and take away from people, but what we can give them, the world we can create.” My piece in @usatoday.com. www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

Medicaid cuts = skipped doctor visits, missed developmental screenings and fewer mental health services for parents and children. Medicaid cuts drown people in red tape to keep coverage and strip healthcare from those who qualify.
Tell Congress: #NoMedicaidCuts

The House Ways and Means tax bill released today is skewed in favor of rich people, is even more costly than the original 2017 law, and fails to deliver for working-class families and small businesses.
A thread 🧵

The House Ag bill released tonight would take away or cut #SNAP food benefits for millions of low-income people struggling to afford groceries—families w/ children, seniors, ppl w/ disabilities, veterans & workers in low-wage jobs.

Motherhood Medals Won’t Save America – But Care Policy Might Why Trump’s baby boom agenda is widening the care gap for women and families

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AFL-CIO et al. v. Department of Labor: Federal Judge Greenlights Challenge to DOGE

UPDATE: Despite the government's efforts, a federal judge is allowing our case to move forward to keep DOGE from accessing Americans' personal data across three agencies (Labor, HHS, CFPB) to continue. We will continue to hold DOGE accountable in court.

The 3rd in the WMC Beverly Wettenstein History Lecture Series premiered online on March 31, during #WHM, & was delivered by Anushay Hussain on the systemic exclusion of women in American healthcare history. She was later joined in convo by @vshabo.bsky.social: womensmediacenter.com/about/events...

The changes and chaos at SSA hurt all people who rely on its services, but - no surprise - disproportionately harm low-income older adults of color. My @justiceinaging.org colleague @traceygro.bsky.social unpacks why in this piece from Mother Jones.

Paid family leave is the right answer for PA families – and the commonwealth itself Providing such a benefit will make the state a leader in the nation and even more attractive to young families.

As the Pennsylvania Legislature gets back to work on a bipartisan paid family and medical leave proposal this week, let's review the reasons #PaidLeave benefits workers, families, businesses, and the economy and makes PA competitive with nearby states.

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Way to go New Mexico! One step closer to becoming the 14th state to #PassPaidLeave so all people and their families have time to care.

The Impact of Paid Leave on the Health of Massachusetts | National Partnership for Women & Families This brief offers strong evidence that paid leave not only supports workers health, but also improves productivity in Massachusetts.

Because of Massachusetts’ #PaidLeave program, workers with heart disease and depression had fewer “poor health” days, amounting to over $1 billion in combined productivity gains. npwf.info/3XjFFt1

An Attack on Pregnant Workers at the 5th Circuit Could Unleash Chaos Across the Country Even this far-right court should reject the radical arguments presented here.

A case before the 5th Circuit will have far-reaching consequences for the rights of pregnant workers and democracy. We must fight to ensure the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act remains intact.
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Tell Congress: Pass the "Stop the Steal" bill to prevent anyone from meddling with our payment systems and data Contact Congress today!

No idea why they need access to our IRS data, but this needs to end right now.

Tell your Members of Congress--call and send a letter below: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...