Nirvi Shah @nirvishah.bsky.social Education editor for @npr.org Reporter. Storyteller. Email: nshah @ npr.org or NirviShah.14 on Signal. https://www.linkedin.com/in/nirvi/
Erica Meltzer @ericameltzer.bsky.social National Editor at Chalkbeat. I write about education and politics. Reach me at emeltzer@chalkbeat.org
American Council on Education @aceducation.bsky.social The major coordinating body for the nation’s colleges & universities.
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Katie Mangan @katiemangan.bsky.social Senior writer, Chronicle of Higher Education. I write about diversity, student success, campus activism and whatever else is newsy and interesting. Reach me at katie.mangan@chronicle.com
Ernest Ezeugo @ernestezeugo.bsky.social He/him. I read about, occasionally write about, and study federal policy and higher ed. And sometimes other stuff, too.
Currently: Federal Policy @ Lumina Foundation.
Formerly: Young Invincibles, SHEEO, New America, and team #ED44.
Sara Weissman @saraweissman.insidehighered.com Senior reporter at Inside Higher Ed. Runs on coffee. Covering post-traditional students and the institutions that serve them + religion and higher ed.
Michael Itzkowitz @mitzkow.bsky.social Founder and President of the HEA Group. Former Director of the College Scorecard @usedgov. Helping ensure value and economic mobility in higher ed. 
Georgetown CEW @georgetowncew.bsky.social The Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce (CEW) is a research and policy institute within Georgetown’s McCourt School of Public Policy.
Amy Laitinen @amylaitinen.bsky.social Crazy childless cat lady who moonlights in federal higher ed policy.
EdTrust @edtrust.bsky.social Advancing policies & practices to dismantle the racial & economic barriers embedded in the American education system. www.edtrust.org
Katherine Knott @knottkatherine.bsky.social News editor at Inside Higher Ed, forever higher ed policy nerd. Missing old Twitter.
Zach Schermele @zachschermele.bsky.social congressional correspondent @usatoday.com tips? email me: zschermele@usatoday.com
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Center for Law and Social Policy @clasp.org We're a national nonprofit that works to reduce poverty, improve the lives of people with low incomes, and create pathways to economic security for everyone.
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Third Way Education @thirdwayedu.bsky.social Third Way's Education Program - Developing a high-quality education agenda focused on value & creating demand for new policy ideas to improve student outcomes.
Bob Shireman @bobshireman.bsky.social Nationally recognized expert in higher education policy, college affordability, and consumer protection, with more than 30 years of experience across government, philanthropy, and nonprofit organizations.
Michelle Dimino @michelledimino.bsky.social Director of the Education Program at Third Way
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Lea Woods @lea9223.bsky.social She/Her. Policy and Government Affairs at The Century Foundation. Formerly Economic Policy Institute and Institute for Women’s Policy Research. Memes and labor rights. Tweets my own.
@genesperling.bsky.social @genesperling.bsky.social Former National Economic Advisor to President Clinton, President Obama and Senior Advisor to President Biden
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Eric Van Nostrand @ericvannostrand.bsky.social Former Assistant Treasury Secretary for Economic Policy (acting) / Chief Treasury Economist, 2023-25. Before that: BlackRock investor, Obama CEA. Fan of inclusive growth and promoting American innovation.
Ways and Means Committee Democrats @waysmeanscmte.bsky.social Thinks that families shouldn't sacrifice their health care for billionaire tax breaks
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Bill Gale @billgale.bsky.social Co-director, Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center
Matt Fiedler @mattafiedler.bsky.social Senior Fellow, Center on Health Policy, The Brookings Institution. Former Chief Economist for Council of Economic Advisers.
Jacob Leibenluft @jleibenluft.bsky.social Economic policy; previously: Biden OMB + UST, deputy director of NEC in Obama White House
Melissa Boteach @mboteach.bsky.social VP of Income Security and Child Care at @nwlc.bsky.social formerly @americanprogress.bsky.social . Posting on economic justice, care, budget & tax, gender justice. Bad puns are a feature not a bug.
Chirag Lala @cthelala.bsky.social Indian-American. VP of Research & Chief Economist at Center for Public Enterprise. Macro + Finance + Industrial Policy + Decarbonization + Grids + Investment
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Jack Smalligan @jsmalligan.bsky.social Senior Policy Fellow at the Urban Institute. Analyze disability, retirement and paid leave policy. Served 27 years in the Office of Management and Budget.
Neil Mehrotra @neilmehrotra.bsky.social Macroeconomist. Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Macroeconomics at US Treasury. Views are my own.
Claudia Sahm @claudia-sahm.bsky.social macro, fiscal, Fed. creator of the Sahm rule recession indicator. Stay-At-Home Macro (SAHM) Substack.
Loren Adler @lorenadler.bsky.social Fellow and Associate Director, Brookings Institution Center on Health Policy | mostly health econ, occasionally budgets or Knicks
Kimberly Clausing @kclausing.bsky.social Economist; Professor @law.ucla.edu; senior fellow @piie.com; former tax DAS at Treasury; Author, Open: The Progressive Case for Free Trade, Immigration, and Global Capital
Sam Thorpe @samthorpe.bsky.social Researching the economics of inequality, tax, capital flows, and industrial policy. Formerly federal fiscal policy @ Brookings; research + organizing @ UChicago.
Elizabeth Lower-Basch @elowerbasch.bsky.social Free agent policy wonk, expert on access to public benefits. GrayCatPolicy.com Happy to provide pro-bono support to grassroots groups. Democracy defender, spouse, friend, mom to adult children. Rivers are my happy place. Fairfax, VA. She/her. 
Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social Economist at the Center for Economic Research. Father to two dogs. 
Cynthia Cox @cynthiaccox.bsky.social Senior Vice President @KFF.org #HealthPolicy. Focus on the #AffordableCareAct health care costs, outcomes & access to care. Lead a partnership with the Peterson Center on Healthcare tracking U.S. health system performance www.healthsystemtracker.org
Brian Highsmith @bhighsmith.bsky.social institutions, inequality, geography, democracy | asst law prof at UCLA
Bilal Baydoun @bilalb.bsky.social Views here my own. Writing from Dearborn. Formerly: Democracy Director @rooseveltinstitute.org and @Rooseveltforward.org. #FirstGen Go Blue.
Kate Gallagher Robbins @kfgrobbins.bsky.social Senior Fellow @npwf.bsky.social. Formerly CLASP, CAP, NWLC. Go Blue. High-altitude hiker living in the Land of Enchantment. She/her.
Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social Hey there Mr. Blue
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Larry Levitt @larrylevitt.bsky.social Executive Vice President for Health Policy, KFF. Cal Bear.
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Edwin Park @edwincpark.bsky.social Health policy especially Medicaid, CHIP and the Affordable Care Act. Research Professor at the Center for Children and Families (CCF) at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy.
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Joe Thorndike @joethorndike.bsky.social Tax | History | Politics
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Tyler Evilsizer @tylerevilsizer.bsky.social Numbers wizard for the Senate Budget Committee Democrats; tax nerd, budget wonk. Formerly at @BudgetHawks
Arnab Datta @arnabdatta.bsky.social Personal Account. Views my own & RT/Likes do not equal endorsements.
Currently at Employ America and IFP
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Nuance? In this Economy
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David Gura @davidgura.bsky.social Anchor and Correspondent, Bloomberg News | dgura2@bloomberg.net | Opinions are my own.
Rachel I. Jacobson @rachelijacobson.bsky.social Climate policy for social transformation. State climate policy lead @centeronbudget.bsky.social
Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social Editor in Chief, MeidasNews. Former Fed & State Prosecutor, Marine, Attorney. Switched parties from R to D in 2020. MeidasPlus.com/subscribe
Angelo Villagomez @taotaotasi.bsky.social linktr.ee/taotaotasi
Chamorro dude in DC
Savage and Restless
More Fish, Less Pollution
Decolonize the Ocean
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Jessica Ordóñez-Lancet @ordonezlancet.bsky.social Energy & Environment Campaigns at the Center for American Progress | Climate Power & NWF alumna | 🇨🇷🇺🇸
Cal Smith @calebllsmith.bsky.social Trans Kansan going to law school. He/They Pronouns. 🌈🏳️⚧️
Hannah Natanson @hannahnatanson.bsky.social Narrative enterprise reporter at The Washington Post. Email: hannah.natanson2@washpost.com and Signal
@HannahNatanson.2026.
Bolts @boltsmag.org A publication that covers the nuts and bolts of political change: Boltsmag.org
Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social Midwest correspondent at The Economist, in Chicago. Before that, in London, Mumbai, Nairobi and DC.
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Michael Negron @mnegron01.bsky.social Senior Fellow @americanprogress.bsky.social Former econ policy for Biden-Harris WH. Chicago born and raised. Angry NBA fan. Hates brain tumors
Gavin Newsom @gavinnewsom.bsky.social Husband and father. 40th Governor of California. Former Lt. Governor of California. Former San Francisco Mayor. Personal account.
Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov 40th Governor of California.
Building a California for All.
Chautauqua Institution @chq1874.bsky.social Arts. Education. Religion. Recreation. A thriving community where guests come to find intellectual and spiritual growth and renewal.
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Ezra Klein @ezraklein.bsky.social Columnist at The New York Times, host of "The Ezra Klein Show" podcast. 
the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social here we are, caught up in this big rhythm
Robert Benson @robertbenson92.bsky.social D Phil, Free University Berlin; Berlin Social Science Center; Consultant OECD Paris; Analyst Center for American Progress (CAP). World Traveler.
WorkingNation @workingnation.bsky.social Nonprofit media organization covering the future of work.
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Conor Sen @conorsen.bsky.social Founder of the Housing Frame on Substack. Housing, markets, economy. Buc-ee’s fan.
conorsen.substack.com
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Jared Bernstein @jaredb-econ.bsky.social 
Megan Cassella @megancnbc.bsky.social Washington correspondent for CNBC. megan.cassella@nbcuni.com. Instagram: @megancnbc. Signal: megan.27
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I share serious journalism and unserious opinions on here
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social Mondays at 9pmET on MS NOW
MaddowBlog.com
KSV @ksvesq.bsky.social Founder, Risepoint Search Partners. Former litigator. Mom to two amazing girls. Color commentary for @stevevladeck.bsky.social.
Jon Favreau @jonfavs.bsky.social The Other One. Crooked Media, Pod Save America, Obama alum. 
Erin Kelly @elkelly.bsky.social sociologist, MIT Sloan, work, inequalities, future of work but not tech obsessed, gender-work-family, etc
Julie A. Su @juliesulabor.bsky.social NYC Deputy Mayor for Economic Justice.
Former acting U.S. Labor Secretary & CA Labor Secretary. Lifelong civil rights & workers rights advocate.
Commissioner Richard Trumka Jr. @trumkacpsc.bsky.social CPSC Commissioner. Consumer advocate. Outdoorsman. Woodworker. Father of 2 young product safety testers👷♂️ 👨👩👧👦🌲 RTs, Follows, Likes ≠ Endorsements
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@capunion.bsky.social @capunion.bsky.social Empowering the staff of @americanprogress + @CAPAction // proud member @NonprofitUnion // this is a member run account #1u ✊ 📩 americanprogressunion@gmail.com
James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social Reporter and writer: https://fallows.substack.com/ and https://www.ourtownsfoundation.org/ One-time speechwriter, long-time pilot, longer-time husband of linguist/writer Deborah Fallows. Note same wristwatch in the two photos, more than 50 years apart.
Karla Walter @karlawalter.bsky.social Director, American Worker Project, Center for American Progress Senior Fellow, Virginia resident, Minnesotan forever
All my opinions are my own
Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social Scholar, author, policy advisor
Science, Technology, and Social Values Lab
https://www.ias.edu/stsv-lab
Books: The Future of Science is Civic, Auditing AI, The Social Life of DNA, Genetics & the Unsettled Past, Body & Soul, Technicolor
David Madland @davidmadland.bsky.social Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress. Private account, opinions my own.
Alt U.S. Department of Labor @alt-dol.altgov.info The resistance team for the U.S. Department of Labor. Not an official government account. #resist #AltGov #NoKings ❌👑
Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social Founder & reigning monarch at TPM. Lapsed historian. Hand tool woodworker. Jew.
SMART Union @smart-union.bsky.social The International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers: fighting to protect and raise the living standards of more than 230,000 sheet metal and transportation workers in the U.S. and Canada.
Christopher Mims @mims.bsky.social Former baby and aspiring ghost. Writes about tech for WSJ. Author of two books, both of which people seem to like and are worth looking up.
Michael Sozan @michaelsozan.bsky.social Senior Fellow at Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social. Democracy crusader. Former Senate chief of staff, DOJ. Opinions my own, reposts aren’t endorsements.
Betsey Stevenson @betseystevenson.bsky.social Former Member of President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers & Chief Economist at Labor. Current academic economist at Michigan. Always an economist at home.
Julie Margetta Morgan @jmargetta.bsky.social President @tcfdotorg.bsky.social
Julie Kashen @kashenj.bsky.social Practical idealist. Feminist. Mom. Director, Women’s Economic Justice @tcfdotorg. Coach. Building an equitable world.
Posts are mine.
A Better Balance @abetterbalance.org Advancing justice in the workplace for women, caregivers, and people with health needs of their own.
The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act ✔️
Paid family and medical leave in 14 states ✔️
Paid sick time in 19 states ✔️
abetterbalance.org | 1-833-NEED-ABB
Maya Sen @mayasen.bsky.social Professor, Harvard Kennedy School | Speaking in a personal capacity | https://msen.scholars.harvard.edu/
Cory Booker @corybooker.com U.S. Senator from New Jersey.