Sept. 19: Big Ideas Breakfast: The Least Among Us
The Least Among Us: The Importance of the Social Safety Net The current administration has questioned the necessity of food stamps, Medicare, and workplace protections for working people across the country. Many conservatives insist these programs make poverty and inequality worse. Do these social programs help us or hinder us? Do they fulfill this country’s
Market Power Rising: Do We Have a Monopoly Problem?
Below please find the full video of the Roosevelt Institute and GWIPP’s Market Power Rising: Do we Have a Monopoly Moment? Event Info: Are we in a monopoly moment? From Amazon’s purchase of Whole Foods, to multi-billion dollar fines for Google in the EU, to the future of Net Neutrality, the intersection of competition policy
July 27 Luncheon: Student Debt and the American Dream
Student Debt and the American Dream Please join us for lunch on July 27, 2017 for a conversation with Roosevelt Visiting Fellow Rohit Chopra and Washington Post‘s Danielle Douglas-Gabriel, on how student debt is shaping the economic and political identity of young Americans. Since the collapse of Lehman Brothers, student debt in America has more than doubled to $1.4 trillion, raising
April 26: Big Ideas Breakfast: Bridging the Divide: Tax Cuts & Taxpayers
Bridging the Divide: Tax Cuts & Taxpayers The new presidential administration is pushing the old idea that paying taxes is a burden, and the answer is to cut tax rates for corporations and the rich. But the Roosevelt Institute’s recent paper on corporate taxes argues that there’s no evidence such tax cuts will help the
Feb 15: Big Ideas Breakfast: Progressivism Under Trump: The False Choice Between Race and Class
Please join us for breakfast on February 15th with Roosevelt Fellows Andrea Flynn and Dorian Warren, moderated by Roosevelt President & CEO Felicia Wong. Andrea and Dorian will discuss the role of race and racism in the 2016 election and the likely impact of the Trump administration on communities of color. Rejecting calls for progressives
In Trump Era, Fighting for Women’s Lives
Abortion access. Contraception. Planned Parenthood. The Affordable Care Act. Medicaid. All of these are targets of President-elect Trump and the Republican-controlled Congress. To commemorate the 44th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Roosevelt Institute and the Center for Reproductive Rights hosted a discussion around the policy battles we expect in the year ahead, and how they will impact
Dec 16: Big Ideas Breakfast: It’s the Economy, Stupid
Please join us for breakfast on December 16 with Roosevelt’s Chief Economist Joseph Stiglitz in discussion with Roosevelt President & CEO Felicia Wong. Stiglitz and Wong will discuss the implications of a Trump administration on key economic policies; and the role the progressive community will need to play in promoting important policies that affect middle and low-income workers and challenging new trickle-down
Nov 30: Big Ideas Breakfast: What a Transformative Progressive Movement Looks Like
The election of 2016 has shined a spotlight on long-festering political crises that will continue even after the ballots have been counted. How can we address economic inequality and declining opportunity and make our political institutions more responsive, accountable, and effective? And what is the future of American politics in an era of growing populist
Financialization of Higher Education Training Series
Higher Education is in a state of crisis. And, the influence of the financial sector in higher education has worked to increase social and economic inequalities, instead of serving as the equalizer we have long imagined colleges to be. Financialization has a number of disturbing consequences for higher education, including increases in overall borrowing by colleges