Maureen Conway
@maureenc.bsky.social
Interested in job quality, employee ownership, and economic systems that support human dignity. Also urban planning, pastel painting, food, books, sports and lots of other stuff. Views my own.
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Trump wants you to believe your struggle is your neighbor’s fault. But workers know better.
We see the truth: the folks cleaning our hospitals, caring for our elders, and harvesting our food aren’t the problem… losing them is.
www.counterpunch.org/2025/11/14/m...
We see the truth: the folks cleaning our hospitals, caring for our elders, and harvesting our food aren’t the problem… losing them is.
www.counterpunch.org/2025/11/14/m...
Mass Deportations Aren’t Helping Workers, They’re Tanking the Economy
Donald Trump rode back into office by leaning on the same faux populist refrain he weaponized a decade ago: immigrants are “taking your jobs!” Since then,
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November 17, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Trump wants you to believe your struggle is your neighbor’s fault. But workers know better.
We see the truth: the folks cleaning our hospitals, caring for our elders, and harvesting our food aren’t the problem… losing them is.
www.counterpunch.org/2025/11/14/m...
We see the truth: the folks cleaning our hospitals, caring for our elders, and harvesting our food aren’t the problem… losing them is.
www.counterpunch.org/2025/11/14/m...
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THIS IS HUGE: No Kings Alliance just announced they're going to mobilize in support of our striking baristas.
No kings in the White House, No kings at work!
www.commondreams.org/news/starbuc...
No kings in the White House, No kings at work!
www.commondreams.org/news/starbuc...
'Don't Cross the Picket Line': No Kings Alliance Backs Starbucks Boycott During Workers Strike | Common Dreams
The No Kings Alliance stands in solidarity with Starbucks workers on strike for fair pay and contracts, highlighting CEO-worker pay disparity.
www.commondreams.org
November 15, 2025 at 1:24 PM
THIS IS HUGE: No Kings Alliance just announced they're going to mobilize in support of our striking baristas.
No kings in the White House, No kings at work!
www.commondreams.org/news/starbuc...
No kings in the White House, No kings at work!
www.commondreams.org/news/starbuc...
Brilliant! Read @winterjessica.bsky.social
The problem that men & women share is an econ system that devalues a
& dehumanizes them. Hard work doesn’t work when work doesn’t pay.
In the face of this econ injustice, centrist D’s ideas stir neither hope nor passion
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
The problem that men & women share is an econ system that devalues a
& dehumanizes them. Hard work doesn’t work when work doesn’t pay.
In the face of this econ injustice, centrist D’s ideas stir neither hope nor passion
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
What Did Men Do to Deserve This?
Changes in the economy and in the culture seem to have hit them hard. Scott Galloway believes they need an “aspirational vision of masculinity.”
www.newyorker.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Brilliant! Read @winterjessica.bsky.social
The problem that men & women share is an econ system that devalues a
& dehumanizes them. Hard work doesn’t work when work doesn’t pay.
In the face of this econ injustice, centrist D’s ideas stir neither hope nor passion
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
The problem that men & women share is an econ system that devalues a
& dehumanizes them. Hard work doesn’t work when work doesn’t pay.
In the face of this econ injustice, centrist D’s ideas stir neither hope nor passion
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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this is literally never not accurate
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
this is literally never not accurate
A Good Jobs Agenda:
1. start focusing on services, instead of manufacturing, as the main provider of jobs.
2. take aim at technological innovation, deploying government programs to redirect it in a more worker-friendly direction.
Read @drodrik.bsky.social @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...
1. start focusing on services, instead of manufacturing, as the main provider of jobs.
2. take aim at technological innovation, deploying government programs to redirect it in a more worker-friendly direction.
Read @drodrik.bsky.social @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...
Opinion | This Is What a Good Job Looks Like
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM
A Good Jobs Agenda:
1. start focusing on services, instead of manufacturing, as the main provider of jobs.
2. take aim at technological innovation, deploying government programs to redirect it in a more worker-friendly direction.
Read @drodrik.bsky.social @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...
1. start focusing on services, instead of manufacturing, as the main provider of jobs.
2. take aim at technological innovation, deploying government programs to redirect it in a more worker-friendly direction.
Read @drodrik.bsky.social @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...
NFP = conservatives trying to trick women into unplanned pregnancies and justifying it by saying women are just selfish for not wanting children.
Then they blame women for having kids they can’t afford—which they can’t in a country that impoverishes working people
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/u...
Then they blame women for having kids they can’t afford—which they can’t in a country that impoverishes working people
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/u...
The MAHA-Fueled Rise of Natural Family Planning
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:26 PM
NFP = conservatives trying to trick women into unplanned pregnancies and justifying it by saying women are just selfish for not wanting children.
Then they blame women for having kids they can’t afford—which they can’t in a country that impoverishes working people
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/u...
Then they blame women for having kids they can’t afford—which they can’t in a country that impoverishes working people
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/u...
Taking the Republican principle of government by the rich and for the rich to a whole new level…
Read @jessedrucker.bsky.social @nytimes.com
How the Trump Administration Is Giving Even More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
Read @jessedrucker.bsky.social @nytimes.com
How the Trump Administration Is Giving Even More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
How the Trump Administration Is Giving Even More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Taking the Republican principle of government by the rich and for the rich to a whole new level…
Read @jessedrucker.bsky.social @nytimes.com
How the Trump Administration Is Giving Even More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
Read @jessedrucker.bsky.social @nytimes.com
How the Trump Administration Is Giving Even More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
Hopefully no one’s missing the real story: that 42million people - 1 in 8 in the “richest country in the world “ - are on Food Stamps. And this is not new.
We require everyone who can to work and that is also not new. The problem is the jobs.
#FixWorkNotWorkers
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
We require everyone who can to work and that is also not new. The problem is the jobs.
#FixWorkNotWorkers
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
Supreme Court Temporarily Allows Trump to Curtail Food Stamp Funding
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Hopefully no one’s missing the real story: that 42million people - 1 in 8 in the “richest country in the world “ - are on Food Stamps. And this is not new.
We require everyone who can to work and that is also not new. The problem is the jobs.
#FixWorkNotWorkers
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
We require everyone who can to work and that is also not new. The problem is the jobs.
#FixWorkNotWorkers
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
“Christianity is a love story, and the love Christians are called to show their neighbors is not perfunctory and pale, but passionate and sincere.”
Thx Elizabeth Bruenig for writing.
It should be all Christians opposed to Trump
@theatlantic.com
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Thx Elizabeth Bruenig for writing.
It should be all Christians opposed to Trump
@theatlantic.com
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
The Catholic Church and the Trump Administration Are Not Getting Along
The religion’s call to radical love can’t countenance this much cruelty.
www.theatlantic.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:16 PM
“Christianity is a love story, and the love Christians are called to show their neighbors is not perfunctory and pale, but passionate and sincere.”
Thx Elizabeth Bruenig for writing.
It should be all Christians opposed to Trump
@theatlantic.com
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Thx Elizabeth Bruenig for writing.
It should be all Christians opposed to Trump
@theatlantic.com
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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i want to repeat this: mamdani and spanberger have run similar campaigns tailored to their respective electorates and it is maddening to watch political journalists attempt to create some broad contrast where none exist
the other thing about this is that there is no reason to pit these candidates against each other? each are good fits for their respective electorates and each shows the value of vigorous campaigns focused on the stated material problems of voters.
November 4, 2025 at 1:37 PM
i want to repeat this: mamdani and spanberger have run similar campaigns tailored to their respective electorates and it is maddening to watch political journalists attempt to create some broad contrast where none exist
Had the opportunity to visit the Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration. Incredibly moving and powerful. Can’t recommend enough. Much appreciation to @eji.org
October 30, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Had the opportunity to visit the Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration. Incredibly moving and powerful. Can’t recommend enough. Much appreciation to @eji.org
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The richest Americans control $46 trillion in wealth—but many pay little or no federal tax.
👉 youtu.be/aLKacgW6YOI 👀
@bostoncollege.bsky.social professor Ray Madoff explains how the U.S. tax code has built a new aristocracy in her new book "The Second Estate" from @uchicagopress.bsky.social
👉 youtu.be/aLKacgW6YOI 👀
@bostoncollege.bsky.social professor Ray Madoff explains how the U.S. tax code has built a new aristocracy in her new book "The Second Estate" from @uchicagopress.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The richest Americans control $46 trillion in wealth—but many pay little or no federal tax.
👉 youtu.be/aLKacgW6YOI 👀
@bostoncollege.bsky.social professor Ray Madoff explains how the U.S. tax code has built a new aristocracy in her new book "The Second Estate" from @uchicagopress.bsky.social
👉 youtu.be/aLKacgW6YOI 👀
@bostoncollege.bsky.social professor Ray Madoff explains how the U.S. tax code has built a new aristocracy in her new book "The Second Estate" from @uchicagopress.bsky.social
"She’s the rare expert whose proposals have been opposed across the ideological spectrum, including by the Council on Foundations, Independent Sector, and Philanthropy Roundtable."
Does @chronphilanthropy.bsky.social really think the ideologies of the rich represent the full ideological spectrum?
Does @chronphilanthropy.bsky.social really think the ideologies of the rich represent the full ideological spectrum?
When it comes to philanthropy and taxes, writes Ray D. Madoff, the rich really are different than you and me. In her new book she describes how the rules related to philanthropy, capital gains, and estates to minimize or eliminate their taxes.
https://phlnthrp.com/47E2Qni
https://phlnthrp.com/47E2Qni
How the Rich Use Philanthropy to Dodge Taxes
Law professor Ray Madoff’s new book, “The Second Estate,” argues that philanthropy is part of a playbook that the ultra-wealthy use to avoid taxes.
www.philanthropy.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:53 PM
"She’s the rare expert whose proposals have been opposed across the ideological spectrum, including by the Council on Foundations, Independent Sector, and Philanthropy Roundtable."
Does @chronphilanthropy.bsky.social really think the ideologies of the rich represent the full ideological spectrum?
Does @chronphilanthropy.bsky.social really think the ideologies of the rich represent the full ideological spectrum?
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Please read this about AI. It's also about me and my profession. Every word is true.
I'm in a position where I can, and do say my piece without fear - the VCs simply don't care.
Many of my tech friends feel they have to keep mum about their professional views on AI, or risk losing their jobs.
I'm in a position where I can, and do say my piece without fear - the VCs simply don't care.
Many of my tech friends feel they have to keep mum about their professional views on AI, or risk losing their jobs.
Okay, for the folks who asked: here's the majority AI view, writing up the reasonable, thoughtful view on AI that the vast majority of people in tech hold, that gets overshadowed by the bluster and hype of the tycoons trying to shill their nonsense. anildash.com/2025/10/17/t... Please share!
The Majority AI View - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
anildash.com
October 18, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Please read this about AI. It's also about me and my profession. Every word is true.
I'm in a position where I can, and do say my piece without fear - the VCs simply don't care.
Many of my tech friends feel they have to keep mum about their professional views on AI, or risk losing their jobs.
I'm in a position where I can, and do say my piece without fear - the VCs simply don't care.
Many of my tech friends feel they have to keep mum about their professional views on AI, or risk losing their jobs.
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This is rapidly becoming true in academia too.
There's firm opposition in the humanities, but I fear we're being overwhelmed by administrators who've already bought the pitch and by our colleagues in technical fields who sincerely think it's something their students need to learn how to use.
There's firm opposition in the humanities, but I fear we're being overwhelmed by administrators who've already bought the pitch and by our colleagues in technical fields who sincerely think it's something their students need to learn how to use.
“People [in tech jobs] worry that not being seen as uncritical AI cheerleaders will be a career-limiting move…for those who aren't insiders in the tech industry, it's vital that you understand that you've been presented with an extremely distorted view about what tech workers really think about AI”
Okay, for the folks who asked: here's the majority AI view, writing up the reasonable, thoughtful view on AI that the vast majority of people in tech hold, that gets overshadowed by the bluster and hype of the tycoons trying to shill their nonsense. anildash.com/2025/10/17/t... Please share!
October 18, 2025 at 10:53 PM
This is rapidly becoming true in academia too.
There's firm opposition in the humanities, but I fear we're being overwhelmed by administrators who've already bought the pitch and by our colleagues in technical fields who sincerely think it's something their students need to learn how to use.
There's firm opposition in the humanities, but I fear we're being overwhelmed by administrators who've already bought the pitch and by our colleagues in technical fields who sincerely think it's something their students need to learn how to use.
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"It’s not that we need to throttle technology, but the balance is out of whack."
Isn't it time for a #SlowTech movement?
Read Dustin Guastella @teamsters.bsky.social Local 623 in @theguardian.com
Isn't it time for a #SlowTech movement?
Read Dustin Guastella @teamsters.bsky.social Local 623 in @theguardian.com
AI will make the rich unfathomably richer. Is this really what we want? | Dustin Guastella
AI will make the rich unfathomably richer. Is this really what we want? | Dustin Guastella
The ‘knowledge economy’ promised cultural and social growth. Instead, we got worsening inequality and division. Artificial intelligence will supercharge it
www.theguardian.com
September 16, 2025 at 9:42 PM
"It’s not that we need to throttle technology, but the balance is out of whack."
Isn't it time for a #SlowTech movement?
Read Dustin Guastella @teamsters.bsky.social Local 623 in @theguardian.com
Isn't it time for a #SlowTech movement?
Read Dustin Guastella @teamsters.bsky.social Local 623 in @theguardian.com
Washington Post Columnist Says She Was Fired for Posts After Charlie Kirk Shooting www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/b...
I guess it really is time to unsubscribe from the Post. There are still a number of fine journalists there, but the number is shrinking and they can’t say what they think. Sad
I guess it really is time to unsubscribe from the Post. There are still a number of fine journalists there, but the number is shrinking and they can’t say what they think. Sad
Washington Post Columnist Says She Was Fired for Posts After Charlie Kirk Shooting
www.nytimes.com
September 16, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Washington Post Columnist Says She Was Fired for Posts After Charlie Kirk Shooting www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/b...
I guess it really is time to unsubscribe from the Post. There are still a number of fine journalists there, but the number is shrinking and they can’t say what they think. Sad
I guess it really is time to unsubscribe from the Post. There are still a number of fine journalists there, but the number is shrinking and they can’t say what they think. Sad
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To make sure AI serves workers we need bold action: corporate regulation, worker voice + sectoral bargaining.
More on AI and power from the @rooseveltinstitute.org @elizabethwwilkins.bsky.social in this post for the @eop.aspeninstitute.org: www.aspeninstitute.org/blog-posts/w... #FutureOfWork
More on AI and power from the @rooseveltinstitute.org @elizabethwwilkins.bsky.social in this post for the @eop.aspeninstitute.org: www.aspeninstitute.org/blog-posts/w... #FutureOfWork
Worker Power in the Age of AI Monopolies: Why We Need Structural Solutions Now
Elizabeth Wilkins
www.aspeninstitute.org
September 16, 2025 at 12:04 AM
To make sure AI serves workers we need bold action: corporate regulation, worker voice + sectoral bargaining.
More on AI and power from the @rooseveltinstitute.org @elizabethwwilkins.bsky.social in this post for the @eop.aspeninstitute.org: www.aspeninstitute.org/blog-posts/w... #FutureOfWork
More on AI and power from the @rooseveltinstitute.org @elizabethwwilkins.bsky.social in this post for the @eop.aspeninstitute.org: www.aspeninstitute.org/blog-posts/w... #FutureOfWork
"The paradox is that bad news for workers has become good news for markets." Well, actually this isn't really new... companies have been hell bent on strategies to have fewer people work harder for less for a long time
qz.com/stock-market...
qz.com/stock-market...
Stocks rally on Fed interest rate cut hopes as 'jobless expansion' takes hold
Markets are celebrating weak jobs data as a guarantee of Fed interest rate cuts and fatter corporate margins. But are record highs here to stay?
qz.com
September 16, 2025 at 1:00 PM
"The paradox is that bad news for workers has become good news for markets." Well, actually this isn't really new... companies have been hell bent on strategies to have fewer people work harder for less for a long time
qz.com/stock-market...
qz.com/stock-market...
Men may be doing worse than they used to, but women are still doing worse than men by many measures. Instead of creating special programs for men, maybe ask why we have an economy in which most people can't succeed...?
Read @emilypeck.bsky.social in @axios.com
www.axios.com/2025/09/09/d...
Read @emilypeck.bsky.social in @axios.com
www.axios.com/2025/09/09/d...
The gender pay gap is getting wider, reversing progress
It's the second consecutive year that the gender wage gap widened.
www.axios.com
September 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Men may be doing worse than they used to, but women are still doing worse than men by many measures. Instead of creating special programs for men, maybe ask why we have an economy in which most people can't succeed...?
Read @emilypeck.bsky.social in @axios.com
www.axios.com/2025/09/09/d...
Read @emilypeck.bsky.social in @axios.com
www.axios.com/2025/09/09/d...
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The GOP isn't just the party of low taxes for billionaires, they're the party of low wages for workers.
August 27, 2025 at 10:16 PM
The GOP isn't just the party of low taxes for billionaires, they're the party of low wages for workers.
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Here's what the third day of elementary school looked like in Mount Pleasant, Washington DC.
August 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Here's what the third day of elementary school looked like in Mount Pleasant, Washington DC.