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Bryce Covert @brycecovert.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

“The government is shutting down HUD systemically,” a housing lawyer told me. “It rolls back the clock to the pre-Civil Rights age.” www.thenation.com/article/poli...

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HUD Is Refusing to Enforce Anti-Discrimination Law—and Won’t Let Anyone Else Do It, Either

The initial chaos of layoffs has been followed by a concerted effort by the Trump administration to halt the enforcement of the Fair Housing Act.

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Jhumpa Bhattacharya @jhumpa.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

The current President is fighting to starve American families is the only talking point.

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Jhumpa Bhattacharya @jhumpa.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

The economy is not doing well if there are unhoused people on the streets, childcare is aggressively unaffordable and the unemployment rate for Black people is at 7%.

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Groundwork Collaborative @groundwork.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

The NYC penthouse crowd is squawking: “If you raise our taxes, we’ll leave!” 🐦 Spoiler: they won’t. The City’s millionaires + billionaires may never ride a free city bus, but they can’t ignore the fact that the everyday people who do are the ones who keep NYC thriving as the capital of the world.

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Tax the Rich. They'll Stay

Mamdani’s plan to tax New York’s millionaires has the penthouse crowd aflutter. History and data show they won’t fly the coop.

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Jhumpa Bhattacharya @jhumpa.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

The caucasity of it all. I’m so tired.

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Jhumpa Bhattacharya @jhumpa.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Black and brown voters seriously asking Dems “what have you done for me lately” and their response is “but white working class voters….”

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Jhumpa Bhattacharya @jhumpa.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Hats off to New Yorkers tonight for getting this very, very right.

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Jhumpa Bhattacharya @jhumpa.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

If you don't see the connection between what is happening to Black women in the labor market and the crusade against keeping America diverse and equitable, you are doing it all wrong. www.washingtoninformer.com/black-women-...

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More Than 106,000 Black Women Lost Jobs Last Month

Black women experienced the largest job loss in April, with their unemployment rate rising to 6.1%. The overall Black unemployment rate also increased.

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Jhumpa Bhattacharya @jhumpa.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Feeling like you need a little hope and inspiration this wretched tax day? Check out my new piece with @npquarterly.bsky.social advocating for us to dream big and create a new tax system that centralizes communal care - a lesson from Black women. nonprofitquarterly.org/putting-an-e...

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Putting an End to Quiet Violence: What Tax Justice Looks Like - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly

The US tax system has long harmed Black people. While the time for reform may not seem auspicious, organizing now could pay big dividends when the time is right.

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Jhumpa Bhattacharya @jhumpa.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Maven Collaborative has entered the tax chat! Check out our new report and 3-part series with @npquarterly.bsky.social highlighting the toll non-federal taxes take on Black people as well as solutions for a better system for us all. nonprofitquarterly.org/series/how-t...

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Calvin Schermerhorn @calscherm.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Thanks @bunkhistory.bsky.social for featuring The Plunder of Black America: How the Racial Wealth Gap Was Made now available @yalepress.bsky.social www.bunkhistory.org/works/the-pl...

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The Plunder of Black America: How the Racial Gap Was Made

Discover content related to The Plunder of Black America in the Bunk archives.

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Waging Nonviolence @wagingnonviolence.org · 14/03/2025

If you're sinking in defeatism and wondering if there’s any point in protesting, here’s a detailed look at the astonishing amount of resistance happening — and how it's making a difference.

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Resistance to Trump is everywhere — inside the first 50 days of mass protest

From mass refusals to boycotts to walkouts, regular Americans are bravely pushing back against the administration and having an impact.

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Jhumpa Bhattacharya @jhumpa.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Sometimes forcing them to do nothing (shutdown) is better than letting them do whatever they want.

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Jhumpa Bhattacharya @jhumpa.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

The current administration is preparing to sign an order to dismantle the dep of edu and Dems are busy censoring a Black elder who was showing righteous anger. 🤦🏾‍♀️

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Kylie Cheung @kylietcheung.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Racist lies about a coordinated "mass rape" campaign on 10/7 are used to justify the genocide—and have fueled increased sexual violence against Palestinians. Victims aren't seeing their stories told anywhere, discouraging them from coming fwd. I talked to Palestinian legal advocates+activists:

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Palestinian women allege sexual violence by Israel since Oct. 7

Palestinian women are punished for reporting Israeli soldiers for abuse amid unsubstantiated claims of sexual violence by Hamas

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Jhumpa Bhattacharya @jhumpa.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

DON’T WATCH. Read about it later to stay informed but don’t give him the ratings, something he cares about.

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Prism @prismreports.org · 26/02/2025

Many Black & brown immigrants who worked as house cleaners, caregivers, & gardeners in Los Angeles County lost work after the Eaton & Palisades fires destroyed thousands of homes. Immigrants recovering from fires turn to local support organizations, @andreagtrrz.bsky.social reports.

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Immigrants recovering from LA fires turn to local organizations

Many Black and brown immigrants who worked as house cleaners, caregivers, and gardeners lost work after fires destroyed thousands of homes

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Jhumpa Bhattacharya @jhumpa.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

If you are still posting on X, YOU ARE DOING IT WRONG. Make it irrelevant by not using it!

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Groundwork Collaborative @groundwork.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

NEW POLLING 🚨: Voters across party lines oppose the latest GOP plan to gut vital programs and shower billionaires with more tax breaks. Americans don't want lawmakers messing with their Social Security and Medicare. Our latest with @thesbpc.bsky.social and @dataforprogress.org in @politico.com ⬇️

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Data for Progress @dataforprogress.org · 11/02/2025

NEW with @groundwork.bsky.social work and @thesbpc.bsky.social: Rather than give tax breaks to corporations and wealthy households, voters want programs like Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and SNAP to be protected or expanded. www.dataforprogress.org/blog/2025/2/...

Bar chart of polling data from Data For Progress.
Title: Voters Want Greater Funding for Social Safety Net and Less Funding for Tax Breaks for the Wealthy.
Description: Lawmakers in Congress are considering funding levels for each of the following. For each, please say if you think we should increase or decrease its federal funding, or if the current funding levels are right.

A: We should increase federal funding for this
B: We should keep funding at current levels
C: We should decrease federal funding for this

Social Security — A.: 70%, B.: 24%, C.: 2%, Don't know: 3%
Medicare — A.: 60%, B.: 30%, C.: 4%, Don't know: 6%
Medicaid — A.: 46%, B.: 41%, C.: 7%, Don't know: 7%
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) — A.: 45%, B.: 36%, C.: 12%, Don't know: 7%
Federal housing programs — A.: 44%, B.: 35%, C.: 12%, Don't know: 8%
Renewable energy and energy-efficiency projects — A.: 42%, B.: 32%, C.: 18%, Don't know: 8%
Affordable Care Act — A.: 40%, B.: 33%, C.: 17%, Don't know: 10%
Federal Student Loans and Grants — A.: 32%, B.: 40%, C.: 20%, Don't know: 8%
Federal workers — A.: 23%, B.: 44%, C.: 24%, Don't know: 9%
Tax breaks for fossil fuel/ oil companies — A.: 18%, B.: 30%, C.: 43%, Don't know: 10%
Tax breaks for high-income/ wealthy households — A.: 13%, B.: 18%, C.: 63%, Don't know: 7%
Tax breaks for large corporations — A.: 11%, B.: 19%, C.: 61%, Don't know: 8%

January 31–February 2, 2025 survey of 1,294 U.S. likely voters.

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Protect Borrowers @protectborrowers.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

NEW POLL from @dataforprogress.org / @thesbpc.bsky.social / @groundwork.bsky.social shows voters across party lines and demographics REJECT attacks on borrowers & the student loan safety net to pay for tax cuts for the ultra wealthy. Poll: protectborrowers.org/new-poll-ove... Highlights below 🧵

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Josie Duffy Rice @jduffyrice.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Also, for what it’s worth, I thought that was a pretty clearly political performance, and I also think if we’re relying on the superbowl halftime show to have a significant impact on the political moment we are once again completely misreading the room!

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Jhumpa Bhattacharya @jhumpa.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

"funders must serve as a foil and address the urgent need to invest in efforts to uplift and understand Black and other invisibilized and forgotten communities’ experiences in order to create a thriving, multiracial society." cep.org/blog/l-a-wil...

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L.A. Wildfire’s Devastating Impact on a Black Community Is a Call to Action for Philanthropy | The Center for Effective Philanthropy

In the face of attacks on equity and devastating natural disasters, philanthropy must double down on efforts to support communities of color.

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Jhumpa Bhattacharya @jhumpa.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

If we all stopped flying as much as possible out of fear of safety since they are cutting air traffic controllers, maybe that would get the attention of the powers that be. Just saying we aren’t powerless here…

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Jhumpa Bhattacharya @jhumpa.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

How are we really still working away as if it’s business as usual? It is not. Stop acting like it is.

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Jhumpa Bhattacharya @jhumpa.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Last week felt like a whole month and we ended up entering a Time Machine where civil rights don’t matter anymore.

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Jhumpa Bhattacharya @jhumpa.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Fire devastation brings multifaceted loss to a community. In addition to homes, businesses, legacies and memories being destroyed in the LA fires, I also keep thinking about the jobs that are gone for now.

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Jhumpa Bhattacharya @jhumpa.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

I grew up with a space race between countries which I always thought was kinda strange. Why wouldn’t humans all work together to explore space? I thought it was patriarchy at its worst. But my kid is growing up with a space race between billionaires and that’s definitely a new low.

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Jhumpa Bhattacharya @jhumpa.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Many funders ramped up funding during COVID b/c they recognized we were in a crises. We were told they will cut back again in 2025. I'm here to tell you WE ARE STILL IN CRISES, particularly on racial & gender justice work. Reach back into those hefty endowments & give more. You know you can.

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Jhumpa Bhattacharya @jhumpa.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Pretty sure working class Black women care about high prices and yet they still didn’t vote for that dude. Can we please focus on why that was as a part of our postmortem discussions?

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Jhumpa Bhattacharya @jhumpa.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

It’s only “identity politics” when Black and brown people are being discussed but never when white folks are voting for a white racist egomaniac to uphold the values of white supremacy.

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Jhumpa Bhattacharya @jhumpa.bsky.social · 14/02/2024

I said what I said and it’s still true.

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Jhumpa Bhattacharya @jhumpa.bsky.social · 28/11/2023

Psst. If people weren’t drowning in student debt and paying sky rocket housing and child care costs, maybe they would feel better about the economy.

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Jhumpa Bhattacharya @jhumpa.bsky.social · 07/09/2023

Clearing unhoused people’s encampments doesn’t actually solve any housing problems or get folks the help they deserve. It just makes certain people feel better that they don’t have to look at a problem they are contributing to.

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Jhumpa Bhattacharya @jhumpa.bsky.social · 27/07/2023

Slavery benefitted white people and caused harm to Black people. I cannot believe this is in question.

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Jhumpa Bhattacharya @jhumpa.bsky.social · 11/07/2023

“Black women have been the backbone of our health system since the earliest days. This bill represents one step in a long journey to pay Black women — and, by extension, all workers in this sector — their worth.” ⁦ www.statnews.com/2023/07/07/health-…

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California should become the first state to offer a special minimum wage to health care workers

This would be especially beneficial to Black women, who are disproportionately represented in the health care sector’s lowest-paying jobs.

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Jhumpa Bhattacharya @jhumpa.bsky.social · 10/07/2023

The transition back from being out a week is ROUGH. I should have made today a half-day.

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