Mike Konczal: Is Occupy a Small Government Movement?
In the latest episode of the Roosevelt Institute's Bloggingheads series, Fireside Chats, Fellow Mike Konczal talks to Yale JD/PhD candidate Jeremy Kessler about the intersection of the law and the left...
View ArticleWomen Are Less Safe in Gayle Trotter’s World
The right is borrowing pro-choice language to push back on regulations that could save women's lives.Just when we thought the gun lobby’s approach to ending gun violence couldn’t get any more...
View ArticleDorian Warren: We Need "National Voting Reform" if SCOTUS Decides Against...
Antonin Scalia made his feelings on the Voting Rights Act, which took a beating during Supreme Court oral arguments this week, pretty clear, calling it a "perpetuation of racial entitlement." But as...
View ArticleDorian Warren: We Need "National Voting Reform" if SCOTUS Decides Against...
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economyAntonin Scalia made his feelings on the Voting Rights Act, which took a beating during Supreme Court oral arguments this week,...
View ArticleMike Konczal: The BP Trial Could Be Environmental Regulation's Last Stand
This past weekend, Roosevelt Institute Fellow Mike Konczal joined a panel on MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry to discuss the significance of the BP trial and the true cost of the damage caused by the...
View ArticleThe Case for Optimism About Campaign Finance Reform – With Scalia on the Bench
Current limits on money in politics being tested across the country should give reformers hope.Last Monday, the Supreme Court declined to hear a case challenging the century-old ban on direct corporate...
View ArticleMark Schmitt: Constitutional Amendment Against Citizens United Distracts from...
Few on the left were happy with the Supreme Court's ruling in Citizens United that paved the way for so-called corporate personhood and opened the floodgates for money in politics. But taking that...
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How Congress and the Courts Are Closing in on Dodd-Frank
What are the serious threats to Dodd-Frank? Last month, Haley Sweetland Edwards wrote "He Who Makes the Rules" at the Washington Monthly, which is the best single piece on Dodd-Frank implementation...
View ArticleHow to Pensa 2040: Italy's Millennials Share Their Blueprint for Change
An Italian offshoot of the Roosevelt Institute | Campus Network shows that Millennial policy priorities reach across national borders.In 2010, the Roosevelt Institute | Campus Network created the...
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What’s New in the New Surveillance State?
I had a post at Wonkblog over the weekend, “Is a democratic surveillance state possible?”In some sense, the issue of the government spying and collecting data on its citizens isn’t a new problem. One...
View ArticleWhy Trayvon Is Inspiring America to Put Stand Your Ground Laws on Trial
The Zimmerman verdict could spark a nationwide movement to challenge "self-defense" laws that support racism.Immediately following George Zimmerman’s acquittal on all charges brought against him for...
View ArticleWhat Mia Macy's Victory Means for Transgender Workers' Rights
The Justice Department's ruling in Mia Macy's lawsuit against the ATF is a significant win in the fight against employment discrimination for the transgender community, but there's still more to be...
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How Ronald Coase Demolished Current Libertarian Ideas About Property
Property isn’t a vertical relationship between a person and an object, but instead is a horizontal, reciprocal relationship of exclusions between people. Since the benefit of one person in regard to...
View ArticleDaily Digest - September 4: No Jobs, Lots of Problems
Click here to receive the Daily Digest via email.America’s Jobless Generation (NYRB)Roosevelt Institute Senior Fellow and Director of the Bernard L. Schwartz Rediscovering Government Initiative Jeff...
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Abortion Restrictions Are Harming Women's Health and Human Rights in Texas
Abortion restrictions in Texas are hurting low-income women in the Rio Grande Valley, which is proof positive that the U.S. needs to think about human rights locally, not just internationally.Last week...
View ArticleDaily Digest - December 17: The Future of High-Speed Fiber Runs Through City...
Click here to receive the Daily Digest via email.The quest for high-speed fiber: a conversation with Susan Crawford (The Verge)Russell Brandom and Roosevelt Institute Fellow Susan Crawford discuss how...
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The Right Takes Aim at Public Sector Unions in a New Supreme Court Case
A dispute over whether home care workers in Illinois can be required to pay union dues is part of a much larger strategy to undermine the progressive power base.You have to hand it to the right wing:...
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Taking on Big Business Wage Theft
Lawsuits show that the fight against wage theft is heating up, but workers shouldn't have to sue their employers to get paid what they're owed.Despite the extensive press coverage of the fight of...
View ArticleDaily Digest - June 27: NLRB Ruling is Politics as Usual
Click here to subscribe to Roosevelt First, our weekday morning email featuring the Daily Digest.The Myth of America’s Golden Age (POLITICO Magazine)Growing up in Gary, Indiana gave Roosevelt Institute...
View ArticleDaily Digest - August 18: Looking for Strong Statements on Ferguson
Click here to subscribe to Roosevelt First, our weekday morning email featuring the Daily Digest.Did Obama’s Response to Ferguson Fall Short? (Melissa Harris-Perry)Roosevelt Institute Fellow Dorian...
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