Laura Valle-Gutierrez
@lfevalle.bsky.social
Women's Economic Justice - Fellow at the Century Foundation. D.C.
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The Care Imperative: Why Investing In Care Grows America’s Economy
Executive Summary A better, more affordable country for all of us is possible, within reach, and necessary if we are to secure a brighter future for
go.tcf.org
A better, more affordable country for all of us is possible and within reach. My new report for @tcfdotorg.bsky.social with @caringacross.org details how substantive investments in the care economy support families and catalyze economic growth. #CareCantWait go.tcf.org/TheCareImper...
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“Universal child care is incredibly popular, being able to access affordable child care that works for your child and your family is not a ‘red’ or ‘blue’ issue, it’s something that people across parties experience every single day,” - @kashenj.bsky.social
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AOC and Warren join forces in high-profile child care push ahead of midterms
As Republicans urge Americans to have more children but offer few supportive policies, Democrats believe reducing child care costs could be a winning message.
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February 12, 2026 at 4:33 PM
“Universal child care is incredibly popular, being able to access affordable child care that works for your child and your family is not a ‘red’ or ‘blue’ issue, it’s something that people across parties experience every single day,” - @kashenj.bsky.social
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After Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl performance at #SuperBowlLX, everyone’s talking about #PuertoRico. But here’s what many might not know about how federal policy affects the territory 🧵👇
February 11, 2026 at 3:05 PM
After Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl performance at #SuperBowlLX, everyone’s talking about #PuertoRico. But here’s what many might not know about how federal policy affects the territory 🧵👇
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As @kashenj.bsky.social tells @ehaspel.bsky.social in the @us.theguardian.com, “Ultimately, having universal childcare as the goal is something that not only serves the families directly who will benefit from it, but it really serves everyone.”
“The work really started years and years ago,” said Paluso, Co-Director of @childcareforeveryfamily.org. Groups like @olenm.bsky.social spent more than a decade “organizing providers & parents" before securing significant victories. #FundChildCare
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Why Democrats are suddenly embracing universal childcare
Candidates are putting universal childcare on platforms, and strategists say it could be a winning issue
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 9:39 PM
As @kashenj.bsky.social tells @ehaspel.bsky.social in the @us.theguardian.com, “Ultimately, having universal childcare as the goal is something that not only serves the families directly who will benefit from it, but it really serves everyone.”
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Today, we are launching the U.S. Democracy Meter, a new tool that deploys a 100-point scale across twenty-three subquestions to evaluate the quality of American democracy: go.tcf.org/DemocracyMeter
January 15, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Today, we are launching the U.S. Democracy Meter, a new tool that deploys a 100-point scale across twenty-three subquestions to evaluate the quality of American democracy: go.tcf.org/DemocracyMeter
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The unemployment rate for Black workers soared to 8.3% in November. That's more than double the rate for white workers.
December 16, 2025 at 2:18 PM
The unemployment rate for Black workers soared to 8.3% in November. That's more than double the rate for white workers.
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NEW: The average cost of child care is $13,000/year nationwide. Costs are rising in all but five states, and rising faster than inflation in 39 states and Washington, D.C.
@lfevalle.bsky.social and @kashenj.bsky.social explore the state of the care economy and its workforce: go.tcf.org/carecrisis
@lfevalle.bsky.social and @kashenj.bsky.social explore the state of the care economy and its workforce: go.tcf.org/carecrisis
December 10, 2025 at 4:46 PM
NEW: The average cost of child care is $13,000/year nationwide. Costs are rising in all but five states, and rising faster than inflation in 39 states and Washington, D.C.
@lfevalle.bsky.social and @kashenj.bsky.social explore the state of the care economy and its workforce: go.tcf.org/carecrisis
@lfevalle.bsky.social and @kashenj.bsky.social explore the state of the care economy and its workforce: go.tcf.org/carecrisis
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NEW: Popular holiday gifts are up 26% since last year—nearly nine times the overall inflation rate. 40% of families are buying fewer gifts, nearly one-third are giving presents to fewer people, and more than one in ten are tapping into savings.
🔗 go.tcf.org/holidayprices
🔗 go.tcf.org/holidayprices
December 9, 2025 at 4:21 PM
NEW: Popular holiday gifts are up 26% since last year—nearly nine times the overall inflation rate. 40% of families are buying fewer gifts, nearly one-third are giving presents to fewer people, and more than one in ten are tapping into savings.
🔗 go.tcf.org/holidayprices
🔗 go.tcf.org/holidayprices
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Americans spent more this year on Halloween - & Trump’s tariffs are hitting Thanksgiving too.
Expect to spend 10% more thanks to economic chaos. That’s 3x the rate of overall inflation!
Our new analysis w/ @tcfdotorg.bsky.social & @aft.org shows how Trump's policies are ruining Thanksgiving.
Expect to spend 10% more thanks to economic chaos. That’s 3x the rate of overall inflation!
Our new analysis w/ @tcfdotorg.bsky.social & @aft.org shows how Trump's policies are ruining Thanksgiving.
November 21, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Americans spent more this year on Halloween - & Trump’s tariffs are hitting Thanksgiving too.
Expect to spend 10% more thanks to economic chaos. That’s 3x the rate of overall inflation!
Our new analysis w/ @tcfdotorg.bsky.social & @aft.org shows how Trump's policies are ruining Thanksgiving.
Expect to spend 10% more thanks to economic chaos. That’s 3x the rate of overall inflation!
Our new analysis w/ @tcfdotorg.bsky.social & @aft.org shows how Trump's policies are ruining Thanksgiving.
🦃 NEW: Thanksgiving dinner is up 10% this year — more than 3x overall inflation.
Families are cutting back or skipping the holiday entirely. Why? Trump’s policies keep driving prices up.
Read my latest with @groundwork.bsky.social, @tcfdotorg.bsky.social & @aft.org
tcf.org/content/comm...
Families are cutting back or skipping the holiday entirely. Why? Trump’s policies keep driving prices up.
Read my latest with @groundwork.bsky.social, @tcfdotorg.bsky.social & @aft.org
tcf.org/content/comm...
A Pricier Plate: Thanksgiving Costs Climb Nearly 10% This Year
As families across the country prepare to carve turkey and watch football, new analysis from Groundwork Collaborative, The Century Foundation, and AFT
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November 21, 2025 at 2:22 PM
🦃 NEW: Thanksgiving dinner is up 10% this year — more than 3x overall inflation.
Families are cutting back or skipping the holiday entirely. Why? Trump’s policies keep driving prices up.
Read my latest with @groundwork.bsky.social, @tcfdotorg.bsky.social & @aft.org
tcf.org/content/comm...
Families are cutting back or skipping the holiday entirely. Why? Trump’s policies keep driving prices up.
Read my latest with @groundwork.bsky.social, @tcfdotorg.bsky.social & @aft.org
tcf.org/content/comm...
We finally got jobs data from September, and there are some warning signs for the women in the economy. Black women’s unemployment has reached 7.5 percent. Black women’s unemployment is the canary in the coal mine, currently sitting 4 percentage points higher than white men’s unemployment.
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November 20, 2025 at 3:49 PM
We finally got jobs data from September, and there are some warning signs for the women in the economy. Black women’s unemployment has reached 7.5 percent. Black women’s unemployment is the canary in the coal mine, currently sitting 4 percentage points higher than white men’s unemployment.
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Native women are paid 41 cents for each dollar that white men are paid, one of the starkest gender pay gaps in the U.S.
About 64 percent of Native moms are their family breadwinners and they earn just 41 cents paid to the dollar of a white man. https://nationalpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/native-american-women-wage-gap.pdf
November 18, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Native women are paid 41 cents for each dollar that white men are paid, one of the starkest gender pay gaps in the U.S.
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An American economy that prioritizes care gives workers the time they need to care for themselves and their families without risking their job or their paycheck. Read @tcfdotorg.bsky.social and @caringacross.org’s new report to learn more: go.tcf.org/TheCareImperative #PaidLeaveForAll
The Care Imperative: Why Investing In Care Grows America’s Economy
Executive Summary A better, more affordable country for all of us is possible, within reach, and necessary if we are to secure a brighter future for
go.tcf.org
November 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
An American economy that prioritizes care gives workers the time they need to care for themselves and their families without risking their job or their paycheck. Read @tcfdotorg.bsky.social and @caringacross.org’s new report to learn more: go.tcf.org/TheCareImperative #PaidLeaveForAll
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Investments in care policies, including those that support child care, paid leave, aging and disability care, and good jobs for care workers ensure that the government is responsive to people’s basic needs.
New from TCF and @caringacross.org: go.tcf.org/TheCareImperative
New from TCF and @caringacross.org: go.tcf.org/TheCareImperative
November 18, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Investments in care policies, including those that support child care, paid leave, aging and disability care, and good jobs for care workers ensure that the government is responsive to people’s basic needs.
New from TCF and @caringacross.org: go.tcf.org/TheCareImperative
New from TCF and @caringacross.org: go.tcf.org/TheCareImperative
A better, more affordable country for all of us is possible and within reach. My new report for @tcfdotorg.bsky.social with @caringacross.org details how substantive investments in the care economy support families and catalyze economic growth. #CareCantWait go.tcf.org/TheCareImper...
The Care Imperative: Why Investing In Care Grows America’s Economy
Executive Summary A better, more affordable country for all of us is possible, within reach, and necessary if we are to secure a brighter future for
go.tcf.org
November 18, 2025 at 2:52 PM
A better, more affordable country for all of us is possible and within reach. My new report for @tcfdotorg.bsky.social with @caringacross.org details how substantive investments in the care economy support families and catalyze economic growth. #CareCantWait go.tcf.org/TheCareImper...
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The Trump administration made it possible for ICE to terrorize children and educators. As @jackiemader.bsky.social reported for @hechingerreport.org earlier this year, ICE was banned from entering child care programs and schools until DHS issued a new directive
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November 5, 2025 at 3:46 PM
The Trump administration made it possible for ICE to terrorize children and educators. As @jackiemader.bsky.social reported for @hechingerreport.org earlier this year, ICE was banned from entering child care programs and schools until DHS issued a new directive
hechingerreport.org/child-care-c...
hechingerreport.org/child-care-c...
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Making AI slop videos and making "your mom" jokes isn't going to lower the cost of child care for millions of parents trying to make ends meet. But free child care would—read more about it from TCF's @kashenj.bsky.social here: tcf.org/content/comm...
Free Child Care Would Help Families Afford a Better Life
Across the country, no matter what background, faith, or color, people are working hard to provide for their families. But as this work has made America
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October 21, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Making AI slop videos and making "your mom" jokes isn't going to lower the cost of child care for millions of parents trying to make ends meet. But free child care would—read more about it from TCF's @kashenj.bsky.social here: tcf.org/content/comm...
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I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.
October 22, 2025 at 12:33 AM
I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.
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America’s child care crisis isn’t a problem that will go away on its own. Instead of solutions, Trump and Congressional Republicans passed a megabill with child care tax updates too small to fundamentally change how families are experiencing the child care crisis.
Learn more: go.tcf.org/crisis
Learn more: go.tcf.org/crisis
October 7, 2025 at 3:42 PM
America’s child care crisis isn’t a problem that will go away on its own. Instead of solutions, Trump and Congressional Republicans passed a megabill with child care tax updates too small to fundamentally change how families are experiencing the child care crisis.
Learn more: go.tcf.org/crisis
Learn more: go.tcf.org/crisis
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Join us for an evening with award-winning researcher and writer Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman as she launches her new book, The Double Tax: How Women of Color Are Overcharged and Underpaid.
📍 MLK Library Auditorium, Washington, DC
📅 Thursday, Sept. 18 | 6 PM
🎟️ Complimentary books + signing to follow
📍 MLK Library Auditorium, Washington, DC
📅 Thursday, Sept. 18 | 6 PM
🎟️ Complimentary books + signing to follow
"The Double Tax: How Women of Color Are Overcharged and Underpaid" Book Launch Event
Award-winning researcher, speaker, and writer Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyemen is releasing her new book, The Double Tax: How Women of Color Are Overcharged and
tcf.org
September 10, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Join us for an evening with award-winning researcher and writer Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman as she launches her new book, The Double Tax: How Women of Color Are Overcharged and Underpaid.
📍 MLK Library Auditorium, Washington, DC
📅 Thursday, Sept. 18 | 6 PM
🎟️ Complimentary books + signing to follow
📍 MLK Library Auditorium, Washington, DC
📅 Thursday, Sept. 18 | 6 PM
🎟️ Complimentary books + signing to follow
Reposted by Laura Valle-Gutierrez
State and local policymakers looking to increase child care affordability, supply, and compensation must continue expanding public funding. Tri-Share does not build supply or substantively improve wages and benefits, making it a poor solution to the child care crisis. tcf.org/content/comm...
The Tri-Share Model Is Not a Solution to the Child Care Crisis
Former Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called child care a “textbook example of a broken market.” The problems plaguing this broken market were aptly
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September 8, 2025 at 3:29 PM
State and local policymakers looking to increase child care affordability, supply, and compensation must continue expanding public funding. Tri-Share does not build supply or substantively improve wages and benefits, making it a poor solution to the child care crisis. tcf.org/content/comm...
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Job losses were particularly acute in professional/business services, the federal govt, and wholesale trade, but there have also been sustained losses over recent months in manufacturing, construction, and mining, an indication that Trump's blue-collar renaissance is clearly not happening.
#EconSky
#EconSky
September 5, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Job losses were particularly acute in professional/business services, the federal govt, and wholesale trade, but there have also been sustained losses over recent months in manufacturing, construction, and mining, an indication that Trump's blue-collar renaissance is clearly not happening.
#EconSky
#EconSky
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Join us today at 1:00 PM ET as we present new findings from a survey of over 2,000 Americans on the affordability crisis and what the economy is really like for working people today.
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What Are Americans Really Feeling In Trump’s Economy?
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July 31, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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This morning, we released an alarming new report detailing the depths of Americans’ financial distress, based on a June survey of 2,000 voters with Morning Consult.
TCF President Julie Margetta Morgan (@jmargetta.bsky.social) explains in a new op-ed in @rollingstone.com.
TCF President Julie Margetta Morgan (@jmargetta.bsky.social) explains in a new op-ed in @rollingstone.com.
Americans Wanted a Cost of Living Warrior. Trump Is the Opposite
Americans are increasingly concerned with cost of living issues. They voted for Donald Trump to help, but he's done the opposite.
www.rollingstone.com
July 31, 2025 at 12:33 PM
This morning, we released an alarming new report detailing the depths of Americans’ financial distress, based on a June survey of 2,000 voters with Morning Consult.
TCF President Julie Margetta Morgan (@jmargetta.bsky.social) explains in a new op-ed in @rollingstone.com.
TCF President Julie Margetta Morgan (@jmargetta.bsky.social) explains in a new op-ed in @rollingstone.com.
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“Child care’s been rising for about 30 years faster than inflation.
The reality is the price of providing good child care is more than a lot of parents can pay. We've solved this in other sectors, like in education. That's what we need to be doing for child care, too.” – @kashenj.bsky.social
The reality is the price of providing good child care is more than a lot of parents can pay. We've solved this in other sectors, like in education. That's what we need to be doing for child care, too.” – @kashenj.bsky.social
July 29, 2025 at 4:56 PM
“Child care’s been rising for about 30 years faster than inflation.
The reality is the price of providing good child care is more than a lot of parents can pay. We've solved this in other sectors, like in education. That's what we need to be doing for child care, too.” – @kashenj.bsky.social
The reality is the price of providing good child care is more than a lot of parents can pay. We've solved this in other sectors, like in education. That's what we need to be doing for child care, too.” – @kashenj.bsky.social