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 • 

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 • 

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 • 

Katie Kirchner

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How a 1974 Law Made AI-Powered Insurance Denials All But Impossible to Fight

Prominent health insurers are increasingly using artificial intelligence (AI) to process medical claims and prior authorizations. What few realize is…

Oct 23 • 

Miranda Yaver

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Flying Blind: Gauging the Economy When Official Data Goes Dark

Economic analysts often feel like pilots flying with dodgy instruments—but now the entire dashboard has gone dark. The government shutdown has frozen…

Oct 16 • 

Mike Madowitz

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The Place Where Civic Life Still Feels Fun—And What It Teaches Us About YIMBYtowning Our Politics

A visit to YIMBYtown tells you why the movement has been so successful. The lessons it offers may even point the way to a broader democratic renewal…

Oct 9 • 

Ned Resnikoff

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September 2025

Shutdown by Design: How State-Capacity Sabotage Stalls Industrial Renewal, Shreds Public Trust, and Hurts Families

A government that cannot govern, cannot build.

Sep 30 • 

Rey Fuentes

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The Cost of a Single Trump Tax Break Would Bring 3.2 Million Individuals Out of Poverty. SSI Reform Could Change Lives.

During the debate on the 2025 GOP reconciliation bill, Republican lawmakers argued that cutting aid for able-bodied adults would free resources for…

Sep 25 • 

Stephen Nuñez

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​​Corporations Have Bent the Government to Their Will. To Win for Working People, We Must Fight Smarter.

For anyone questioning whether our country is rigged in favor of corporations and billionaires, the image of Elon Musk in the Oval Office in the first…

Sep 18 • 

Brad Lipton

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The Cruelty Is the Point: Work Requirements Don’t Lift People Up—They Drag Us All Down.

In last week's Substack, we wrote about how politicians have been scapegoating a very specific population of people: “able-bodied adults without…

Sep 11 • 

Stephen Nuñez

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Noa Rosinplotz

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ABAWDs are Workers, Caregivers, and Neighbors, Not Political Punching Bags

After spending the summer being heckled by constituents who are angry about the so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill,” GOP lawmakers are being advised by…

Sep 4 • 

Noa Rosinplotz

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Stephen Nuñez

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August 2025

Raising a Nation: Elliot Haspel on What a Universal Childcare Movement Will Take

It is no secret that childcare in the US is, as Elliot Haspel puts it, “a hellscape.” Elliot’s new book, Raising a Nation: 10 Reasons Every American Has…

Aug 28 • 

Lena Bilik

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