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NEW📰: Democracy requires both an informed citizenry and a free press. But how do these ideals show up in public policy?
Today, we have a paper out that looks at how media has become highly concentrated, commercialized, and drained of its public interest potential.
Today, we have a paper out that looks at how media has become highly concentrated, commercialized, and drained of its public interest potential.
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Looking forward to talking with students about going into health policy academia with the @rooseveltinstitute.org's Winter Policy Expo this afternoon. Going to talk about my long and winding road to health policy and how research can promote more equitable and just policy implementation.
December 5, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Looking forward to talking with students about going into health policy academia with the @rooseveltinstitute.org's Winter Policy Expo this afternoon. Going to talk about my long and winding road to health policy and how research can promote more equitable and just policy implementation.
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Really excited to share this new report I wrote with my brilliant colleagues, @bilalb.bsky.social & @victorpickard.bsky.social!
We explore the roots of the crises facing our media system & argue that a truly democratic information ecosystem must be protected from both state *&* commercial coercion⤵️
We explore the roots of the crises facing our media system & argue that a truly democratic information ecosystem must be protected from both state *&* commercial coercion⤵️
NEW📰: Democracy requires both an informed citizenry and a free press. But how do these ideals show up in public policy?
Today, we have a paper out that looks at how media has become highly concentrated, commercialized, and drained of its public interest potential.
Today, we have a paper out that looks at how media has become highly concentrated, commercialized, and drained of its public interest potential.
December 4, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Really excited to share this new report I wrote with my brilliant colleagues, @bilalb.bsky.social & @victorpickard.bsky.social!
We explore the roots of the crises facing our media system & argue that a truly democratic information ecosystem must be protected from both state *&* commercial coercion⤵️
We explore the roots of the crises facing our media system & argue that a truly democratic information ecosystem must be protected from both state *&* commercial coercion⤵️
A big victory for journalists pushing back against sloppy AI adoption. And it echoes what @deluzio.house.gov and @elizabethwwilkins.bsky.social talked about this summer: workers across industries need a seat at the table when it’s decided how AI is used at their jobs: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2U3O...
December 4, 2025 at 9:25 PM
A big victory for journalists pushing back against sloppy AI adoption. And it echoes what @deluzio.house.gov and @elizabethwwilkins.bsky.social talked about this summer: workers across industries need a seat at the table when it’s decided how AI is used at their jobs: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2U3O...
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New from @rooseveltinstitute.org @bilalb.bsky.social @victorpickard.bsky.social @shahrzadshams.bsky.social "The next chapter of democracy reform must treat our media system as a core infrastructure that makes democracy possible & thus demands protection from both state control & commercial capture."
Thrilled to announce the publication of our @rooseveltinstitute.org report that uncovers the policy roots of the current crises facing our news, information & communication systems. We argue that media reform must become central to a US pro-democracy movement. rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
The Political Economy of the US Media System: Excavating the Roots of the Present Crisis - Roosevelt Institute
Bilal Baydoun, Shahrzad Shams, and Victor Pickard trace the roots of the US media crisis to decades of deregulation and commercial capture, outlining how consolidation, news deserts, and platform domi...
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December 4, 2025 at 8:51 PM
New from @rooseveltinstitute.org @bilalb.bsky.social @victorpickard.bsky.social @shahrzadshams.bsky.social "The next chapter of democracy reform must treat our media system as a core infrastructure that makes democracy possible & thus demands protection from both state control & commercial capture."
As with any investment of public dollars, it's essential that the public benefits. State capitalism is a tool that has to be used carefully.
Our Director of Industrial Policy and Trade highlights the xLight news 👇
Our Director of Industrial Policy and Trade highlights the xLight news 👇
US government to become largest shareholder in Pat Gelsinger's chip company (former Intel CEO)
"XLight plans to build massive “free electron lasers” powered by a particle accelerator to create a more powerful and precise light source for use in chip fabrication plants".
www.wsj.com/tech/trump-a...
"XLight plans to build massive “free electron lasers” powered by a particle accelerator to create a more powerful and precise light source for use in chip fabrication plants".
www.wsj.com/tech/trump-a...
Trump Administration to Take Equity Stake in Former Intel CEO’s Chip Startup
XLight will get up to $150 million to develop ultraprecise lasers for squeezing more circuits onto semiconductors.
www.wsj.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:17 PM
As with any investment of public dollars, it's essential that the public benefits. State capitalism is a tool that has to be used carefully.
Our Director of Industrial Policy and Trade highlights the xLight news 👇
Our Director of Industrial Policy and Trade highlights the xLight news 👇
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A big part of the erosion of democracy is corporate capture of news media. This is a crucial report. Thanks @rooseveltinstitute.org
Thrilled to announce the publication of our @rooseveltinstitute.org report that uncovers the policy roots of the current crises facing our news, information & communication systems. We argue that media reform must become central to a US pro-democracy movement. rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
The Political Economy of the US Media System: Excavating the Roots of the Present Crisis - Roosevelt Institute
Bilal Baydoun, Shahrzad Shams, and Victor Pickard trace the roots of the US media crisis to decades of deregulation and commercial capture, outlining how consolidation, news deserts, and platform domi...
rooseveltinstitute.org
December 4, 2025 at 3:43 PM
A big part of the erosion of democracy is corporate capture of news media. This is a crucial report. Thanks @rooseveltinstitute.org
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"[D]ecades of market-first policymaking has systematically eroded the media’s democratic function... consolidation that concentrated power in fewer hands, the abandonment of meaningful public-interest standards, and the rise of platform monopolies with virtually no accountability."
Thrilled to announce the publication of our @rooseveltinstitute.org report that uncovers the policy roots of the current crises facing our news, information & communication systems. We argue that media reform must become central to a US pro-democracy movement. rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
The Political Economy of the US Media System: Excavating the Roots of the Present Crisis - Roosevelt Institute
Bilal Baydoun, Shahrzad Shams, and Victor Pickard trace the roots of the US media crisis to decades of deregulation and commercial capture, outlining how consolidation, news deserts, and platform domi...
rooseveltinstitute.org
December 4, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"[D]ecades of market-first policymaking has systematically eroded the media’s democratic function... consolidation that concentrated power in fewer hands, the abandonment of meaningful public-interest standards, and the rise of platform monopolies with virtually no accountability."
“Many systems in government are designed to move slowly.”
A new @ifp.bsky.social analysis shows the CHIPS Act’s effort to deploy billions for U.S. semiconductor manufacturing was repeatedly stalled by hiring caps, long approvals, and process-first oversight.
www.factorysettings.org/p/hiring-dam...
A new @ifp.bsky.social analysis shows the CHIPS Act’s effort to deploy billions for U.S. semiconductor manufacturing was repeatedly stalled by hiring caps, long approvals, and process-first oversight.
www.factorysettings.org/p/hiring-dam...
Hiring: Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don’t
Even with all the chips stacked in your favor, federal hiring is still too hard.
www.factorysettings.org
December 4, 2025 at 4:54 PM
“Many systems in government are designed to move slowly.”
A new @ifp.bsky.social analysis shows the CHIPS Act’s effort to deploy billions for U.S. semiconductor manufacturing was repeatedly stalled by hiring caps, long approvals, and process-first oversight.
www.factorysettings.org/p/hiring-dam...
A new @ifp.bsky.social analysis shows the CHIPS Act’s effort to deploy billions for U.S. semiconductor manufacturing was repeatedly stalled by hiring caps, long approvals, and process-first oversight.
www.factorysettings.org/p/hiring-dam...
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Thrilled to announce the publication of our @rooseveltinstitute.org report that uncovers the policy roots of the current crises facing our news, information & communication systems. We argue that media reform must become central to a US pro-democracy movement. rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
The Political Economy of the US Media System: Excavating the Roots of the Present Crisis - Roosevelt Institute
Bilal Baydoun, Shahrzad Shams, and Victor Pickard trace the roots of the US media crisis to decades of deregulation and commercial capture, outlining how consolidation, news deserts, and platform domi...
rooseveltinstitute.org
December 4, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Thrilled to announce the publication of our @rooseveltinstitute.org report that uncovers the policy roots of the current crises facing our news, information & communication systems. We argue that media reform must become central to a US pro-democracy movement. rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
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"The crisis facing American journalism is the predictable outcome of decades of corporate libertarian media policy that prioritized commercial logics over democracy."
December 4, 2025 at 1:49 PM
"The crisis facing American journalism is the predictable outcome of decades of corporate libertarian media policy that prioritized commercial logics over democracy."
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"Market supremacy has shrunk both our understanding of what a civic information economy ought to provide in a democracy, and our imagination about how to better guarantee the public access to reliable, diverse information."
new from @rooseveltinstitute.org rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
new from @rooseveltinstitute.org rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
The Political Economy of the US Media System: Excavating the Roots of the Present Crisis - Roosevelt Institute
Bilal Baydoun, Shahrzad Shams, and Victor Pickard trace the roots of the US media crisis to decades of deregulation and commercial capture, outlining how consolidation, news deserts, and platform domi...
rooseveltinstitute.org
December 4, 2025 at 3:12 PM
"Market supremacy has shrunk both our understanding of what a civic information economy ought to provide in a democracy, and our imagination about how to better guarantee the public access to reliable, diverse information."
new from @rooseveltinstitute.org rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
new from @rooseveltinstitute.org rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
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The question ahead is simple: should our media system primarily serve democracy or profit? Rebuilding public media, regulating platforms, and reviving the public interest are essential to a media system capable of both resisting authoritarian pressure and serving our democratic aspirations.
December 4, 2025 at 2:35 PM
The question ahead is simple: should our media system primarily serve democracy or profit? Rebuilding public media, regulating platforms, and reviving the public interest are essential to a media system capable of both resisting authoritarian pressure and serving our democratic aspirations.
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Thrilled for our new @rooseveltinstitute.org report to be out in the world!
A few thoughts on why this matters today, and why media policy and structural media reform must be central to a broader pro-democracy movement:
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A few thoughts on why this matters today, and why media policy and structural media reform must be central to a broader pro-democracy movement:
🧵🧵🧵🧵
NEW📰: Democracy requires both an informed citizenry and a free press. But how do these ideals show up in public policy?
Today, we have a paper out that looks at how media has become highly concentrated, commercialized, and drained of its public interest potential.
Today, we have a paper out that looks at how media has become highly concentrated, commercialized, and drained of its public interest potential.
December 4, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Thrilled for our new @rooseveltinstitute.org report to be out in the world!
A few thoughts on why this matters today, and why media policy and structural media reform must be central to a broader pro-democracy movement:
🧵🧵🧵🧵
A few thoughts on why this matters today, and why media policy and structural media reform must be central to a broader pro-democracy movement:
🧵🧵🧵🧵
NEW📰: Democracy requires both an informed citizenry and a free press. But how do these ideals show up in public policy?
Today, we have a paper out that looks at how media has become highly concentrated, commercialized, and drained of its public interest potential.
Today, we have a paper out that looks at how media has become highly concentrated, commercialized, and drained of its public interest potential.
December 4, 2025 at 1:55 PM
NEW📰: Democracy requires both an informed citizenry and a free press. But how do these ideals show up in public policy?
Today, we have a paper out that looks at how media has become highly concentrated, commercialized, and drained of its public interest potential.
Today, we have a paper out that looks at how media has become highly concentrated, commercialized, and drained of its public interest potential.
The clock continues to tick for Detroit tenants to set up the rent-protection accounts that shield them from eviction. What’s happening there shows why economic democracy matters: investors can tokenize homes overnight, but residents have to organize to protect the basics.
Housing + Private Equity = A recipe for profit over people.
As urgency grows around housing and affordability, we peel back the curtain on an issue impacting hundreds of Detroit residents: housing as a digital investment asset.
https://bit.ly/4o1ISIg
As urgency grows around housing and affordability, we peel back the curtain on an issue impacting hundreds of Detroit residents: housing as a digital investment asset.
https://bit.ly/4o1ISIg
December 3, 2025 at 5:57 PM
The clock continues to tick for Detroit tenants to set up the rent-protection accounts that shield them from eviction. What’s happening there shows why economic democracy matters: investors can tokenize homes overnight, but residents have to organize to protect the basics.
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Or **and hear me out**, we could do the boring, normal thing where we tax rich people and fund public programs that help everyone.
Infinitely preferable to outsourcing social policy to whichever billionaire feels whimsical this week.
Infinitely preferable to outsourcing social policy to whichever billionaire feels whimsical this week.
December 3, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Or **and hear me out**, we could do the boring, normal thing where we tax rich people and fund public programs that help everyone.
Infinitely preferable to outsourcing social policy to whichever billionaire feels whimsical this week.
Infinitely preferable to outsourcing social policy to whichever billionaire feels whimsical this week.
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And a mega-donation doesn’t fix the program’s design. It still channels the most benefit to families already able to contribute. If your family can’t add money, the “seed” is tiny, and the long-term value of the account is minimal. This is inequality dressed up as generosity.
December 3, 2025 at 4:50 PM
And a mega-donation doesn’t fix the program’s design. It still channels the most benefit to families already able to contribute. If your family can’t add money, the “seed” is tiny, and the long-term value of the account is minimal. This is inequality dressed up as generosity.
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So $250 for 25M Trump child accounts — but only in the “right” ZIP codes & only for kids who won’t get the $1K fed seed.
A perfect example of how billionaire charity replaces actual policy. Geography + whimsy ≠ need. Wild idea: tax the rich & fund universal programs instead?
bsky.app/profile/nyti...
A perfect example of how billionaire charity replaces actual policy. Geography + whimsy ≠ need. Wild idea: tax the rich & fund universal programs instead?
bsky.app/profile/nyti...
Breaking News: Michael and Susan Dell said they would put $250 in individual investment accounts for 25 million American children, expanding the reach of soon-to-be-created "Trump accounts."
Michael and Susan Dell Pledge $6 Billion for Child Investment Accounts
The tech billionaire and his wife hope other philanthropists follow their $6 billion lead in expanding the reach of soon-to-be-created “Trump accounts.”
nyti.ms
December 3, 2025 at 4:50 PM
So $250 for 25M Trump child accounts — but only in the “right” ZIP codes & only for kids who won’t get the $1K fed seed.
A perfect example of how billionaire charity replaces actual policy. Geography + whimsy ≠ need. Wild idea: tax the rich & fund universal programs instead?
bsky.app/profile/nyti...
A perfect example of how billionaire charity replaces actual policy. Geography + whimsy ≠ need. Wild idea: tax the rich & fund universal programs instead?
bsky.app/profile/nyti...
Corporations are pricing for the wealthy, which drives up costs for everyone else. Hard to ignore that a key source of higher costs is that half of all spending is done by the top 10%.
Americans are paying more for less almost everywhere. In this month’s issue of The American Prospect magazine, we dig into how surveillance capitalism, regulatory capture, and monopolization raise costs for everyone. From Robert Kutner: trib.al/yR1TPKy
Sources of America’s Hidden Inflation - The American Prospect
How market power jacks up prices, and how Trump’s policies add to the pressure
trib.al
December 3, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Corporations are pricing for the wealthy, which drives up costs for everyone else. Hard to ignore that a key source of higher costs is that half of all spending is done by the top 10%.
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How Should Progressives Respond to the Next Recession?
By Zehra Khan.
"When policymakers act boldly—with rapid fiscal relief, expansive monetary policy, and targeted support for workers and families—the economy can recover quickly and broadly."
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By Zehra Khan.
"When policymakers act boldly—with rapid fiscal relief, expansive monetary policy, and targeted support for workers and families—the economy can recover quickly and broadly."
rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
How Should Progressives Respond to the Next Recession? - Roosevelt Institute
The next recession should be treated as an opportunity for structural transformation, not merely stabilization. Drawing on historical evidence, Zehra Khan shows that a bold, front-loaded stimulus prod...
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November 18, 2025 at 5:59 PM
How Should Progressives Respond to the Next Recession?
By Zehra Khan.
"When policymakers act boldly—with rapid fiscal relief, expansive monetary policy, and targeted support for workers and families—the economy can recover quickly and broadly."
rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
By Zehra Khan.
"When policymakers act boldly—with rapid fiscal relief, expansive monetary policy, and targeted support for workers and families—the economy can recover quickly and broadly."
rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
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I wrote about this in July: once prices can be tweaked based on what companies think they can extract, markets start to break down. Glad to see the state-level activity on this, and as @linamkhan.bsky.social says, this is just a first step. rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/surveil...
Keeping an Eye on Surveillance Pricing and Wage Legislation - Roosevelt Institute
Corporations are increasingly using detailed information about their customers and workers to target them with individualized higher prices and lower wages. (They may not be advertising it much, but b...
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December 1, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I wrote about this in July: once prices can be tweaked based on what companies think they can extract, markets start to break down. Glad to see the state-level activity on this, and as @linamkhan.bsky.social says, this is just a first step. rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/surveil...
The OBBBA is restoring a provision that allows corporations to claim $16B in retroactive tax breaks for investments already made.
You can’t incentivize economic activity that already happened—so this does nothing for growth.
Another corporate handout.
@rbeggin.bsky.social: https://wapo.st/3Xru62H
You can’t incentivize economic activity that already happened—so this does nothing for growth.
Another corporate handout.
@rbeggin.bsky.social: https://wapo.st/3Xru62H
Corporations to claim $16B from retroactive GOP tax break, federal report says
The Republican tax law's bonus depreciation provision is expected to cost $362.7 billion over the next ten years, with corporations claiming $16 billion in new tax breaks this year.
wapo.st
December 2, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The OBBBA is restoring a provision that allows corporations to claim $16B in retroactive tax breaks for investments already made.
You can’t incentivize economic activity that already happened—so this does nothing for growth.
Another corporate handout.
@rbeggin.bsky.social: https://wapo.st/3Xru62H
You can’t incentivize economic activity that already happened—so this does nothing for growth.
Another corporate handout.
@rbeggin.bsky.social: https://wapo.st/3Xru62H
It's Giving Tuesday!
As a non-profit partner of the FDR Library, we encourage you to consider supporting their great work!
Your donation ensures they can continue to offer public programming, educational resources, and world-class exhibits!
https://bit.ly/48pq0Nw
As a non-profit partner of the FDR Library, we encourage you to consider supporting their great work!
Your donation ensures they can continue to offer public programming, educational resources, and world-class exhibits!
https://bit.ly/48pq0Nw
December 2, 2025 at 3:38 PM
It's Giving Tuesday!
As a non-profit partner of the FDR Library, we encourage you to consider supporting their great work!
Your donation ensures they can continue to offer public programming, educational resources, and world-class exhibits!
https://bit.ly/48pq0Nw
As a non-profit partner of the FDR Library, we encourage you to consider supporting their great work!
Your donation ensures they can continue to offer public programming, educational resources, and world-class exhibits!
https://bit.ly/48pq0Nw
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Even @washingtonpost.com says so: "In an era defined by major political divisions and massive wealth accumulation for the richest Americans, billionaires are spending unprecedented amounts on U.S. politics. . . . wealth is now more concentrated at the very top than at any time since the Gilded Age."
From The Washington Post:
The concentration of wealth among the richest Americans is unlike anything in history — and so is billionaires’ influence in politics.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
The concentration of wealth among the richest Americans is unlike anything in history — and so is billionaires’ influence in politics.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 21, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Even @washingtonpost.com says so: "In an era defined by major political divisions and massive wealth accumulation for the richest Americans, billionaires are spending unprecedented amounts on U.S. politics. . . . wealth is now more concentrated at the very top than at any time since the Gilded Age."
Food prices are up nearly 3% this year, and shelter costs are up ~50% over the past decade. Tariffs are adding pressure. For the bottom 1/3 earners, these headwinds have pushed confidence to its lowest in years—a sign of the affordability squeeze. From @financialtimes.com: https://on.ft.com/48rDmbU
Donald Trump’s affordability problem: in charts
Americans are unhappy with the cost of living, with inflation higher than the month before the president retook office
www.ft.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Food prices are up nearly 3% this year, and shelter costs are up ~50% over the past decade. Tariffs are adding pressure. For the bottom 1/3 earners, these headwinds have pushed confidence to its lowest in years—a sign of the affordability squeeze. From @financialtimes.com: https://on.ft.com/48rDmbU