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Families Pay The Price

The TSA payment delay is a warning about financial precocity and the need for stronger protections.

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“When workers lose pay, they cut spending, fall behind on bills and accumulate debt. That stress does not stay contained in one household. It ripples outward into local businesses, financial institutions and communities already dealing with thin margins. In other words, when the snowball effect of government workers losing pay meets ongoing safety net failures, the economy pays too.”

The Jury Says Not Guilty, But TANF’s Accountability Gap Persists

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Mississippi’s welfare scandal highlights how misused anti-poverty dollars fuel inequality, depress local demand and raise long-term costs for everyone.

How Women Can Reclaim Power In The Room

Our founding CEO, Aisha Nyandoro, sat down with Victoria Nelson, the found of Power of the Ask, to discuss in detail how women can protest their authority without shrinking themselves and why delivering a persuasive “ask” is ultimately about rewriting the rules of the room rather than simply surviving them.

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Victoria Nelson founded Power of the Ask, a negotiation consultancy that helps leaders – especially women – build the skills to communicate clearly, manage conflict before it becomes crisis and take agency over how they are perceived in high-stakes environments.

“Behind closed doors, many highly visible women share the same fear. It is not failure. It is cancellation. Over the past several years, we have seen public stories of women taking disproportionate hits for mistakes, missteps, or controversies, sometimes of their own making and sometimes not. A flawed product launch. An internal culture issue. A poorly managed communication moment. For entrepreneurial women and women in politics, reputation is not confined to one company or one role. It shapes the arc of an entire career. Once a name becomes attached to a conflict that was poorly handled, future opportunities narrow.”

Mississippi’s TANF Scandal Shows How America’s Safety Net Was Built To Fail Families

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“When a program serves only a tiny fraction of eligible families, it becomes even easier for officials to treat its funds as discretionary revenue, rather than as a lifeline that must be protected with the same urgency as a widespread benefit such as Social Security.​ And the broader issue is that despite all the evidence showing its inefficacy, TANF reform still hasn’t happened. We have the lesson of what happened in Mississippi, but we are not having the conversations needed to expedite change. Rather than making meaningful change, we have privileged people who abused resources pointing fingers, while those who are still in need are being punished.”