How Companies Profit from a Supersized ICE

A Conversation with Alvaro Bedoya and Sabeel Rahman

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January 2026

How the Trump Administration Made Tax Filing Harder—and More Profitable

With the opening of tax season this week, it’s a good time to remind Americans that the misery of filing taxes isn’t an accident.

Jan 29 • Noa Rosinplotz

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Zohran Mamdani’s People-Powered Approach Is Central to His Affordability Agenda

Starting at the city level and now clearly expanding statewide, Mamdani has set an example for tackling the cost-of-living crisis—an approach that is…

Jan 24 • Elizabeth Wilkins

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States Are Raising Minimum Wages but Quietly Leaving Overtime Behind

At a moment when affordability is top of mind for families all across the country, policymakers are surfacing a range of ideas to combat rising costs.

Jan 15 • Patrick Oakford

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Billionaires Want You to Blame Yourself. We Win When We Stop.

For most of my life, I thought my hardest moments—the bills I couldn’t pay, the groceries I had to put back at the checkout line, the dental emergency…

Jan 8 • Kristen Crowell

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December 2025

Tax-Code Theater Isn’t Health Reform

America is still waiting on President Trump’s “concept of a plan” to reform the Affordable Care Act (ACA), but Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) recently…

Dec 18, 2025 • Miranda Yaver

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Trump’s “Death Pledge” Mortgage Proposal Looks Like a Scam—and Black Families Are the Target

Families across the country face rising rents and homes priced far beyond reach. And then the president floats a new idea: a 50-year home mortgage. It’s…

Dec 11, 2025 • Portia Allen-Kyle

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America’s Three Economies: Vibes Sinking, Data Treading Water, Elites Sailing Away

As we approach the end of 2025, it’s a good time to take stock of the US economy. Depending on where you stand, you’re hearing very different things…

Dec 4, 2025 • Mike Madowitz

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November 2025

People Are Choosing Care over Concentrated Wealth

On the public policy debate stage, one theme stands out: People want a government that helps everyone build an economically stable life.

Nov 20, 2025 • Lena Bilik

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The Rich Don’t Flee, They Bluff

Across the US, UK, and France, governments are revisiting how to tax extreme wealth, ranging from property to unrealized gains to corporations. The…

Nov 13, 2025 • Jacob Spitz

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Making Government Work Again: Hannah Garden-Monheit on Practical Lessons for Future Administrations

In a moment when Americans expect their government to act decisively—and too often see only gridlock or procedural drag—a new Roosevelt Institute report…

Nov 7, 2025 • Rey Fuentes

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October 2025

We Can't Win a People-Powered Future Without Young People

The momentum of the status quo can be a powerful thing, even for those of us working to change it. If we’re looking for boldness, young progressives are…

Oct 30, 2025 • Katie Kirchner

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