Roosevelt Forward
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Advocacy affiliate of @rooseveltinstitute.org. We believe that new politics and policymaking—that can equalize power in our society—are possible. www.rooseveltforward.org || Subscribe to our Substack #FiresideStacks 🔥 firesidestacks.com
My piece from March 2025: rooseveltforward.org/2025/03/26/o...
On Democratic Dissent: Part II - Roosevelt Forward
On March 8, the Trump administration detained Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian graduate student activist at Columbia University. Khalil, a legal permanent US resident, was not formally charged with a cri...
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The Cruelty Is the Point: Work Requirements Don’t Lift People Up—They Drag Us All Down. - Roosevelt Forward
In last week's Substack, we wrote about how politicians have been scapegoating a very specific population of people: “able-bodied adults without dependents,” or ABAWDs for short. The consequences of c...
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Julia Métraux@juliametraux.bsky.social · 2mo agoNot only do Medicaid work requirements not increase employment, but a majority of adults on Medicaid already work.“It’s hard not to think that the cruelty of the policy is the point,” @chloeneast.bsky.social said. “Adding work requirements to Medicaid is part of a massive shift in our safety net."
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The Cruelty Is the Point: Work Requirements Don’t Lift People Up—They Drag Us All Down. - Roosevelt Forward
In last week's Substack, we wrote about how politicians have been scapegoating a very specific population of people: “able-bodied adults without dependents,” or ABAWDs for short. The consequences of c...
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I contributed a bit to this discussion last year rooseveltforward.org/2025/06/10/t...
Trump Accounts Are Not Baby Bonuses. They’re Another Giveaway to the Wealthy. - Roosevelt Forward
Much has been made of the supposed transformation of the GOP into a pro-worker and pro-family party. And yet the new GOP has pushed policies that, in the horrific damage they will visit upon working-c...
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Darrick Hamilton is one of the designers of Baby Bonds...when he tells you Trump Accounts are basically anti-Baby Bonds you should listen.
Darrick Hamilton went further...calling Trump Accounts “upside down.” Hamilton warned that the program will enhance inequality rather than reduce it, and that $1,000 isn’t enough to make a meaningful difference for a child living in poverty. www.louisianafirstnews.com/news/trump-a...
What parents need to know about Trump Accounts
Louisiana families with young children can benefit from the new federal savings program, Trump Accounts, which provides a $1,000 seed deposit for children born between 2025-2028 and additional bene…
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The wealth tax will officially be on the California ballot. @rooseveltforward.org www.firesidestacks.com/p/california...
California is putting billionaires on defense (with Emmanuel Saez)
"Tax the rich" is getting real.
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There are so many things we could deliver if we just had the courage: public options for crucial services, increased charity care, lowering the cost of borrowing, and more. Read and get inspired. And then let’s get to work.
Roosevelt Forward@rooseveltforward.org · last mo.Americans want a good life, fewer corporate hurdles, more income, more time. Policymakers have the power to deliver. They just need the will to use it. @danamilbank.bsky.social breaks it down for @notus.com www.notus.org/perspectives...
The wealthiest 20 Americans now hold wealth equal to roughly 12% of US GDP—about four times the share seen during the Gilded Age, according to latest data. So what would it actually take to tax extreme wealth?
As billionaires’ wealth soars, US workers struggle: ‘The rich keep getting richer for no good reason’
Ultrarich face backlash as billionaire tax in California makes it to the ballot and Americans organize for higher wages
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California once led the tax revolt. Now, it may become the first state to tax billionaire wealth at scale. Noa Rosinplotz spoke with Emmanuel Saez about the proposal, the economics behind it, and what other states can learn.
California is putting billionaires on defense (with Emmanuel Saez)
"Tax the rich" is getting real.
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Americans want a good life, fewer corporate hurdles, more income, more time. Policymakers have the power to deliver. They just need the will to use it. @danamilbank.bsky.social breaks it down for @notus.com www.notus.org/perspectives...
Dana Milbank: Democrats Are Drafting Plans to Govern Like Trump in 2029
He may have inadvertently sown the seeds of a new progressive age.
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"The constraint isn’t fiscal capacity, but rather what we collectively decide is important and fundamentally a right for New York City’s working class." www.firesidestacks.com/p/what-zohra... @rooseveltforward.org
What Zohranomics is teaching us (with Jessica Forden)
The economic strength of a people-powered agenda.
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I talked with @socio-steve.bsky.social @rooseveltforward.org about my new book Coverage Denied: How Health Insurers Drive Inequality in the United States (www.amazon.com/Coverage-Den...). This is Part II of our chat about health ins barriers and paths to reform www.firesidestacks.com/p/fixing-sys...
Fixing a System That Denies Health Coverage: Miranda Yaver on Insurance Reforms (Part II)
"Comprehensive health insurance reform really needs to happen at the federal level."
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I had the pleasure of working on this article with @scottlgreer.bsky.social @hjarman.bsky.social and @xrkulik.bsky.social. We assess the impact of the dramatic cuts to health spending (including wrt insurance), attacks on science, undermining of regulation, and more. www.aft.org/hc/spring202...
What Donald Trump's Second Presidency Has Meant for Health
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I recently had the opportunity to chat with @socio-steve.bsky.social about the scope & findings of my book Coverage Denied, which came out today. I had a lot to say, so it turned into a 2-part series that spans the patient and physician experiences of ins barriers. open.substack.com/pub/roosevel...
When Health Insurers Decide: Miranda Yaver on Coverage Denials (Part I)
"There are more ways people can be denied by their health insurer than they realize."
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This week on fireside stacks ( @rooseveltforward.org ) I sat down with @mirandayaver.bsky.social to discuss her new book, "Coverage Denied," which deals with one of the lesser understood aspects of our health insurance maze. You can find part I below. 1/2 www.firesidestacks.com/p/when-healt...
When Health Insurers Decide: Miranda Yaver on Coverage Denials (Part I)
"There are more ways people can be denied by their health insurer than they realize."
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And keep your eyes peeled for part I of my interview with Prof. Yaver on Fireside Stacks later this week. CC: @rooseveltforward.org
Miranda Yaver@mirandayaver.bsky.social · 4mo agoThanks to @medpagetoday.com for highlighting an excerpt of my book Coverage Denied: How Health Insurers Drive Inequality, which hits shelves this Thursday! www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
We wrote earlier this year about how killing free public filing has shifted costs onto working people. With Tax Day tomorrow, a reminder that our broken and expensive tax filing system is actually working as this administration intended—to generate profit for the companies cashing in on it.
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.
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What If Oakland Owned the A’s?
If you’re anything like me, you won’t be able to watch this year’s Major League Baseball (MLB) Opening Day without thinking about the Oakland (Sacramento?) A’s. Today, the Oakland Coliseum, worn and d...
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Jen Bendery@jbendery.bsky.social · 4mo agoBernie Sanders + Rep. Greg Casar (D-Texas) just intro'd a bill to prevent the owners of a professional sports teams from relocating the team without first giving local communities a chance to buy it. "Yes, this is a keep-the-Bears-in-Chicago bill." www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
Amazing insights in this convo between @shahrzadshams.bsky.social and @giantwhispers.bsky.social "Polarization often gets a bad rap...We need to offer our audience sharp moral choices about the issues of our times by polarizing against unjust policies." www.firesidestacks.com/p/narrative-...
From “What If?” to “This Must Be!”: Patrick Reinsborough on Building Narrative Power
Why the stories we tell matter, and how to tell better ones.
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I had the pleasure of interviewing @giantwhispers.bsky.social for @rooseveltforward.org's Fireside Stacks. We discussed the importance of narrative power, why the Left needs to prioritize it, & some of the important aspects of an effective narrative strategy ⤵️ www.firesidestacks.com/p/narrative-...
From “What If?” to “This Must Be!”: Patrick Reinsborough on Building Narrative Power
Why the stories we tell matter, and how to tell better ones.
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Policy wins aren't enough if we don't control the narrative. In an interview with @shahrzadshams.bsky.social, @giantwhispers.bsky.social breaks down how movements can build the power to shift what’s politically possible and win lasting change Read the full interview: bit.ly/4dAl4tt
From “What If?” to “This Must Be!”: Patrick Reinsborough on Building Narrative Power
Why the stories we tell matter, and how to tell better ones.
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For anyone curious about my approach to building #narrative power for our movements, check out my interview with the lovely folks at @rooseveltforward.org for their Fireside stacks newsletter. They asked some great questions and I did my best to answer them. #ChangeTheStory #PeoplePower
Aastha पास्ता@aasthauprety.bsky.social · 4mo agoAmazing insights in this convo between @shahrzadshams.bsky.social and @giantwhispers.bsky.social "Polarization often gets a bad rap...We need to offer our audience sharp moral choices about the issues of our times by polarizing against unjust policies." www.firesidestacks.com/p/narrative-...
Real corporate accountability means changing the structure: how power is distributed, how decisions get made, and who benefits. More from Julie Menter of Transform Finance in this week's #FiresideStacks🔥: www.firesidestacks.com/p/beyond-sta...
New evidence confirms what many suspected: the Supreme Court increasingly rules for the rich. What’s driving the shift and what it means for democracy. The latest #FiresideStacks 🔥 from @andreaprat.bsky.social, @proffionasm.bsky.social and Jacob Spitz: https://bit.ly/4cFUY7U
Who profits from a supersized ICE? @elizabethwwilkins.bsky.social, @bedoyausa.bsky.social and @ksabeelrahman.bsky.social break down how corporations benefit from a massively expanded detention and deportation apparatus. 🎥 Watch the video: www.firesidestacks.com/p/how-compan... #FiresideStacks🔥
"This notion of a zero-sum fight is a construction by people who want to profit by hoarding more and more of that wealth and opportunity. It is not about immigration at all, actually." @ksabeelrahman.bsky.social www.firesidestacks.com/p/how-compan...
How Companies Profit from a Supersized ICE
A Conversation with Alvaro Bedoya and Sabeel Rahman
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Bezos’ layoffs at the Washington Post are a warning: the extremely wealthy buy essential institutions and reshape them to extract more from all of us. Taxing billionaires is about breaking that power. Read more from @igorvolsky.bsky.social in this week's #FiresideStacks🔥 : https://bit.ly/4rCLlLE
