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Worker Voice in the Time of COVID-19
Friday, 24 April 2020
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:April 24, 2020 CONTACT:Ariela Weinberger, aweinberger@rooseveltinstitute.org Worker Voice in the Time of COVID-19New report explores how and why front-line workers must be guaranteed a voice in the next stimulus bill New York, NY—Frontline workers’ strikes and protests have made clear that workers have been excluded from decision-making in response to the COVID-19 crisis.
- Published in Press Release
FedAccounts Would Provide Economic Relief—and Inclusion—in the Short and Long Term
Wednesday, 22 April 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic is exposing structural flaws in our economy that have made the crisis far worse than it should have been. Rampant inequality, disinvestment in public institutions, and a persistent erosion of worker protections have created a precarious economy that has collapsed under the immediate crisis. Congress has acted quickly, appropriating billions of dollars
- Published in Publications
Make Banking More Inclusive by Saving the Post Office
Thursday, 16 April 2020
Our postal service, like so many institutions during the coronavirus crisis, is suffering. Facing $22 billion in expected new losses over the next 18 months, the USPS announced last week it will “run out of cash” in September without federal assistance. Despite this, President Trump refused a Democratic plan to add a $13 billion grant,
- Published in Blog, Economic Inclusion
Lessons from the CARES Act: Banking for All in the Time of COVID-19
Thursday, 16 April 2020
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:April 16, 2020 CONTACT:Ariela Weinberger, aweinberger@rooseveltinstitute.org Lessons from the CARES Act: Banking for All in the Time of COVID-19New Roosevelt report explores why an economy that works for all requires financial inclusion policy New York, NY – As part of Congress’s financial stimulus response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the CARES Act included $1,200
- Published in Press Release
Rethinking Financial Inclusion: Designing an Equitable Financial System with Public Policy
Thursday, 16 April 2020
As part of Congress’s financial stimulus response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the CARES Act included $1,200 stimulus checks to all qualifying Americans—but there was no clear plan for delivering these checks to unbanked and underbanked Americans. Unfortunately, financial inclusion—access to payment systems, credit products, and financial services of all kinds—is an afterthought in politics and
- Published in Publications, Working Papers
The Roosevelt Institute’s COVID-19 Response
Wednesday, 15 April 2020
In striking ways, the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has exposed the fragility of the US economy and the immense power disparities and systemic disadvantages built into our social contract. Tens of millions of people across entire sectors of our economy are out of work—and many were living paycheck to paycheck before this crisis hit. Right now, the Roosevelt Institute’s work
Young People Need to Be Included in the Next Economic Relief Package
Monday, 13 April 2020
During the past month, our colleagues have been sharing their analyses of the effects of COVID-19 on the economy. They’ve underscored the continued gender imbalance of labor, the racial injustice central to our economy, and the disparate impact the virus has had on different groups of our country, and they’ve provided key analysis of the
- Published in Blog, Economic Inclusion, Education, Politics, Roosevelt @
Little-Known Government Agency Can Tackle Big Challenges
Friday, 10 April 2020
President Trump ran for office promising to run the country more like a business. But over the last three-plus years, it’s become abundantly clear that his administration’s policies reflect some of the worst aspects of the short-termism that Wall Street demands of our nation’s CEOs. They have prized cutting so-called “regulatory red-tape” to help businesses’
- Published in Blog, Economic Inclusion, Politics
Major Federal Intervention Needed to Meet Scale of Crisis; Congress Must Put People Ahead of Corporations to Save Economy
Thursday, 09 April 2020
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 9, 2020 Progressive Group Leaders to Congress: Major Federal Intervention Needed to Meet Scale of Crisis; Congress Must Put People Ahead of Corporations to Save Economy Washington, DC – Today, leaders of progressive research, policy, and advocacy groups released the following statement calling on Congress to move quickly to pass a robust
- Published in Press Release
We Need to Protect Abortion Access Now More Than Ever
Friday, 03 April 2020
In response to the growing coronavirus crisis, states are stopping “nonessential” surgeries to ease the burden on hospitals and medical workers. While this is admirable in theory, conservatives at both the state and federal levels have capitalized on these legitimate efforts to protect our collective well-being by misclassifying critical care as “nonessential” and restricting the
- Published in Blog, Health Care
