Financialization Incubator
Higher education is in a state of crisis. Public funding for schools is decreasing. Tuition and fees are rising. Students continue to shoulder the burden of these trends, collectively taking on nearly $1.6 trillion in debt. Yet institutional leaders are pouring billions of dollars into risky financial investments and expensive amenities—actively prioritizing monetary gains over
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Re: Public Spring Incubator- Apply
Today, the power of corporations is vastly limiting our ability to access key public goods like water, healthcare, education, internet, and transport. Such corporate power has ensured that the public goods we need most are neither equitable nor accessible. Equally, we are unable to hold such private actors- from charter schools to private prison companies
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State of the Union, Roosevelt’s Take: Bold Actions Taken by the Fed Have Advanced the Economy, Not President Trump
Donald Trump misses no opportunity to boast about the strength of the U.S. economy in his first year in office. And it’s true: There has been some good news recently. Business investment spending is rising again, after years of stagnation. Unemployment is down, and the share of the population with jobs has gone up—which shows
Chicago Leaders Class
From widespread privatization to the new Illinois state budget, Chicago has problems that demand solutions. Chicago Leaders Class (CLC) brought together students from Chicago area schools each semester for a crash-course in local public policy issues, grassroots organizing, and political discourse– helping to engage students during in the crucial upcoming local elections. CLC was an
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Democratic Accountability
The Roosevelt Institute believes that restoring our democracy goes hand in hand with reforming our economy. Currently, the wealthy and well-connected are able to buy influence over the policymaking process—stacking the deck against the rest of us. As a result, corruption in government stands in the way of addressing nearly every issue on the progressive
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Labor and Wages
Workers today are increasingly powerless. A decades-long attack on unionization has eroded workers’ agency over their own economic lives. At the same time, employers have expanded their influence in the labor market, gaining the discretion to set wages and working conditions on their own terms without fear that workers could check their power by finding
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RELEASE: 2017 FDR Four Freedoms Awards Honorees Call for Vigilance
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 12, 2017 CONTACT: Alexander Tucciarone, atucciarone@rooseveltinstitute.org, 516-263-9775 Veteran journalist Dan Rather, musician and civil rights advocate Harry Belafonte call for vigilance in protecting our basic freedoms during Trump administration Rather, Belafonte make remarks during Roosevelt Institute’s Annual Four Freedoms Awards New York, NY – Musician and civil rights advocate Harry Belafonte and veteran journalist
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Book: The Hidden Rules of Race: Barriers to an Inclusive Economy
The Hidden Rules of Race shines an objective light on the discriminatory systems and structures that perpetuate disparities between black and white Americans. The authors’ call for a comprehensive reorientation of our perspective on economic and racial inequality is bold, timely, and deeply necessary for those of us who wish to build a more inclusive
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Financialization of Higher Education in the News
New Report Outlines Higher Education’s $2.7 Billion ‘Debt Bomb’ in TIME: But it also has a real human cost – schools that are indebted and struggling to meet interest payments pass on those costs to students, which is one key reason that average per student debt has risen from $29,400 to $35,000 over the last
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