3+ hour, 36+ min ago  (257+ words) America is commemorating its 250th anniversary amid extraordinary levels of popular distrust and discontent with our government and institutions. Abandoning efforts to defend democracy is exactly the wrong lesson for our moment. Talking about democracy in ways that resonate with more…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (405+ words) The Roosevelt Institute One Year Later: How OBBBA's Tax Cuts for the Rich Have Weakened Democracy One year ago this week, President Trump'the richest president with the richest cabinet in US history'signed the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA)…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (870+ words) The US housing affordability crisis is routinely framed as a supply problem. This brief argues it is also a financial regulation problem and that rent regulation is one of the most powerful macroprudential tools available to state and local governments....

2+ day, 23+ hour ago  (654+ words) The Roosevelt Institute The AI Job-Pocalypse Hasn't Happened, but the Youth Unemployment Crisis Is Already Here About a year ago, the narrative that AI was destroying jobs en masse was everywhere'or at least everywhere except in academic economics. Driven in…...

6+ day, 15+ min ago  (245+ words) When care workers go unseen, the care they perform can seem to happen as if by magic." In a new brief, Roosevelt Fellow Jessica Calarco illustrates how the childcare, eldercare, and healthcare responsibilities that keep our economy running are pushed…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (245+ words) Despite budget cuts, retrenchment, and the changing winds of politics, New York City's universal pre-K has lasted through multiple mayoral administrations and is poised to expand. In a new brief, Josh Wallack'who served as deputy chancellor for early childhood in…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (1098+ words) By Brad Lipton and Peter Carroll Mortgage refinancing is the process by which a homeowner replaces their existing mortgage with a new one without selling their home. The homeowner pays off their existing mortgage with a particular financial institution by…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (249+ words) The Roosevelt Institute Statement on Roosevelt's Use of Artificial Intelligence Our work starts with a simple belief. The rules that shape our economy are choices, and people should have power over the forces that shape their lives. Artificial intelligence is…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (342+ words) For more than 90 years, Social Security has been one of the clearest examples of our government keeping its promises. Today, roughly 63 million people receive Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) benefits. And the program keeps 23. 5 million people, including more than 1 million…...

1+ mon, 6+ hour ago  (396+ words) The Good Life Agenda identifies the foundations people need to build good lives: affordable essentials, stable and rising incomes, and enough time for family, community, rest, and the things that give life meaning. These pressures are also a power problem....