and yes I AM trying to just do my job as if the world does not end tonight because my kid is in daycare and this is what I can focus on right now

Armageddon is terrible, but our only other option was diversity trainings at work.

I'm excited for this week's Roosevelt Book Club! We're talking corporations as people, identity politics, and the crisis of modern liberalism. Thurs, Apr 9 at 2pm ET! 📚

As someone who got my PhD at a public university, takes a public bus to work every day, will send my son to public school, uses the postal service, and got an EV thanks to some government funded programs, I love public options and I bet you do too. We can build more things like these!

"The baby should eat what you eat! Don't prep two meals!" Great, that sounds easy! "But of course chopped in long thin strips so the baby can hold his own food" Okay, um "And obviously no salt or spice" ...So that is nothing like what I eat "Yeah probably not"

One week left to apply! Applications close April 6. Please forward to all your humanities friends and colleagues!

Great stuff from @gpetersen.bsky.social's campaign:

Applications OPEN for the Graduate Humanities Internship at the Roosevelt Institute! We teach current humanities grad students how to think and work in public policy spaces. Real-world alt-ac training. Paid, remote, part-time over two-semesters. See more here! rooseveltinstitute.org/roosevelt-so...

This is how our government has been corrupted: 1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians 2) Elected officials rewrite rules in donors' favor 3) Donors make huge profit 4) Repeat We must get big money out of politics. It’s the root of all evil in Washington.

I stopped drinking coffee for a decade because it gave me migraines. Now several barista mistakes have taught me it no longer gives me migraines. I'm here to report that coffee is wayyyyy more caffeinated than black tea and my god y'all are on drugs

From my reading, it seems impossible to have a miscarriage and not somehow run afoul of the law in abortion ban states

Labcorp offering birthday discounts is a truly bleak new phase in US healthcare

The Act includes a major boost to SSI's maximum benefit, updates the income disregard and asset limits, removes the in-kind support and maintenance means-testing component and indexes everything to inflation. The result:

Our DC office is great, a perfect sibling to our NY headquarters. If anyone has good recommendations for lunch spots south of dupont, I'll take them!

Back from parental leave and very excited about today's new release: "How to Tax the Ultrarich" by UC Berkeley law prof+Roosevelt Senior Fellow Brian Galle! A practical proposal with specifics: rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...

“Each framework claims to liberate mothers through knowledge, yet all tighten the same knot: whatever they do, they can always do more.” This Aeon piece is excellent (I say as both a new mom and a historian who studied these topics) aeon.co/essays/how-s...

Universal childcare isn’t just an aspiration—it’s possible. New Mexico is leading the way as the first state to make it real for all residents. 🧵 1/3 www.governor.state.nm.us/2025/09/08/n...

Are you currently in a humanities graduate degree program, or know someone who is? Are you/they interested in learning about public policy as a post-grad career path? Then check out the new internship program Roosevelt is launching!! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

They’re just in DC to do something about all the crime

On the 90th anniversary of Social Security, FDR's grandson and former associate commissioner for retirement Jim Roosevelt writes about the legacy of the program and the attacks it faces today www.firesidestacks.com/p/social-sec...

So much is terrible in the world and in DC specifically but I managed to get my "emails that need follow up" list down to just 17 so I am clinging to that today

on the left, clinton's 1993 deficit reduction bill. goated, peak performance. absolutely enormous tax increases on the rich while helping the poor on the right, trump's "big beautiful bill." terrible, poor get poorer while rich get richer, significantly worsens fiscal outlook. garbage-tier bill

TODAY! Come join me as I talk to two much smarter people, @lipstickecon.bsky.social and @rebouche.bsky.social, about how Dobbs has reshaped our economy and democracy! Abortion is so much more than healthcare--it's a key market where power is negotiated. Register here: events.zoom.us/ev/AqLMLGhcv...

@rooseveltinstitute.org has produced a lot of great work on childcare recently including from @ehaspel.bsky.social and @kedseconomist.com. And there is more to come. We also have a a webinar on care this afternoon moderated by @jessicacalarco.com !! Don't forget to sign up.

New Roosevelt report out today! How AI is changing the jobs of the govt employees Americans interact with most: the folks who process your marriage license, unemployment insurance, driving tests. Upshot: new tech is just transferring more work onto citizens rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...

New Roosevelt report out today! How AI is changing the jobs of the govt employees Americans interact with most: the folks who process your marriage license, unemployment insurance, driving tests. Upshot: new tech is just transferring more work onto citizens rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...

The RIFs at State hit my family on Friday and I'm still mad about it. I grew up as a State Dept brat, watching both of my parents serve their country and the world through their work. I'm so proud of all they accomplished, and furious that one of them had their career totally obliterated by idiots

I've been enjoying Fed Lit, our newish project. The team takes academic articles or policy papers focused on climate and breakdown the findings for an audience mostly interested in monetary/macro policy. There's very few digests like this out there! fedlit.substack.com/p/issue-5-su...

So excited to see this book in the world! Folks on the left are shocked when I say this changed my mind about global depopulation—it’s a problem and we can’t let the right monopolize the solutions with creepy white nationalism. Fewer people will not solve any of our climate+social problems!

So excited to see this book in the world! Folks on the left are shocked when I say this changed my mind about global depopulation—it’s a problem and we can’t let the right monopolize the solutions with creepy white nationalism. Fewer people will not solve any of our climate+social problems!

It's childcare summer at Roosevelt! We'll be featuring a number of fresh ideas for how to rethink childcare policy to better meet family's needs, all of them different. First up is the great @kedseconomist.com with a proposal that wraps together summer and after-school care!

Kudos to Anthropic CEO for admitting unregulated technology is bad for consumers - and potentially a threat. He notes profit imperatives may well "change corporate incentives to provide [any] level of transparency" and why government regulation is needed www.nytimes.com/2025/06/05/o...

I'm hiring! Entry-level researcher, great for those who love diving into economics data sets, reading across policy areas, and supporting the work of senior scholars. App deadline is June 13, salary range is $64,922 to $73,036, hybrid NYC or DC offices. rooseveltinstitute.org/careers/rese...

📄 NEW: ~20M Americans have "significant" medical debt. This isn’t inevitable, it’s the result of policy choices. A decade of gaps in Medicaid & market failures have crushed mobility for millions. @socio-steve.bsky.social explores actions that can address it: rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...

This year Roosevelt has 5 fellows focused on care and the economy working across think tank (a true bright spot in a tough year!). We'll be interviewing each of them on Fireside Stacks in the coming months. First up, today is @indivar.bsky.social. www.firesidestacks.com/p/to-build-t...

Roosevelt brought together 20+ authors (incl. Sen Murphy, AFL-CIO's Liz Shuler, Mariana Mazzucato, Cecilia Munoz, Ned Resnikoff, Arnab Datta...) to answer the question: what should progressive policy priorities look like in the coming months and years? (mini 🧵)

I really love this @rooseveltinstitute.org piece by @bhighsmith.bsky.social—check it out! rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/court-r...

Roosevelt brought together 20+ authors (incl. Sen Murphy, AFL-CIO's Liz Shuler, Mariana Mazzucato, Cecilia Munoz, Ned Resnikoff, Arnab Datta...) to answer the question: what should progressive policy priorities look like in the coming months and years? (mini 🧵)

Proud and a little intimidated to have an essay in this collection sit alongside offerings from so many important thinkers. Here's mine: rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/how-to-...

I've written an essay for the Roosevelt Institute about economic democracy, an idea you'll be hearing much more about in the coming year with any luck!

The chaos of the last 100 days is a policy choice. We could be making other choices. @rooseveltinstitute.org worked with a lot of brilliant people to present some alternatives. rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...

The only good use of the thread function

Very excited to learn that @pkrugman.bsky.social has joined @rooseveltinstitute.org e.org as a senior fellow! Welcome, sir! rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/doing-g...

I’ve wanted to talk to Caitlin for years about what it was like to put together a crucial brief to the Supreme Court, only for Justice Roberts explicitly ignore it. So happy to have our conversation recorded here — she has so much to teach us about economics, abortion, and being an informed citizen

I love this @grouchybagels.bsky.social interview with @caitlinmyers.bsky.social. if you think a lot about reproductive rights, quality data, or educating critically engaged citizens this one is for you. www.firesidestacks.com/p/abortion-a...

If you're curious about how the economists' amicus brief in Dobbs came to be.... Thanks to @grouchybagels.bsky.social @rooseveltinstitute.org for a great interview! www.firesidestacks.com/p/abortion-a...

Your tariff rate is your star sign divided by the number of boys you've kissed, multiplied by one

Inflation metrics meet video games, my job and my hobbies colliding, I have never clicked a link faster

Join me this Wednesday 1pm ET for our virtual book club! Mike's book is a super interesting look at what democracy really requires, and how financial institutions can be turned on their head to strengthen the system. I learned so much reading it! rooseveltinstitute.org/event/roosev...

Join me this Wednesday 1pm ET for our virtual book club! Mike's book is a super interesting look at what democracy really requires, and how financial institutions can be turned on their head to strengthen the system. I learned so much reading it! rooseveltinstitute.org/event/roosev...