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6️⃣ Enforcement of corporate accountability remains one of the few viable levers of federal power capable of producing fast, visible, and concrete results for the public.
☑️ Increase funding for enforcement
☑️ Build relationships with state AGs and local public interest groups
☑️ Increase funding for enforcement
☑️ Build relationships with state AGs and local public interest groups
December 1, 2025 at 6:41 PM
6️⃣ Enforcement of corporate accountability remains one of the few viable levers of federal power capable of producing fast, visible, and concrete results for the public.
☑️ Increase funding for enforcement
☑️ Build relationships with state AGs and local public interest groups
☑️ Increase funding for enforcement
☑️ Build relationships with state AGs and local public interest groups
Thanksgiving costs climbed about 10% this year over last year, according to new research from @groundwork.bsky.social @tcfdotorg.bsky.social & @aft.org.
That’s an increase of more than 3X the overall inflation rate. Explore the research👇
https://bit.ly/4rj7Rtf
That’s an increase of more than 3X the overall inflation rate. Explore the research👇
https://bit.ly/4rj7Rtf
November 25, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Thanksgiving costs climbed about 10% this year over last year, according to new research from @groundwork.bsky.social @tcfdotorg.bsky.social & @aft.org.
That’s an increase of more than 3X the overall inflation rate. Explore the research👇
https://bit.ly/4rj7Rtf
That’s an increase of more than 3X the overall inflation rate. Explore the research👇
https://bit.ly/4rj7Rtf
What happens when your landlord is private equity? A tale from Detroit:
❌Unfair evictions
❌Unsafe, unheated, and deteriorating homes
❌Your home is a digital cryptocurrency “token” sold to investors worldwide
Housing should not be a speculative investment but a public good.
❌Unfair evictions
❌Unsafe, unheated, and deteriorating homes
❌Your home is a digital cryptocurrency “token” sold to investors worldwide
Housing should not be a speculative investment but a public good.
November 22, 2025 at 8:05 PM
What happens when your landlord is private equity? A tale from Detroit:
❌Unfair evictions
❌Unsafe, unheated, and deteriorating homes
❌Your home is a digital cryptocurrency “token” sold to investors worldwide
Housing should not be a speculative investment but a public good.
❌Unfair evictions
❌Unsafe, unheated, and deteriorating homes
❌Your home is a digital cryptocurrency “token” sold to investors worldwide
Housing should not be a speculative investment but a public good.
After much delay, once again it’s jobs day—the first official look at the labor market since the shutdown froze federal data.
Our Principal Economist @mikemadowitz.bsky.social explains why having real numbers again matters—and why any data is better than flying blind:
Our Principal Economist @mikemadowitz.bsky.social explains why having real numbers again matters—and why any data is better than flying blind:
November 20, 2025 at 1:19 PM
After much delay, once again it’s jobs day—the first official look at the labor market since the shutdown froze federal data.
Our Principal Economist @mikemadowitz.bsky.social explains why having real numbers again matters—and why any data is better than flying blind:
Our Principal Economist @mikemadowitz.bsky.social explains why having real numbers again matters—and why any data is better than flying blind:
When child care is owned by private investors and not local stakeholders, families suffer.
Creator Kimmy the Daycare Diva recently broke down what happens when private equity treats daycares like tradable assets—and how public and co-op models can keep care rooted in the community.
Watch below! 👇
Creator Kimmy the Daycare Diva recently broke down what happens when private equity treats daycares like tradable assets—and how public and co-op models can keep care rooted in the community.
Watch below! 👇
November 19, 2025 at 8:50 PM
When child care is owned by private investors and not local stakeholders, families suffer.
Creator Kimmy the Daycare Diva recently broke down what happens when private equity treats daycares like tradable assets—and how public and co-op models can keep care rooted in the community.
Watch below! 👇
Creator Kimmy the Daycare Diva recently broke down what happens when private equity treats daycares like tradable assets—and how public and co-op models can keep care rooted in the community.
Watch below! 👇
Government should prioritize fiscal stimulus that directly supports families, workers, and state and local governments.
As the COVID-19 pandemic-induced recession showed, swift, large-scale fiscal relief jump-started a historically strong economic recovery that outpaced peer economies.
As the COVID-19 pandemic-induced recession showed, swift, large-scale fiscal relief jump-started a historically strong economic recovery that outpaced peer economies.
November 19, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Government should prioritize fiscal stimulus that directly supports families, workers, and state and local governments.
As the COVID-19 pandemic-induced recession showed, swift, large-scale fiscal relief jump-started a historically strong economic recovery that outpaced peer economies.
As the COVID-19 pandemic-induced recession showed, swift, large-scale fiscal relief jump-started a historically strong economic recovery that outpaced peer economies.
Trump's reckless policies—i.e., chaotic trade policy implementation and the destruction of the federal workforce—create instability in the economy.
If that instability tips into a recession, we know minimalist approaches won’t work.
If that instability tips into a recession, we know minimalist approaches won’t work.
November 19, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Trump's reckless policies—i.e., chaotic trade policy implementation and the destruction of the federal workforce—create instability in the economy.
If that instability tips into a recession, we know minimalist approaches won’t work.
If that instability tips into a recession, we know minimalist approaches won’t work.
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
November 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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
NEW: The pandemic response showed that, when the next recession hits, we don’t have to repeat the mistakes of 2009 and 2001.
Zehra Khan urges progressives to treat recessions as opportunities for bold, transformational policymaking.
https://bit.ly/47RhjLN
Zehra Khan urges progressives to treat recessions as opportunities for bold, transformational policymaking.
https://bit.ly/47RhjLN
November 18, 2025 at 12:52 PM
NEW: The pandemic response showed that, when the next recession hits, we don’t have to repeat the mistakes of 2009 and 2001.
Zehra Khan urges progressives to treat recessions as opportunities for bold, transformational policymaking.
https://bit.ly/47RhjLN
Zehra Khan urges progressives to treat recessions as opportunities for bold, transformational policymaking.
https://bit.ly/47RhjLN
Affordability is becoming more elusive as the prices for many everyday goods continue to rise.
As @mikemadowitz.bsky.social explains in @businessinsider.com, a “low-hire, low-fire” job market isn’t making up for it.
The gap between wages and the cost of living is only growing. bit.ly/3LIpBy2
As @mikemadowitz.bsky.social explains in @businessinsider.com, a “low-hire, low-fire” job market isn’t making up for it.
The gap between wages and the cost of living is only growing. bit.ly/3LIpBy2
November 17, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Affordability is becoming more elusive as the prices for many everyday goods continue to rise.
As @mikemadowitz.bsky.social explains in @businessinsider.com, a “low-hire, low-fire” job market isn’t making up for it.
The gap between wages and the cost of living is only growing. bit.ly/3LIpBy2
As @mikemadowitz.bsky.social explains in @businessinsider.com, a “low-hire, low-fire” job market isn’t making up for it.
The gap between wages and the cost of living is only growing. bit.ly/3LIpBy2
5️⃣ Current rulemaking processes can be too slow to deliver real relief within a single presidential term, leaving progressive policy vulnerable to rollback in a new administration.
Optimize for speed with clear priorities and decision-makers.
rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
Optimize for speed with clear priorities and decision-makers.
rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
November 17, 2025 at 3:14 PM
5️⃣ Current rulemaking processes can be too slow to deliver real relief within a single presidential term, leaving progressive policy vulnerable to rollback in a new administration.
Optimize for speed with clear priorities and decision-makers.
rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
Optimize for speed with clear priorities and decision-makers.
rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
4️⃣ As the judicial and legislative branches increasingly slow implementation, there should be more tools for the executive branch to meet people’s needs
November 13, 2025 at 9:58 PM
4️⃣ As the judicial and legislative branches increasingly slow implementation, there should be more tools for the executive branch to meet people’s needs
Today, the CFPB proposed a rule that rolls back fair lending protections.
@bradlipton.bsky.social, our director of Corporate Power and former CFPB official, spoke with @bloomberglaw.com about how this will make enforcement harder and enable discriminatory lending in mortgages and other markets.
@bradlipton.bsky.social, our director of Corporate Power and former CFPB official, spoke with @bloomberglaw.com about how this will make enforcement harder and enable discriminatory lending in mortgages and other markets.
November 13, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Today, the CFPB proposed a rule that rolls back fair lending protections.
@bradlipton.bsky.social, our director of Corporate Power and former CFPB official, spoke with @bloomberglaw.com about how this will make enforcement harder and enable discriminatory lending in mortgages and other markets.
@bradlipton.bsky.social, our director of Corporate Power and former CFPB official, spoke with @bloomberglaw.com about how this will make enforcement harder and enable discriminatory lending in mortgages and other markets.
For the second month in a row, there’s no jobs report.
Private data only partly fill the gap—painting a conflicting picture that may point to a “low-hire, low-fire” economy.
What is clear is that losing federal data makes it harder to see where the job market is headed.
https://nyti.ms/4hNZj9D
Private data only partly fill the gap—painting a conflicting picture that may point to a “low-hire, low-fire” economy.
What is clear is that losing federal data makes it harder to see where the job market is headed.
https://nyti.ms/4hNZj9D
November 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
For the second month in a row, there’s no jobs report.
Private data only partly fill the gap—painting a conflicting picture that may point to a “low-hire, low-fire” economy.
What is clear is that losing federal data makes it harder to see where the job market is headed.
https://nyti.ms/4hNZj9D
Private data only partly fill the gap—painting a conflicting picture that may point to a “low-hire, low-fire” economy.
What is clear is that losing federal data makes it harder to see where the job market is headed.
https://nyti.ms/4hNZj9D
At our convening on the future of government on Monday, @pkryan.bsky.social shared how he pushed for accountability—and won—after a massive utility’s billing errors cost residents in his district millions of dollars.
November 6, 2025 at 9:58 PM
At our convening on the future of government on Monday, @pkryan.bsky.social shared how he pushed for accountability—and won—after a massive utility’s billing errors cost residents in his district millions of dollars.
We closed with our CEO @elizabethwwilkins.bsky.social and Yohannes Abraham discussing how to prepare for future governing moments—how future leaders can deliver on promises and tackle longer-term challenges that never make the debate stage.
November 6, 2025 at 7:59 PM
We closed with our CEO @elizabethwwilkins.bsky.social and Yohannes Abraham discussing how to prepare for future governing moments—how future leaders can deliver on promises and tackle longer-term challenges that never make the debate stage.
Jennifer Abruzzo, @awhf.bsky.social, Tara McGuiness, @melissa-in-dc.bsky.social, and @mbmaxwell.bsky.social explored how to move from insider influence → people power—and build meaningful public engagement into how government operates.
November 6, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Jennifer Abruzzo, @awhf.bsky.social, Tara McGuiness, @melissa-in-dc.bsky.social, and @mbmaxwell.bsky.social explored how to move from insider influence → people power—and build meaningful public engagement into how government operates.
Then Nell Abernathy, @ksabeelrahman.bsky.social, Clarence Wardell, @jmargetta.bsky.social and Ben Bain of @niskanencenter.bsky.social tackled how to “fix the plumbing”—the overlooked operational mechanics that determine whether policy truly serves the public.
Policy lives or dies on execution.
Policy lives or dies on execution.
November 6, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Then Nell Abernathy, @ksabeelrahman.bsky.social, Clarence Wardell, @jmargetta.bsky.social and Ben Bain of @niskanencenter.bsky.social tackled how to “fix the plumbing”—the overlooked operational mechanics that determine whether policy truly serves the public.
Policy lives or dies on execution.
Policy lives or dies on execution.
Jason Miller and @bharatramamurti.bsky.social used the example of student debt relief to explain how government can shift its default, from caution → boldness.
November 6, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Jason Miller and @bharatramamurti.bsky.social used the example of student debt relief to explain how government can shift its default, from caution → boldness.
Our first panel featured @linamkhan.bsky.social, @pkryan.bsky.social, and Hannah Garden-Monheit who discussed how to make government deliver despite hostile courts and congressional dysfunction—including by combating regulatory capture, risk aversion, and bureaucratic inertia.
November 6, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Our first panel featured @linamkhan.bsky.social, @pkryan.bsky.social, and Hannah Garden-Monheit who discussed how to make government deliver despite hostile courts and congressional dysfunction—including by combating regulatory capture, risk aversion, and bureaucratic inertia.
Our CEO @elizabethwwilkins.bsky.social opened by reminding us this isn’t an academic exercise—the report has 161 actionable recommendations for immediately making government more modern, nimble, and democratic.
Everyone in the room shared her commitment—and determination—to make that vision real.
Everyone in the room shared her commitment—and determination—to make that vision real.
November 6, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Our CEO @elizabethwwilkins.bsky.social opened by reminding us this isn’t an academic exercise—the report has 161 actionable recommendations for immediately making government more modern, nimble, and democratic.
Everyone in the room shared her commitment—and determination—to make that vision real.
Everyone in the room shared her commitment—and determination—to make that vision real.
The Supreme Court’s landmark tariffs case is underway—and our @toddntucker.com is breaking it down.
One takeaway already: under a broad reading of presidential power in IEEPA, future administrations could use “emergency” powers not just for tariffs, but for climate action.
https://reut.rs/4qME5Nn
One takeaway already: under a broad reading of presidential power in IEEPA, future administrations could use “emergency” powers not just for tariffs, but for climate action.
https://reut.rs/4qME5Nn
November 6, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The Supreme Court’s landmark tariffs case is underway—and our @toddntucker.com is breaking it down.
One takeaway already: under a broad reading of presidential power in IEEPA, future administrations could use “emergency” powers not just for tariffs, but for climate action.
https://reut.rs/4qME5Nn
One takeaway already: under a broad reading of presidential power in IEEPA, future administrations could use “emergency” powers not just for tariffs, but for climate action.
https://reut.rs/4qME5Nn
There has been a long-held hostility toward the SNAP program, which has the convenience of being hidden beneath the shutdown.
That government would let anyone go hungry when we have the funds to ensure families can receive food assistance is lawless and cruel.
That government would let anyone go hungry when we have the funds to ensure families can receive food assistance is lawless and cruel.
![Quote " They’ve never hidden their hostility toward this program [SNAP], and now they’re using the shutdown as an excuse to let people go hungry. We shouldn’t be deciding who ‘deserves’ to eat. Everyone deserves basic nutrition and dignity—and no political stunt should stand in the way of that" by Stephen Nunez, Director at the Roosevelt Institute](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:axkqsfza7eh2v3kabrip7vvg/bafkreicl5nwab4mnupb65k23xkraqyvl7mtemcrzjtmvxiepi26cvmhioy@jpeg)
November 5, 2025 at 7:41 PM
There has been a long-held hostility toward the SNAP program, which has the convenience of being hidden beneath the shutdown.
That government would let anyone go hungry when we have the funds to ensure families can receive food assistance is lawless and cruel.
That government would let anyone go hungry when we have the funds to ensure families can receive food assistance is lawless and cruel.
How do we manage the economy in a way that ensures everyone gets a fair shot at a #GoodLife?
President and CEO @elizabethwwilkins.bsky.social shares some of the factors that contributed to the success of FDR's New Deal with @aprilbaerradio.bsky.social.
President and CEO @elizabethwwilkins.bsky.social shares some of the factors that contributed to the success of FDR's New Deal with @aprilbaerradio.bsky.social.
November 4, 2025 at 7:20 PM
How do we manage the economy in a way that ensures everyone gets a fair shot at a #GoodLife?
President and CEO @elizabethwwilkins.bsky.social shares some of the factors that contributed to the success of FDR's New Deal with @aprilbaerradio.bsky.social.
President and CEO @elizabethwwilkins.bsky.social shares some of the factors that contributed to the success of FDR's New Deal with @aprilbaerradio.bsky.social.
One of many insights from our “From Crisis to Confidence” event, which builds on our recent report.
The goal: Establishing a policymaking system that prioritizes the economic well-being of working people and avoids regulatory capture, risk aversion, or bureaucratic inertia.
The goal: Establishing a policymaking system that prioritizes the economic well-being of working people and avoids regulatory capture, risk aversion, or bureaucratic inertia.
November 3, 2025 at 9:16 PM
One of many insights from our “From Crisis to Confidence” event, which builds on our recent report.
The goal: Establishing a policymaking system that prioritizes the economic well-being of working people and avoids regulatory capture, risk aversion, or bureaucratic inertia.
The goal: Establishing a policymaking system that prioritizes the economic well-being of working people and avoids regulatory capture, risk aversion, or bureaucratic inertia.