Yesterday I spoke with Tennessee state rep @brotherjones.bsky.social about the Supreme Court's shameful gutting of the Voting Rights Act. We discussed what's now happening in the south, and some ideas on what to do about it. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-respond-to-the-rebirth-of

The rich can exercise political power through control of the media, not just campaign contributions deanbaker22.substack.com/p/citizens-u...

"there are likely to be tens, or even hundreds, of thousands of kids with $1,000 in their Trump accounts who are living on the streets, going hungry, or unable to get necessary medical care because Trump has cut the programs their families depend upon." cepr.net/publications...

"it is entirely possible, perhaps likely, that millions of people will die because of a totally foreseeable consequence of Donald Trump’s war" cepr.net/publications...

Trump is sending the green transition into hyperdrive with his war on Iran deanbaker22.substack.com/p/trump-hits...

Look at this chart. Tax cuts for the rich are a policy choice. Cutting the social safety net in exchange for them is a policy choice. States like New York have an opportunity to help undo this trickle down nonsense by raising taxes on the rich (who will still be rich). I hope Gov. Hochul does.

The @workingfamilies.org Guarantee has a lot of overlap with @ceprdc.bsky.social 's Majority Agenda. Compare for yourself: workingfamilies.org/guarantee/

Union membership has been cut in half since 1983. Not because workers stopped caring, but because the rules were rewritten against them. 68% of Americans still support unions. The will is there. The policies are not. @hcbrown.bsky.social in #MajorityAgenda #Econsky https://bit.ly/4tZ2OyO

Tesla saved $400 million on its federal taxes by shifting billions of its U.S. profits to countries with lower tax rates. Yes: While you paid your taxes in full, giant corporations maneuvered to pay as little as possible — and it’s all perfectly legal for them. The system is rigged.

here it be truthout.org/articles/an-...

NYT Editorial: "Mr. Magyar’s victory highlights the Democratic Party’s need to develop an ambitious agenda that goes far beyond criticizing Mr. Trump... Democrats do not yet have that agenda, but many in the party ​recognize that they need one." cepr.net/publications...

Trump Republicans cut IRS funding after it finally started going after rich tax cheats. The division that audits billionaires is being pushed to cut 38% of its staff. #HappyTaxDay for the Tax Cheats of America. More from @a-austin.bsky.social : https://bit.ly/4tHsnnY  #EconSky #Economics

The US loses about $700 BILLION a year to tax evasion. Nearly 30% of unpaid taxes are from the richest 1%, and half from the top 5%. When Republicans defund the IRS, they are protecting the interests of the wealthy, not you. https://bit.ly/4tHsnnY .. More from @a-austin.bsky.social :

"A targeted, large-scale subsidized employment program or a universal federal jobs guarantee would significantly increase the number of people working. The Workforce Promotion & Access Act & the Federal Jobs Guarantee Act are good starting points." @a-austin.bsky.social cepr.net/publications...

The MAJORITY of Americans support many progressive economic policies. @ceprdc.bsky.social has complied them in the publication "The Majority Agenda." Politicians, advocates, and activists, take note: cepr.net/publications...

Supercharging inequality: Trump accounts could mean $150,000 for a child in a wealthy family and $2,500 for a child in a low-income family. www.chicagobusiness.com/elevate/ccb-...

Trump's friend, Orban, lost by such a huge margin that Trump didn't even try to claim fraud cepr.net/publications...

This is a huge deal. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/goodbye-viktor

New CEPR data: Union membership in the US fell from 18% to 10% since 1985—nearly cut in half. Every state but VT saw declines. Trump is accelerating the attack on workers, but this 40-year erosion started long before him. More from @hcbrown.bsky.social: https://bit.ly/4rmZKL5

When grifters run the government, everyday Americans suffer while footing the bill.

People living in the US need cost-of-living relief—not—more war.

🧵NEW DATA:  The bottom 80% of American households are getting poorer. It's not just people in poverty falling behind. @a-austin.bsky.social  looks into 50 years of data explaining why so many families feel squeezed. https://cepr.net/publications/reduce-inequality-to-address-affordability/

1/5 #JobsDay Preview 🧵 @deanbaker13.bsky.social on  what to expect from Friday's March employment report. The short version: the job market was already losing steam before the Iran war, and March is almost certain to look worse. Here is what the data is showing: https://bit.ly/4bKWVis

"The only method to counteract AI bias is the same one we use to counteract human bias: strong and effective diversity, equity, and inclusion policies." www.detroitnews.com/story/opinio...

Dr. Maria Stephan: I am so blown away! Not only are we heading into what will be the largest single day demonstration in US history, but each No Kings has gotten bigger and it's spread to more towns and communities across the country.

When our military is fighting a war Americans don't want, secret police are kidnapping and killing our neighbors, and the regime is working overtime to suppress the vote in the midterm elections, silence isn't an option. No Kings Day on March 28 has to be big, loud, and inescapable. Please join us.

Millionaires start hitting their Social Security cap today, while the rest of us pay all year, that's not just unfair—it undermines what the program is built on: collective care. This is why we need to #ScrapTheCap. bit.ly/4rjgSkO

The Day Million-Dollar Earners Get Richer by Stiffing Social Security cepr.net/publications...

No more WOKE healthcare. First we are going to bring back measles, then we are going to bring back AIDS, then . . . . After, we bring back all the diseases, we will be great again. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/h...

I told everyone it was not a good idea to elect Netanyahu as president of the United States.

did a little back of the envelope math for how much all this shit is costing. on the order of $1-2 billion per day just in direct spending, maybe 10 times that much in indirect effects

Do “Soft Skills” Explain Low Black Male Employment Rates? "Pursuing soft skills is therefore a lose-lose option for less-educated young Black men; they are not likely to increase their employment nor their wages." cepr.net/publications...

" the prospect of right-wing billionaires completely controlling the news networks is pretty horrible....My route to counter this trend is an individual voucher or tax credit that would give each person a sum, say $100, to support the news outlet of their choice." cepr.net/publications...

We know this would be waaaay too hard for Donald Trump to understand in his current mental state, but it might be good if some reporters at major news outlets could find out about it.

When growth slows, Black communities often feel it first and most deeply. jointcenter.org/state-of-the...

"More than half of all workers surveyed (51 percent), and 56 percent of Black workers, indicated that they receive less than one week’s notice about their work schedules." Learn more about Black workers in the South: cepr.net/publications...

Teacher certification exams impose disproportionate economic costs on Black and Hispanic candidates that are not justified by differences in teaching quality, from Christa Deneault, Evan Riehl, and Jian Zou www.nber.org/papers/w34860

The idea of a "war on fraud" by a president who has pardoned more fraudsters than all other presidents combined is pretty funny

Trump doesn't care about preventing crime. www.thetrace.org/2026/02/rand...

Axios’s well-sourced reporter Barak Ravid warned, “The Trump administration is closer to a major war in the Middle East than most Americans realize.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/o...

The American president is more insulated from accountability than a British royal. Our political system provides the elite with immunity. It has to change.

"It turns out that the share of total wealth held by the merely rich — those in the top 1 percent but not in the top 0.1 percent — has actually declined since the 2010s" paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-ultra-...

"Black immigrants, estimated at 4,685,000 people in 2024, are a highly diverse population" now they are divided with "equal shares for those born in Latin America and the Caribbean and those born in Africa." www.migrationpolicy.org/research/bla...

Wesleyan University President Michael Roth, a leader in organizing college presidents, has proposed Democracy Summer 2026, evoking the heroic Freedom Summer of 1964 that aimed to advance voting rights in Mississippi, now employed to safeguard the midterm elections. From Bob Kuttner:

Celebrate Black history and leadership by examining how past organizers built resilient movements. Transformative Justice Coalition’s Barbara R. Arnwine will explore systemic power structures and inequities, and translate historical lessons into contemporary movement-building & leadership practices.

A capitalist finds his inner Bernie Sanders on healthcare. [To get the full emotion of statement: youtu.be/Zi07_fWFBVk?...

In Munich "I did not meet a single person of any nationality who thinks that the American-European relationship is returning to business as usual" www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

If you ever forget the dominant stereotypes, don't worry, the AI will remember it for you. “The more prevalent or dominant a stereotype is, the more likely it is to show up in the model,” says Zook. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...

The January jobs report was good, but it shouldn't completely change our view of the economy deanbaker22.substack.com/p/more-thoug...