Tiara Moultrie

1 month ago | tcf.org | Steven Greenhouse |Laura Gutierrez |Laura Gutiérrez |Tiara Moultrie |Julie Kashen

On February 25, House Republicans narrowly passed their budget resolution, which provides a blueprint for the Republican-controlled Congress to cut at least $1.5 trillion from health, education, and nutrition programs, and more. It’s their first step toward enacting President Trump and Elon Musk’s agenda to slash programs everyday Americans rely on, in order to deliver trillions of dollars in tax breaks for the wealthiest.

Jan 14, 2025 | tcf.org | Tiara Moultrie |Robert Shireman |Laura Valle-Gutierrez |Denise Smith

Before federal student loan repayment paused in spring 2020, nearly 20 percent of borrowers—8 million Americans—were in default due to failure to make payments, while the overall total of outstanding student debt reached $1.5 trillion. To facilitate a new era of student loan repayment marked by a lower risk of defaulting, the U.S. Department of Education debuted the Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) Plan in August 2023, whose benefits were scheduled for phase-in over the following year.

Nov 26, 2024 | tcf.org | Tiara Moultrie |Denise Smith |Peter Granville |Robert Shireman

To make their college dreams possible, students and families increasingly depend on financial aid, such as the federal Pell Grant, state-based grants and scholarships, and institutional tuition discounts. Financial aid programs help bridge the gap between families’ means and the sky-high sticker price of college; they are also critical components of elected leaders’ strategies to equip the nation’s workers with skills the economy demands.

Nov 7, 2024 | tcf.org | Laura Valle-Gutierrez |Tiara Moultrie |Kings Floyd |Steven Greenhouse

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit the United States in March 2020, much of the world that could do so pivoted to working remotely. By April, non-essential employers were scrambling to create a situation where their employees could work from home (WFH), thereby giving them an added layer of social distancing when enabling business as usual as much as possible. In general, up until that point, the infrastructure of work had never been dependent on being  virtual to such a degree.

Nov 4, 2024 | tcf.org | Laura Valle-Gutierrez |Tiara Moultrie |Michele Evermore |Steven Greenhouse

After working for over sixteen years in the home care industry, Hui Ling Chen, a home care attendant in New York City, is rallying against the city’s permission of the twenty-four-hour workday system. The system, she claims, is “inhumane for both the patient and the home attendants.” Chen is part of a much larger fight that seeks to establish fair wages and humane working conditions in the home care industry. The struggle isn’t new: it has roots going back decades.