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NEW 📰: Building a more effective government that moves beyond the status quo requires honest reflection.
Drawing on interviews with more than 45 former senior Biden officials, our latest report offers 161 practical recommendations for better governance.
https://bit.ly/4312Zid
Drawing on interviews with more than 45 former senior Biden officials, our latest report offers 161 practical recommendations for better governance.
https://bit.ly/4312Zid
161 is a lot of recommendations, so over the next few weeks, we're going to highlight a few!
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The admin is quietly rewriting the tax code—giving billions in breaks to major private equity, crypto, insurance, and energy firms by hollowing out the 15% corporate minimum tax.
More tax cuts for the rich is the last thing working families need.
@jessedrucker.bsky.social https://nyti.ms/3WOwXST
More tax cuts for the rich is the last thing working families need.
@jessedrucker.bsky.social https://nyti.ms/3WOwXST
How the Trump Administration Is Giving Even More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy
The Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service are issuing rules that provide hundreds of billions of dollars in tax relief to big companies and the ultrarich.
nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The admin is quietly rewriting the tax code—giving billions in breaks to major private equity, crypto, insurance, and energy firms by hollowing out the 15% corporate minimum tax.
More tax cuts for the rich is the last thing working families need.
@jessedrucker.bsky.social https://nyti.ms/3WOwXST
More tax cuts for the rich is the last thing working families need.
@jessedrucker.bsky.social https://nyti.ms/3WOwXST
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On Monday, we hosted a day of rich conversation about how we can build a government that truly delivers for working people.
The convening expanded on our new report, “Building a More Effective, Responsive Government,” by Hannah Garden-Monheit & Tresa Joseph:
rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
The convening expanded on our new report, “Building a More Effective, Responsive Government,” by Hannah Garden-Monheit & Tresa Joseph:
rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
Building a More Effective, Responsive Government: Lessons Learned from the Biden-Harris Administration - Roosevelt Institute
In a new analysis, Hannah Garden-Monheit and Tresa Joseph draw on interviews with more than 45 senior Biden-Harris appointees to offer a bold road map for rebuilding federal government capacity and re...
rooseveltinstitute.org
November 6, 2025 at 7:59 PM
On Monday, we hosted a day of rich conversation about how we can build a government that truly delivers for working people.
The convening expanded on our new report, “Building a More Effective, Responsive Government,” by Hannah Garden-Monheit & Tresa Joseph:
rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
The convening expanded on our new report, “Building a More Effective, Responsive Government,” by Hannah Garden-Monheit & Tresa Joseph:
rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
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In NJ, utility bills dominated the governor’s race—families are fed up with unpredictable rate hikes from monopoly providers.
Roosevelt calls for public oversight of utilities, stronger price regulation, and treating affordable energy as a basic right. rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/how-to-...
Roosevelt calls for public oversight of utilities, stronger price regulation, and treating affordable energy as a basic right. rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/how-to-...
How to Get Off the Energy Price Roller Coaster - Roosevelt Institute
To meet our emissions reduction goals and secure long-term energy price stability, we need to completely transition away from fossil fuels. The only way to achieve this equitably, effectively, and in ...
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November 7, 2025 at 3:56 PM
In NJ, utility bills dominated the governor’s race—families are fed up with unpredictable rate hikes from monopoly providers.
Roosevelt calls for public oversight of utilities, stronger price regulation, and treating affordable energy as a basic right. rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/how-to-...
Roosevelt calls for public oversight of utilities, stronger price regulation, and treating affordable energy as a basic right. rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/how-to-...
#ICYMI: Our top stories of the week
✅ Policy experts gather to debrief and game plan
✅ Oligarchy—how we got here and how to get out
✅ VA, NJ, and NYC make clear: The cost of living is the issue
More in the #RooseveltRundown ⬇️
https://bit.ly/47u5P1L
✅ Policy experts gather to debrief and game plan
✅ Oligarchy—how we got here and how to get out
✅ VA, NJ, and NYC make clear: The cost of living is the issue
More in the #RooseveltRundown ⬇️
https://bit.ly/47u5P1L
How to Take Risks and Govern with the People - Roosevelt Institute
Roosevelt Rundown: A Debrief and a Game Plan, What We Need to Escape a New Gilded Age, What We’re Talking About, and What We’re Reading
rooseveltinstitute.org
November 7, 2025 at 8:45 PM
#ICYMI: Our top stories of the week
✅ Policy experts gather to debrief and game plan
✅ Oligarchy—how we got here and how to get out
✅ VA, NJ, and NYC make clear: The cost of living is the issue
More in the #RooseveltRundown ⬇️
https://bit.ly/47u5P1L
✅ Policy experts gather to debrief and game plan
✅ Oligarchy—how we got here and how to get out
✅ VA, NJ, and NYC make clear: The cost of living is the issue
More in the #RooseveltRundown ⬇️
https://bit.ly/47u5P1L
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
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This is what true public service looks like: Fighting like hell with every tool in the toolbox to return money but also power and dignity to people, and to hold a abusers to account. Bravo.
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 7, 2025 at 2:01 AM
This is what true public service looks like: Fighting like hell with every tool in the toolbox to return money but also power and dignity to people, and to hold a abusers to account. Bravo.
Across Virginia, New Jersey, and New York City this week, the message was clear: The cost of living is front and center.
Groceries, utilities, childcare—these weren’t side issues.
Roosevelt has been here all along with solutions that meet the moment:
Groceries, utilities, childcare—these weren’t side issues.
Roosevelt has been here all along with solutions that meet the moment:
November 7, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Across Virginia, New Jersey, and New York City this week, the message was clear: The cost of living is front and center.
Groceries, utilities, childcare—these weren’t side issues.
Roosevelt has been here all along with solutions that meet the moment:
Groceries, utilities, childcare—these weren’t side issues.
Roosevelt has been here all along with solutions that meet the moment:
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.
On Monday, we hosted a day of rich conversation about how we can build a government that truly delivers for working people.
The convening expanded on our new report, “Building a More Effective, Responsive Government,” by Hannah Garden-Monheit & Tresa Joseph:
rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
The convening expanded on our new report, “Building a More Effective, Responsive Government,” by Hannah Garden-Monheit & Tresa Joseph:
rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
Building a More Effective, Responsive Government: Lessons Learned from the Biden-Harris Administration - Roosevelt Institute
In a new analysis, Hannah Garden-Monheit and Tresa Joseph draw on interviews with more than 45 senior Biden-Harris appointees to offer a bold road map for rebuilding federal government capacity and re...
rooseveltinstitute.org
November 6, 2025 at 7:59 PM
On Monday, we hosted a day of rich conversation about how we can build a government that truly delivers for working people.
The convening expanded on our new report, “Building a More Effective, Responsive Government,” by Hannah Garden-Monheit & Tresa Joseph:
rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
The convening expanded on our new report, “Building a More Effective, Responsive Government,” by Hannah Garden-Monheit & Tresa Joseph:
rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
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
AI surveillance puts all of us at risk. Join organizers and policy experts for a webinar on Nov 18 to get ways and resources to fight back ✊
@powerswitchaction.org @datasociety.bsky.social @justfutureslaw.bsky.social @nelp.org @techequity.bsky.social bit.ly/stopAIsurveillance
@powerswitchaction.org @datasociety.bsky.social @justfutureslaw.bsky.social @nelp.org @techequity.bsky.social bit.ly/stopAIsurveillance
November 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
AI surveillance puts all of us at risk. Join organizers and policy experts for a webinar on Nov 18 to get ways and resources to fight back ✊
@powerswitchaction.org @datasociety.bsky.social @justfutureslaw.bsky.social @nelp.org @techequity.bsky.social bit.ly/stopAIsurveillance
@powerswitchaction.org @datasociety.bsky.social @justfutureslaw.bsky.social @nelp.org @techequity.bsky.social bit.ly/stopAIsurveillance
New Jerseyans want affordable housing, reliable transit, & accessible care.
November 6, 2025 at 1:03 AM
New Jerseyans want affordable housing, reliable transit, & accessible care.
The cost-of-living crisis is squeezing working families across New Jersey.
@mikiesherrill.bsky.social's focus on affordability & accountable governance is rooted in the tradition of FDR: when public institutions put people first & deliver economic security, everyone has a fair shot at a #GoodLife.
@mikiesherrill.bsky.social's focus on affordability & accountable governance is rooted in the tradition of FDR: when public institutions put people first & deliver economic security, everyone has a fair shot at a #GoodLife.
November 6, 2025 at 12:05 AM
The cost-of-living crisis is squeezing working families across New Jersey.
@mikiesherrill.bsky.social's focus on affordability & accountable governance is rooted in the tradition of FDR: when public institutions put people first & deliver economic security, everyone has a fair shot at a #GoodLife.
@mikiesherrill.bsky.social's focus on affordability & accountable governance is rooted in the tradition of FDR: when public institutions put people first & deliver economic security, everyone has a fair shot at a #GoodLife.
Virginia makes history with its first woman governor, Governor-elect @spanbergerforva.bsky.social! As Virginians look toward making life more affordable for everyone, it’s a reminder that an economy built on shared prosperity helps ensure a #GoodLife for all.
November 5, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Virginia makes history with its first woman governor, Governor-elect @spanbergerforva.bsky.social! As Virginians look toward making life more affordable for everyone, it’s a reminder that an economy built on shared prosperity helps ensure a #GoodLife for all.
Across New York, we see renewed energy behind policies that put workers first—just as FDR envisioned. Economic security is the foundation of democracy, and raising wages remains key to a #GoodLife for all.
November 5, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Across New York, we see renewed energy behind policies that put workers first—just as FDR envisioned. Economic security is the foundation of democracy, and raising wages remains key to a #GoodLife for all.
New York’s mayor-elect, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social, has said that economic security will be a governing priority.
Cities work best when government focuses on working people.
Cities work best when government focuses on working people.
November 5, 2025 at 8:57 PM
New York’s mayor-elect, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social, has said that economic security will be a governing priority.
Cities work best when government focuses on working people.
Cities work best when government focuses on working people.
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.
Our Director of Industrial Policy and Trade's live commentary on the SCOTUS hearing on tariffs. 🧵🧵🧵👇
SCOTUS is hearing case against Trump's tariffs. Listen along! I'll offer some thoughts as we go along.
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www.supremecourt.gov/oral_argumen...
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www.supremecourt.gov/oral_argumen...
November 5, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Our Director of Industrial Policy and Trade's live commentary on the SCOTUS hearing on tariffs. 🧵🧵🧵👇
“If you’re just out of college, you’re trying to merge into a freeway and nobody is letting you in.”
Gen Z is colliding with an economy fixated on scarcity, automation, and corporate cost-cutting.
Principal Economist @mikemadowitz.bsky.social in @nytopinion.nytimes.com https://nyti.ms/3LJz5Je
Gen Z is colliding with an economy fixated on scarcity, automation, and corporate cost-cutting.
Principal Economist @mikemadowitz.bsky.social in @nytopinion.nytimes.com https://nyti.ms/3LJz5Je
Opinion | Dehumanizing and Dystopian: How Gen Z-ers See Work
Technology has left them with little autonomy or security in their jobs.
nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:46 PM
“If you’re just out of college, you’re trying to merge into a freeway and nobody is letting you in.”
Gen Z is colliding with an economy fixated on scarcity, automation, and corporate cost-cutting.
Principal Economist @mikemadowitz.bsky.social in @nytopinion.nytimes.com https://nyti.ms/3LJz5Je
Gen Z is colliding with an economy fixated on scarcity, automation, and corporate cost-cutting.
Principal Economist @mikemadowitz.bsky.social in @nytopinion.nytimes.com https://nyti.ms/3LJz5Je
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Elizabeth Wilkins, Roosevelt Institute on Oxfam analysis: “The policy priorities in this report—rebalancing power, unrigging the tax code, reimagining the social safety net, and supporting workers’ rights—are all essential…” www.forbes.com/sites/josiec...
Income Inequality Is Surging In The U.S., New Oxfam Report Shows
The richest 1% of households have accumulated almost 1,000 times more wealth than the poorest 20% over the last three and a half decades.
www.forbes.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Elizabeth Wilkins, Roosevelt Institute on Oxfam analysis: “The policy priorities in this report—rebalancing power, unrigging the tax code, reimagining the social safety net, and supporting workers’ rights—are all essential…” www.forbes.com/sites/josiec...
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.
It’s no wonder birth rates are falling—our economy makes parenting harder than it should be.
As @suzmkahn.bsky.social writes in @washingtonmonthly.com we need to treat care and time as public goods so people can afford to start and raise families.
https://bit.ly/4qD6ZQ5
As @suzmkahn.bsky.social writes in @washingtonmonthly.com we need to treat care and time as public goods so people can afford to start and raise families.
https://bit.ly/4qD6ZQ5
Running Out of People
In After the Spike, two economists make a provocative case that population decline could stall innovation and human progress.
washingtonmonthly.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:32 PM
It’s no wonder birth rates are falling—our economy makes parenting harder than it should be.
As @suzmkahn.bsky.social writes in @washingtonmonthly.com we need to treat care and time as public goods so people can afford to start and raise families.
https://bit.ly/4qD6ZQ5
As @suzmkahn.bsky.social writes in @washingtonmonthly.com we need to treat care and time as public goods so people can afford to start and raise families.
https://bit.ly/4qD6ZQ5
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The Roosevelt Institute was honored to present @teenvogue.com with the 2025 Freedom of Speech Medal because their team understood that freedom is about both speaking truth to power and the capacity to build power.
Read our full statement:
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November 3, 2025 at 10:49 PM
The Roosevelt Institute was honored to present @teenvogue.com with the 2025 Freedom of Speech Medal because their team understood that freedom is about both speaking truth to power and the capacity to build power.
Read our full statement:
rooseveltinstitute.org/press-releas...
Read our full statement:
rooseveltinstitute.org/press-releas...
The Roosevelt Institute was honored to present @teenvogue.com with the 2025 Freedom of Speech Medal because their team understood that freedom is about both speaking truth to power and the capacity to build power.
Read our full statement:
rooseveltinstitute.org/press-releas...
Read our full statement:
rooseveltinstitute.org/press-releas...
November 3, 2025 at 10:49 PM
The Roosevelt Institute was honored to present @teenvogue.com with the 2025 Freedom of Speech Medal because their team understood that freedom is about both speaking truth to power and the capacity to build power.
Read our full statement:
rooseveltinstitute.org/press-releas...
Read our full statement:
rooseveltinstitute.org/press-releas...
In conversation with @linamkhan.bsky.social @pkryan.bsky.social shared how he held a utility company accountable after billing errors wiped out people’s savings.
One of the most impactful things government can do is hold corporate power accountable when it hurts consumers. https://bit.ly/3LedlFr
One of the most impactful things government can do is hold corporate power accountable when it hurts consumers. https://bit.ly/3LedlFr
Rep. Ryan calls for resignation of Central Hudson CEO
On the floor of the House of Representatives on Wednesday, Congressman Pat Ryan called for the resignation of Central Hudson's CEO.
www.poughkeepsiejournal.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:15 PM
In conversation with @linamkhan.bsky.social @pkryan.bsky.social shared how he held a utility company accountable after billing errors wiped out people’s savings.
One of the most impactful things government can do is hold corporate power accountable when it hurts consumers. https://bit.ly/3LedlFr
One of the most impactful things government can do is hold corporate power accountable when it hurts consumers. https://bit.ly/3LedlFr