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Economic Security Project is an ideas advocacy organization that builds economic power for all Americans.
1/ 🚗Come on the Road to Affordability with us!
Over the past few months, we traveled across Illinois to hear how the #affordability crisis is impacting people’s lives — from the fairgrounds of Springfield to a community center in Chicago, to a powerful example of what’s possible in Venice. 🧵
Over the past few months, we traveled across Illinois to hear how the #affordability crisis is impacting people’s lives — from the fairgrounds of Springfield to a community center in Chicago, to a powerful example of what’s possible in Venice. 🧵
December 23, 2025 at 8:12 PM
1/ 🚗Come on the Road to Affordability with us!
Over the past few months, we traveled across Illinois to hear how the #affordability crisis is impacting people’s lives — from the fairgrounds of Springfield to a community center in Chicago, to a powerful example of what’s possible in Venice. 🧵
Over the past few months, we traveled across Illinois to hear how the #affordability crisis is impacting people’s lives — from the fairgrounds of Springfield to a community center in Chicago, to a powerful example of what’s possible in Venice. 🧵
ESP’s Director of Policy & Research, Becky Chao, joins @liberalcurrents.com to talk about our #Affordability Framework—a tool for understanding why life has become so unaffordable.
🎧 Listen here: youtu.be/Dguyt1nbY5M
📖 Learn more about our Framework: economicsecurityproject.org/resource/aff...
🎧 Listen here: youtu.be/Dguyt1nbY5M
📖 Learn more about our Framework: economicsecurityproject.org/resource/aff...
December 18, 2025 at 7:24 PM
ESP’s Director of Policy & Research, Becky Chao, joins @liberalcurrents.com to talk about our #Affordability Framework—a tool for understanding why life has become so unaffordable.
🎧 Listen here: youtu.be/Dguyt1nbY5M
📖 Learn more about our Framework: economicsecurityproject.org/resource/aff...
🎧 Listen here: youtu.be/Dguyt1nbY5M
📖 Learn more about our Framework: economicsecurityproject.org/resource/aff...
📣 We’re hiring a Senior Program & Research Manager, Cash Initiatives.
If you enjoy turning strategy into action, synthesizing complex research, and working alongside policy leaders to advance economic justice — this role is for you.
💰 $96,000–$119,000
🔗 economicsecurityproject.org/careers
If you enjoy turning strategy into action, synthesizing complex research, and working alongside policy leaders to advance economic justice — this role is for you.
💰 $96,000–$119,000
🔗 economicsecurityproject.org/careers
December 17, 2025 at 5:47 PM
📣 We’re hiring a Senior Program & Research Manager, Cash Initiatives.
If you enjoy turning strategy into action, synthesizing complex research, and working alongside policy leaders to advance economic justice — this role is for you.
💰 $96,000–$119,000
🔗 economicsecurityproject.org/careers
If you enjoy turning strategy into action, synthesizing complex research, and working alongside policy leaders to advance economic justice — this role is for you.
💰 $96,000–$119,000
🔗 economicsecurityproject.org/careers
Welcome, Loyal Terry, to the team as our new Legislative Advocate! He comes to us from Asm Aguiar-Curry's office, where he staffed AB 325 — legislation ESCAA co-sponsored to ban algorithmic price-fixing. He'll drive our leg agenda in Sacramento on GI, responsible AI, and curbing corporate power.
December 11, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Welcome, Loyal Terry, to the team as our new Legislative Advocate! He comes to us from Asm Aguiar-Curry's office, where he staffed AB 325 — legislation ESCAA co-sponsored to ban algorithmic price-fixing. He'll drive our leg agenda in Sacramento on GI, responsible AI, and curbing corporate power.
Paul Wieland just wanted to use his garage door on his own terms. What he ran into was a much bigger fight — a monopoly on repair and use, as companies use software, servers, and subscriptions to change how products work after purchase. #RightToRepair
Why One Man Is Fighting for Our Right to Control Our Garage Door Openers
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Paul Wieland just wanted to use his garage door on his own terms. What he ran into was a much bigger fight — a monopoly on repair and use, as companies use software, servers, and subscriptions to change how products work after purchase. #RightToRepair
Public options work.
LA’s fee-free banking has helped 38,000 families.
North Dakota’s public bank has reinvested $1B back into the state.
Illinois deserves the same chance—to keep dollars in workers’ pockets and reinvest in our communities.
ESIL Director Sarah Saheb lays out how 👇
LA’s fee-free banking has helped 38,000 families.
North Dakota’s public bank has reinvested $1B back into the state.
Illinois deserves the same chance—to keep dollars in workers’ pockets and reinvest in our communities.
ESIL Director Sarah Saheb lays out how 👇
Commentary: Public options are how we fight back against broken markets
Public options and introduce an alternative that consumers and communities need — and can afford, writes the executive director at Economic Security Illinois.
www.chicagobusiness.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Public options work.
LA’s fee-free banking has helped 38,000 families.
North Dakota’s public bank has reinvested $1B back into the state.
Illinois deserves the same chance—to keep dollars in workers’ pockets and reinvest in our communities.
ESIL Director Sarah Saheb lays out how 👇
LA’s fee-free banking has helped 38,000 families.
North Dakota’s public bank has reinvested $1B back into the state.
Illinois deserves the same chance—to keep dollars in workers’ pockets and reinvest in our communities.
ESIL Director Sarah Saheb lays out how 👇
ESP co-founder @c-hughes.bsky.social breaks down why Trump Accounts won’t fix widening wealth + income inequality.
Families need equitable, well-designed cash policies paired with real investment in the foundations of a good life—not surface-level fixes.
Families need equitable, well-designed cash policies paired with real investment in the foundations of a good life—not surface-level fixes.
December 8, 2025 at 10:14 PM
ESP co-founder @c-hughes.bsky.social breaks down why Trump Accounts won’t fix widening wealth + income inequality.
Families need equitable, well-designed cash policies paired with real investment in the foundations of a good life—not surface-level fixes.
Families need equitable, well-designed cash policies paired with real investment in the foundations of a good life—not surface-level fixes.
“What’s being sold isn’t empowerment. It’s an illusion.”
In @forbes.com, ESP board member Aisha Nyandoro unpacks how 50-year mortgages trap Black families in interest-heavy debt while draining the wealth homeownership should create.
In @forbes.com, ESP board member Aisha Nyandoro unpacks how 50-year mortgages trap Black families in interest-heavy debt while draining the wealth homeownership should create.
A 50-Year Mortgage Is A Crisis, Not A Solution
Examining 50-year mortgages and housing inequities, highlighting how policies harm Black families and the urgent need for fair, wealth-building solutions.
www.forbes.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
“What’s being sold isn’t empowerment. It’s an illusion.”
In @forbes.com, ESP board member Aisha Nyandoro unpacks how 50-year mortgages trap Black families in interest-heavy debt while draining the wealth homeownership should create.
In @forbes.com, ESP board member Aisha Nyandoro unpacks how 50-year mortgages trap Black families in interest-heavy debt while draining the wealth homeownership should create.
“In a recent paper for the ESP, Becky Chao and Mike Konczal document that Americans generally become parents when their earnings have yet to achieve mid-career levels” — leaving young families financially squeezed. Tax credits like the #CTC & #EITC can help address this structural gap.
The $79 Trillion Heist - The American Prospect
We’re in an affordability crisis because workers aren’t being paid at the same levels they earned in the past.
prospect.org
December 4, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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Rich people are spending. Everyone else is cutting corners.
Scoville Fellow '10 Taylor Jo Isenberg of the @economicsecurityproject.org comments in @usatoday.com . www.usatoday.com/story/money/...
Scoville Fellow '10 Taylor Jo Isenberg of the @economicsecurityproject.org comments in @usatoday.com . www.usatoday.com/story/money/...
Rich people are spending. Everyone else is cutting corners.
The strength of the U.S. economy increasingly relies on the top 10% of earners.
www.usatoday.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Rich people are spending. Everyone else is cutting corners.
Scoville Fellow '10 Taylor Jo Isenberg of the @economicsecurityproject.org comments in @usatoday.com . www.usatoday.com/story/money/...
Scoville Fellow '10 Taylor Jo Isenberg of the @economicsecurityproject.org comments in @usatoday.com . www.usatoday.com/story/money/...
The richest 10 Americans made $698B last year alone.
@oxfamamerica.bsky.social's new report lays out how we got here and how we can reverse course and build an economy that works for everyone. www.oxfamamerica.org/explore/rese...
@oxfamamerica.bsky.social's new report lays out how we got here and how we can reverse course and build an economy that works for everyone. www.oxfamamerica.org/explore/rese...
UNEQUAL: The rise of a new American oligarchy and the agenda we need
This past year has been indelibly shaped by concentrated wealth and power. The 10 richest U.S. billionaires got $698 billion weal
www.oxfamamerica.org
December 2, 2025 at 8:37 PM
The richest 10 Americans made $698B last year alone.
@oxfamamerica.bsky.social's new report lays out how we got here and how we can reverse course and build an economy that works for everyone. www.oxfamamerica.org/explore/rese...
@oxfamamerica.bsky.social's new report lays out how we got here and how we can reverse course and build an economy that works for everyone. www.oxfamamerica.org/explore/rese...
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.
Prices are still rising. Families are still struggling. And the policies coming out of the White House are making it worse.
“Mr. Trump has pursued policies, starting with tariffs, that are making the problem worse by making life in America less affordable.”
“Mr. Trump has pursued policies, starting with tariffs, that are making the problem worse by making life in America less affordable.”
Opinion | Does Trump Know the Price of Milk?
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Prices are still rising. Families are still struggling. And the policies coming out of the White House are making it worse.
“Mr. Trump has pursued policies, starting with tariffs, that are making the problem worse by making life in America less affordable.”
“Mr. Trump has pursued policies, starting with tariffs, that are making the problem worse by making life in America less affordable.”
Cook County just made history. With its 2026 budget, the County becomes the first in the nation to make #guaranteedincome permanent, putting money directly back into families’ pockets. ESIL is proud to partner on this nation-leading effort.
Cook County Becomes First Government Body in Nation to Make Guaranteed Income Permanent - Economic Security Project
CHICAGO, IL – With the passage of its 2026 budget, Cook County will become the first county in the nation with a permanent guaranteed income program. This $7.5 million investment will make the Cook Co...
economicsecurityproject.org
November 20, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Cook County just made history. With its 2026 budget, the County becomes the first in the nation to make #guaranteedincome permanent, putting money directly back into families’ pockets. ESIL is proud to partner on this nation-leading effort.
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/
🔗 www.businessinsider.com/meta-wins-ft...
🔗 www.businessinsider.com/meta-wins-ft...
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/
🔗 www.businessinsider.com/meta-wins-ft...
🔗 www.businessinsider.com/meta-wins-ft...
BIG news: A federal lawsuit says construction equipment companies used shared software to fix prices nationwide – and it points to California’s AB 325 as the GOLD STANDARD for stopping it. 1/
November 14, 2025 at 11:44 PM
BIG news: A federal lawsuit says construction equipment companies used shared software to fix prices nationwide – and it points to California’s AB 325 as the GOLD STANDARD for stopping it. 1/
“It’s typically not a goal of policymakers to pass on mortgage debt to a borrowers’ children.”
- @mtkonczal.bsky.social on the 50-year mortgage in the @apnews.com.
- @mtkonczal.bsky.social on the 50-year mortgage in the @apnews.com.
November 12, 2025 at 7:39 PM
“It’s typically not a goal of policymakers to pass on mortgage debt to a borrowers’ children.”
- @mtkonczal.bsky.social on the 50-year mortgage in the @apnews.com.
- @mtkonczal.bsky.social on the 50-year mortgage in the @apnews.com.
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 bottom line here is that the gov't built something that people liked, but that doing so upset the private industry...so now the Trump admin is bending to the power and influence of that industry at the expense of the American people,” explains
ESP's Adam Ruben.
ESP's Adam Ruben.
I.R.S. Halts Free Online Offering for Filing Taxes Directly
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:09 PM
“The bottom line here is that the gov't built something that people liked, but that doing so upset the private industry...so now the Trump admin is bending to the power and influence of that industry at the expense of the American people,” explains
ESP's Adam Ruben.
ESP's Adam Ruben.
A new Treasury report confirms it: the Trump admin has officially killed the IRS #DirectFile tool—free, fast, and loved by taxpayers—handing a massive win to billion-dollar tax prep companies at the expense of the American people.
Read more 👇
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New Treasury Report Shows Trump Administration Officially Kills Popular Direct File Tool as a Favor to Tax Prep Industry - Economic Security Project
Washington, D.C. – In a quietly posted Treasury Department report to Congress, and subsequent emails from IRS officials to state tax officials as reported by TaxNotes and NextGov, the Trump Administra...
economicsecurityproject.org
November 6, 2025 at 9:33 PM
A new Treasury report confirms it: the Trump admin has officially killed the IRS #DirectFile tool—free, fast, and loved by taxpayers—handing a massive win to billion-dollar tax prep companies at the expense of the American people.
Read more 👇
Read more 👇
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/
Child care is a key driver of the affordability crisis squeezing families nationwide.
We applaud New Yorkers United for Child Care
& United Neighborhood Houses for their #2CareForAll Blueprint—a roadmap to universal, public childcare that builds on NYC’s progress and shows what’s possible.
We applaud New Yorkers United for Child Care
& United Neighborhood Houses for their #2CareForAll Blueprint—a roadmap to universal, public childcare that builds on NYC’s progress and shows what’s possible.
2-Care for All Blueprint — New Yorkers United for Child Care
www.united4childcare.org
October 29, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Child care is a key driver of the affordability crisis squeezing families nationwide.
We applaud New Yorkers United for Child Care
& United Neighborhood Houses for their #2CareForAll Blueprint—a roadmap to universal, public childcare that builds on NYC’s progress and shows what’s possible.
We applaud New Yorkers United for Child Care
& United Neighborhood Houses for their #2CareForAll Blueprint—a roadmap to universal, public childcare that builds on NYC’s progress and shows what’s possible.
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As the federal government rolls back enforcement of the Fair Housing Act, attempts to deregulate AI (even threatening state laws), and lays off thousands of federal workers, it’s important to stay grounded in our vision of an equitable tech economy.
In 2025, that’s exactly what we did.
In 2025, that’s exactly what we did.
October 29, 2025 at 4:10 PM
As the federal government rolls back enforcement of the Fair Housing Act, attempts to deregulate AI (even threatening state laws), and lays off thousands of federal workers, it’s important to stay grounded in our vision of an equitable tech economy.
In 2025, that’s exactly what we did.
In 2025, that’s exactly what we did.
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 👇