Head of Story/Narrative @EndPovertyCA. Past: Poverty journo @TheNation @BillMoyers. Founder https://nitter.gq/t.co/a9AgkEWNFP. Sr. Fellow @amprog. Narrative @seapnews.
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The poorest in the US can't find housing even as low-income units sit empty apnews.com/article/affordabl…
Excellent piece by @LashericaT on CA Hope Accounts for foster youth and COVID-bereaved youth--largest #BabyBond program in the country. edsource.org/2026/a-state-pr…
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Caring doesn't pay rent."
Jameel Hunt has worked emergency room security in Sacramento for 7 years. He makes $29/hr protecting a hospital that depends on him. In today's @sacbee_news, he explains why politicians talking about workers isn't the same as listening to them.
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Equity advocates to ask California court to suspend billions in school construction funding edsource.org/?page_id=758996 via @edsource
So proud of @EndPovertyCA's work on this campaign--started here in California with a dozen lawmakers and now nearly 100 in 33 states. Legislators listening to workers: first comes listening, then comes policy that responds. Stay tuned #Listen2Workers
@SenMariaEDurazo asked: "What would you say to a politician?"
"We shouldn't only be essential when it's a dangerous situation."
This May Day, nearly 100 legislators across 33 states — including Senator @DaveCortese — are listening.
#Listen2Workers #MayDay
"I didn't learn about poverty from Stanford or being mayor. I learned from being housing insecure, sleeping in shelters & motel rooms. That gives me empathy as a policymaker & urgency to fight for a California where everyone has the basics" @MichaelDTubbs lasentinel.net/lt-governor-c…
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California is showing what it looks like to put people first. 💯
The CA Senate recognizes that standing up to Trump cuts means making corporations pay their fair share and protecting healthcare for working families.
As our founder @MichaelDTubbs said, this is the kind of leadership we need right now. #CALeg #CABudget #Healthcare
State Budget Plan: sbud.senate.ca.gov/system/fi…
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We’re encouraged by the CA Senate’s new budget blueprint, which adds 44,000 child care slots and, alongside the Governor’s proposed cost-of-living increase, helps keep providers open while supporting families @CASenateDems #CALeg #CABudget
CA Needs Tubbs: @MichaelDTubbs, 35, Newsom’s special adviser on economic mobility and opportunity and founder and director of the nonprofit End Poverty in California, has led from the beginning on housing and other issues. #UpsetTheSetup sfchronicle.com/opinion/edit… via @sfchronicle
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Greg Kaufmann, Head of Story and Narrative at EPIC, “Democrats Must Listen to Workers.”
“Above all else, winning people’s trust involves ... listening to their challenges, their ambitions, their ideas… their stories.”
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If everyone in California who was eligible for safety net support actually received it, poverty would be cut more than 40%; child poverty would be cut by nearly 60%. #TalkPoverty
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Polls may shift, but trust is built face to face: the #Listen2Workers campaign reconnects lawmakers with working-class voters by centering real conversations over political messaging.
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“ If Democrats cannot bring themselves to oppose an idiotic, unjustified regime change war in the Middle East, they do not deserve the power they seek.”
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Trust isn’t rebuilt with the working class through better messaging. It’s rebuilt by showing up and listening. #Listen2Workers
“Show, don’t tell”: advocates argue Democrats can rebuild credibility by listening publicly, engaging directly, and tying policy agendas to lived experience.
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Donald Trump’s unpopularity hasn’t translated into working-class people trusting Democrats to have their backs.
In @thenation, I write about why—and what it would look like for politicians to rebuild trust by actually listening to workers. #Listen2Workers #Affordability
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Word is spreading about the #Listen2Workers campaign--a campaign connecting workers to elected leaders at a time they want and need to be heard. This conversation between 25 workers and Georgia House Minority Leader @CarolynFHugley was moderated by @staceyabrams
People want change. They are smart and have ideas for solutions. Stacey Abrams discusses the Georgia #Listen2Workers Forum with EPIC President Devon Gray.
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So absurd that this is still the state of things.
NEW: 33 years after FMLA passed, 44% of workers still can't access even UNPAID leave. 73% lack paid leave. 95% of the lowest-wage workers have zero access. The US is one of 6 countries w/o national paid leave. A national solution is long overdue. More @peterfhart: cepr.net/publications/closin…
This is what happens when you call the affordability crisis a "hoax" and do nothing but make it worse. #Affordability cnn.com/2025/12/09/politics/…
