Curbing Unchecked Power: Only Bold, New Ideas Can Save Us

Over the last few weeks, women across the country who I’ve talked to all expressed a feeling of anxiety and terror as we witnessed America’s institutions edge closer and closer to what feels like an actual breaking point. As we ripped open our deepest wounds to lay bare for society the true, real experience of

New National Director of the Network, NAFTA 2.0, and Amazon’s Minimum Wage

The Roosevelt Rundown is an email series featuring the Roosevelt Institute’s top 5 stories of the week. 1. New National Director of the Network On Monday, the Roosevelt Institute announced Katie Kirchner as the new director of the Roosevelt Network. As Deputy Director of the Network, Kirchner helped develop and elevate the voices of a

A Progressive Solution to Antitrust, Waiting out Trump on Trade, and Buybacks in the Billions

The Roosevelt Rundown is an email series featuring the Roosevelt Institute’s top 5 stories of the week. 1. Progressives Call for a Revival of Antitrust On Tuesday, the Roosevelt Institute and the Great Democracy Initiative (GDI) released a legislative blueprint to combat America’s second Gilded Age. GDI Co-Founder and Director of Policy Ganesh Sitaraman argues

An International Worker Power Agreement, Reviving Antitrust in the 21st Century, and Unfair Exchange

The Roosevelt Rundown is an email series featuring the Roosevelt Institute’s top 5 stories of the week. 1. The Worker Power Agreement To strengthen worker power and fight inequality across the globe, Roosevelt Fellow Todd N. Tucker proposes a framework of seven strategies in a new report released Tuesday—starting with an international labor agreement. Modeled

10 Years since the Financial Crisis, Challenging Antitrust, and Getting Smart on Buybacks

The Roosevelt Rundown is an email series featuring the Roosevelt Institute’s top 5 stories of the week. 1. 10 Years after the Financial Crisis It’s been 10 years since Lehman Brothers filed for the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history, a move that shifted the economy from a financial downturn into the Great Recession. “Have We

The Future of Work, Wages, and Labor, What’s at Stake, and a Lesson for Economists

The Roosevelt Rundown is an email series featuring the Roosevelt Institute’s top 5 stories of the week. 1. The Future of Work, Wages, and Labor On Wednesday, Congressman Mark Pocan (D-WI) and three colleagues released The Future of Work, Wages, and Labor report, outlining bold policy priorities necessary to strengthen worker power and rebuild the

The Trump Administration Abandons Borrowers, Why We Don’t Need a Social Wealth Fund, and the GOP Tax Law Hurts Workers…Again

The Roosevelt Rundown is an email series featuring the Roosevelt Institute’s top 5 stories of the week. 1. Trump Administration Abandons Student Loan Borrowers On Monday, Seth Frotman stepped down as the top student-loan watchdog at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). In a letter, he said that the agency, and ultimately the Trump administration,

#EndCorruptionNow, There Is Work to be Done, and Making Big Companies Accountable

The Roosevelt Rundown is an email series featuring the Roosevelt Institute’s top 5 stories of the week. 1. Unstacking the Deck in Washington After sharing examples of the corrosive problem of corruption in Washington, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) introduced the biggest anti-corruption package since Watergate on Tuesday. The Anti-Corruption and Public Integrity Act prevents anyone

The Accountable Capitalism Act, Why Voters Don’t Feel Economic Growth, and a Public Option for Finance

The Roosevelt Rundown is an email series featuring the Roosevelt Institute’s top 5 stories of the week. 1. The Accountable Capitalism Act On Wednesday, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) introduced the Accountable Capitalism Act, legislation that would require corporations to consider the interests of all stakeholders within the firm—not only shareholders—in company decisions. Roosevelt Senior Economist

Rebuilding Worker Voice in Today’s Economy, Why Companies Can Afford to Pay Workers More, and Money in Government

The Roosevelt Rundown is an email series featuring the Roosevelt Institute’s top 5 stories of the week. 1. We Need Fundamental Labor Law Reform U.S. labor law does not work for most Americans, fueling the decline of unions—which, historically, have helped reduce economic inequality—and leaving workers increasingly powerless. In Rebuilding Worker Voice in Today’s Economy,