📢 TOMORROW! Join a @columbiaigp.bsky.social webinar joint with Workshop to understand what American workers think about AI and what they want from policy. Featuring a fantastic lineup from Workshop, @groundwork.bsky.social, @cljeharvard.bsky.social, @domesticworkers.bsky.social, @aflcio.org!

Columbia Institute of Global Politics@columbiaigp.bsky.social · 2w ago

How are American workers thinking about AI, & what do they want from AI policy? Tune in to this Columbia IGP webinar on August 5 @ 12pm ET: youtube.com/live/xcuyP9z... Speakers: Mary Beech, @alexsjacquez.bsky.social, @michelleimiller.bsky.social, @aijenpoo.bsky.social, @awhf.bsky.social, Jen Klein

Thread. I'm so pleased and honored to have been able to contribute in a small way to this project.

Alex Hertel-Fernandez@awhf.bsky.social · 5d ago

Over the past year, Sam Berger, Sophie Jacobson, and I have been thinking about how a federal rebuilding must center power-shifting, building civil society power for democracy. In @donmoyn.bsky.social's Substack we wrote up our lessons; we're excited to share what we're learning! 1/

Over the past year, Sam Berger, Sophie Jacobson, and I have been thinking about how a federal rebuilding must center power-shifting, building civil society power for democracy. In @donmoyn.bsky.social's Substack we wrote up our lessons; we're excited to share what we're learning! 1/

Henry Farrell@himself.bsky.social · 5d ago

I remember seeing someone (very reasonably) complaining here a few days ago that there seems to be next to no visible thinking on left and center about how to join the dots on administration and democracy. This is the beginnings of an answer to that complaint donmoynihan.substack.com/p/rebuilding...

I remember seeing someone (very reasonably) complaining here a few days ago that there seems to be next to no visible thinking on left and center about how to join the dots on administration and democracy. This is the beginnings of an answer to that complaint donmoynihan.substack.com/p/rebuilding...

Rebuilding Democracy Requires Rebalancing Power

What does a power-shifting agenda look like?

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How are American workers thinking about the ongoing and future impacts of AI? EG Visiting Fellows Mary Beech, @awhf.bsky.social, and others will explore that question and more in a webinar sponsored by @columbiaigp.bsky.social on August 5! RSVP today 🔗:

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: What Do American Workers Want from AI Policy?. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

As AI technologies continue to improve, policies to regulate their use in the workplace and prepare for potential AI-driven job displacement as well as degradation of job quality and working standards...

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Join us for the second day of our annual @cape-team.bsky.social research conference, starting today at noon!

Consortium on the American Political Economy (CAPE)@cape-team.bsky.social · last wk.

Live Soon: The Second day of the #APE conference, today at noon ET! Register (yale.zoom.us/meeting/regi...) to join today's events 👇

Could not agree more with @ryanenos.bsky.social. Columbia has lost so much credibility in the eyes of its faculty, students, and staff and is still at the whims of Trump. According to CU's climate survey, >80%of employees feel the university is not aligned with professional and ethical values.

Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · last wk.

"Universities like Columbia are not better off for having capitulated last year. They compromised their independence and suffered reputational damage, yet are still subject to [Trump's] arbitrary behavior." Read @ryanenos.bsky.social on need to resist Trump: www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/27/o...

Our annual @cape-team.bsky.social research conference on American Political Economy starts today at noon! Come join us for a discussion on new frontiers in APE scholarship, climate politics, and identity and symbolic politics and its intersection with political economy!

Consortium on the American Political Economy (CAPE)@cape-team.bsky.social · last wk.

Live Soon: The annual #APE conference starts today at noon ET! Register (yale.zoom.us/meeting/regi...) and join today's events 👇👇👇

Excited to moderate this joint @columbiaigp.bsky.social + Workshop webinar with a great panel of folks to understand what Americans are thinking about AI policy amidst all of the debates about AI's impact on our economy and communities. Tune in live here August 5th at noon!

What Do American Workers Want from AI Policy?

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Columbia Institute of Global Politics@columbiaigp.bsky.social · 2w ago

How are American workers thinking about AI, & what do they want from AI policy? Tune in to this Columbia IGP webinar on August 5 @ 12pm ET: youtube.com/live/xcuyP9z... Speakers: Mary Beech, @alexsjacquez.bsky.social, @michelleimiller.bsky.social, @aijenpoo.bsky.social, @awhf.bsky.social, Jen Klein

How are American workers thinking about AI, & what do they want from AI policy? Tune in to this Columbia IGP webinar on August 5 @ 12pm ET: youtube.com/live/xcuyP9z... Speakers: Mary Beech, @alexsjacquez.bsky.social, @michelleimiller.bsky.social, @aijenpoo.bsky.social, @awhf.bsky.social, Jen Klein

What Do American Workers Want from AI Policy?

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Trump, his family, and his administration has been unprecedentedly corrupt. 2028 candidates should respond by pledging to return the money to the American people as a corruption rebate. Sabeel Rahman, Jamie Keene, Rakeen Mabud, and I flesh out the idea for @bharatramamurti.bsky.social's Substack.

Guest Post: Americans Are Owed a Trump Corruption Rebate

In his second term, President Trump has illegally accepted a $400 million Boeing 747 from the government of Qatar.

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🌟 NEW 🌟 First-of-its-kind analysis from @cmcnich.bsky.social, @jensherer.bsky.social, and @benzipperer.org measures how expanding union membership would boost wages, lower inequality, and benefit communities and democracy. A teaser of what that would mean for workers 🧵 1/

The case for tripling union membership: How rebuilding union power would strengthen workers, the economy, and our democracy

Foreword Imagine union membership tripling in the United States. It may sound radical—if you’ve forgotten history. In fact, more than 1 in 3 private-sector workers belonged to a union in the 1950s. Th...

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really think that if democrats hold any chamber of congress next year that a condition of passing a budget is the removal of russ vought, who has a genuinely tyrannical vision of presidential power and is a focal point of the lawlessness of the trump administration

Phil Rocco@philiprocco.bsky.social · 4w ago

I don’t think people really understand how bad the OMB proposed rule is going to be for state and local govt. We’re talking about putting a full third of state budgets under the explicit control of Russ Vought. (1/2) www.bondbuyer.com/news/cities-...

In the last century, there has never been an attack on the whole edifice of federal fiscal policy this severe. The reason is that all of them have presumed to rely *on Congress to pass a bill*. Automatic sunsets (60s), block grants (70s), budget cuts (80s) all crashed on these shoals.

Gig companies have long argued that classifying workers as independent contractors is the only way to preserve flexibility. A smart piece in @prospect.org from @profsheenalives.bsky.social explains why that narrative doesn't hold up and what flexibility is really protecting.

The Dangerous Myth of Flexibility - The American Prospect

Uber and Lyft insist it benefits their drivers. In actuality, it benefits Uber and Lyft.

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“Democracy is not a static thing. We constantly need to fight to rejuvenate democracy and make it work for working people” IGP Faculty Advisory Board Member & American Democracy Initiative Director @awhf.bsky.social joined Mila Atmos (a @columbiasipa.bsky.social alum!) on @futurehindsight.com.

need to start thinking now about a full package of judicial reforms: new justices, new circuits, new district courts, ethics reforms, docket reforms, and transparency reforms.

I really enjoyed chatting with @milaatmos.bsky.social for @futurehindsight.com about why we need to think about rebuilding people power as part of rebuilding our democracy after Trump, how government can unlock more organizing opportunities, and more!

Future Hindsight@futurehindsight.com · last mo.

@awhf.bsky.social reminds us that economic inequality is not just an economic issue. It is a democratic one. Rebuilding trust starts with rebuilding power….right?? LISTEN HERE: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/dem...

An important intervention in the abundance and labor debates: a nice new piece laying out how community benefit agreements can be a powerful tool for balancing new production and quality jobs, environmental standards, and local benefits: nonprofitquarterly.org/community-be...

Community Benefit Agreements: A Tool for Building Stronger Democracies | Nonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice.

Community benefit agreements create enforceable commitments on labor standards, local hiring, and environmental issues remediation, shifting economic development from a zero-sum conflict into a genuin...

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I saw chaos inside and outside of the ICE detention center Delaney Hall today. Detainees protesting the lack of due process, the disgusting food and poor treatment while their families and advocates stood outside calling for help. 1/4

This photo of Andy Kim in the moments before ICE gassed everyone at Delaney Hall is going into the history books. We need more of this from our electeds.

Why do faculty and students have so little say in the governance of American universities? This terrific new paper by Daniel Hemel and David Pozen asks why American universities are liberal autocracies rather than stakeholder democracies. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

I don't know that this is specifically the GC perspective, but I'd note a few things here. One is that this whole travesty underscores just how anti-republican and anti-constitutional is SCOTUS's current extreme unitary executive theory.

Today just might be a good day for you to read pp. 24-26 (at a minimum) of this new @sbagen.bsky.social article. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... #capitolriotfunding #judgmentfund

Extremely relevant today - our new report on the state of the rule of law in America brightlinewatch.org/erosion-of-t... Most notably, 91% of legal experts say Trump's DOJ provides favors or benefits to the his allies, including 56% of legal conservatives. Findings thread below; please read/share.

Brendan Nyhan@brendannyhan.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🚨New Bright Line Watch report on the rule of law in the US - joint w/@rickhasen.bsky.social's Strengthening Democracy Project at UCLA Law The most comprehensive expert survey to date - 21 federal judges, 113 elite lawyers, and 193 law profs brightlinewatch.org/erosion-of-t... 🧵 on findings below ⬇️

If you're okay with everything in this speech except for the line about Gaza, as U-M's president seems to be, you're not advocating for "neutrality"--you're exploiting the rhetoric of neutrality to suppress ideas you don't like.

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Universities Are Enabling America's Press Freedom Collapse

Professor Derek Peterson said nothing wrong. That’s exactly why the University of Michigan punished him

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At the Roosevelt Institute, Kate Andrias and @awhf.bsky.social have a new report, Democratic Abundance: An Abundance That Works for Workers.

Democratic Abundance: An Abundance That Works for Workers

Kate Andrias and Alexander Hertel-Fernandez explore how centering organized labor can transform the "abundance agenda" into a truly democratic movement that delivers housing, energy, and infrastructur...

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Excited that this piece with my colleague Kate Andrias is out in the world! On the anniversary of abundance the book and May Day, we lay out how worker power has to be part of any abundance movement. Grateful to @monicapotts.bsky.social for writing about the report: newrepublic.com/article/2096...

Unions or Abundance? That’s a False Choice.

A new report argues that the labor movement is a key ally in the movement to build things more quickly.

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Roosevelt Institute@rooseveltinstitute.org · 3mo ago

The "abundance agenda" aims to solve our supply crises, but often ignores a critical factor: worker power. In our new report, Kate Andrias & @awhf.bsky.social argue for "Democratic Abundance"—a vision where workers shape the future they’re building.🏗️💪