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Roosevelt Institute @rooseveltinstitute.org · Sep 9

Universal childcare isn’t just an aspiration—it’s possible. New Mexico is leading the way as the first state to make it real for all residents. 🧵 1/3 www.governor.state.nm.us/2025/09/08/n...

New Mexico is first state in nation to offer universal child care - Office of the Governor - Michelle Lujan Grisham

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Hannah Groch-Begley @grouchybagels.bsky.social · Sep 5

Did my colleagues and I design the internship program we wish we had access to when we were humanities graduate students? Absolutely. The best part of my job is making the path easier for everyone

Hannah Groch-Begley @grouchybagels.bsky.social · Sep 5

Are you currently in a humanities graduate degree program, or know someone who is? Are you/they interested in learning about public policy as a post-grad career path? Then check out the new internship program Roosevelt is launching!! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Roosevelt Institute Graduate Humanities Internship

The Roosevelt Institute is pleased to announce the first annual Roosevelt Institute Graduate Humanities Internship. This paid, remote, two-semester internship offers current graduate students in the h...

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · Aug 15

They’re just in DC to do something about all the crime

Alex Koma @alexkoma.bsky.social · Aug 15

As if this week were not bizarre enough: Mount Pleasant residents tell me a group of federal agents gathered for a photo-op near a pro-immigrant banner, pictured below, then tore it down.

In its place, they left a dildo. A neighbor's Ring camera captured the whole thing...

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Hannah Groch-Begley @grouchybagels.bsky.social · Aug 14

On the 90th anniversary of Social Security, FDR's grandson and former associate commissioner for retirement Jim Roosevelt writes about the legacy of the program and the attacks it faces today www.firesidestacks.com/p/social-sec...

Celebrate Today but Fight Tomorrow: Social Security’s Anniversary Is a Call to Action

This should be a moment of celebration. But instead, on Social Security’s 90th anniversary, I find myself sounding an alarm. The program my grandfather signed into law on this day in 1935 is under att...

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Hannah Groch-Begley @grouchybagels.bsky.social · Aug 11

So much is terrible in the world and in DC specifically but I managed to get my "emails that need follow up" list down to just 17 so I am clinging to that today

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · Aug 11

on the left, clinton's 1993 deficit reduction bill. goated, peak performance. absolutely enormous tax increases on the rich while helping the poor

on the right, trump's "big beautiful bill." terrible, poor get poorer while rich get richer, significantly worsens fiscal outlook. garbage-tier bill

1993 clinton deficit reduction bill. 2.1% increase in resources for the bottom 20%. -7.2% for the top 1%. -2.3% for the top 20%. nearly no change for middle 60%. goated.

big beautiful bill. not so beautiful in reality, tho. bottom 20% worse off. not huge change for people up to 6th decile. still 1.5% or under though all the way through the 9th decile. it's really on the top 10% who are the winners.

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Hannah Groch-Begley @grouchybagels.bsky.social · Aug 6

TODAY! Come join me as I talk to two much smarter people, @lipstickecon.bsky.social and @rebouche.bsky.social, about how Dobbs has reshaped our economy and democracy! Abortion is so much more than healthcare--it's a key market where power is negotiated. Register here: events.zoom.us/ev/AqLMLGhcv...

Roosevelt Events

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Stephen Nuñez @socio-steve.bsky.social · Jul 21

@rooseveltinstitute.org has produced a lot of great work on childcare recently including from @ehaspel.bsky.social and @kedseconomist.com. And there is more to come. We also have a a webinar on care this afternoon moderated by @jessicacalarco.com !! Don't forget to sign up.

Roosevelt Institute @rooseveltinstitute.org · Jul 21

NEW📃: The US childcare system is failing families. It's unaffordable, unsustainable, & susceptible to corporate interests.

Today, we offer a bold vision to build a public, universal ECE system that puts children, families, and workers first. rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...

Children and a teacher engaged in activities around a table at an Early Childhood Education center. Text on the image quotes from the Roosevelt Institute about the importance of ECE funding for public welfare.

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Hannah Groch-Begley @grouchybagels.bsky.social · Jul 15

New Roosevelt report out today! How AI is changing the jobs of the govt employees Americans interact with most: the folks who process your marriage license, unemployment insurance, driving tests. Upshot: new tech is just transferring more work onto citizens rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...

AI and Government Workers: Use Cases in Public Administration - Roosevelt Institute

In a new analysis Samantha Shorey explores how AI tools in state and local government can burden public workers and undermine service quality—posing risks to equity, efficiency, and job stability.

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Hannah Groch-Begley @grouchybagels.bsky.social · Jul 15

New Roosevelt report out today! How AI is changing the jobs of the govt employees Americans interact with most: the folks who process your marriage license, unemployment insurance, driving tests. Upshot: new tech is just transferring more work onto citizens rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...

AI and Government Workers: Use Cases in Public Administration - Roosevelt Institute

In a new analysis Samantha Shorey explores how AI tools in state and local government can burden public workers and undermine service quality—posing risks to equity, efficiency, and job stability.

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Hannah Groch-Begley @grouchybagels.bsky.social · Jul 14

thanks Lenore :(

Hannah Groch-Begley @grouchybagels.bsky.social · Jul 14

The RIFs at State hit my family on Friday and I'm still mad about it. I grew up as a State Dept brat, watching both of my parents serve their country and the world through their work. I'm so proud of all they accomplished, and furious that one of them had their career totally obliterated by idiots

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Hannah Groch-Begley @grouchybagels.bsky.social · Jul 14

I hope you read the book, as it addresses exactly these points. The authors want to push for our country to support women and families. And they address the claim that more humans=bad for the planet and I think provide a really compelling counter argument.

Hannah Groch-Begley @grouchybagels.bsky.social · Jul 8

I've been enjoying Fed Lit, our newish project. The team takes academic articles or policy papers focused on climate and breakdown the findings for an audience mostly interested in monetary/macro policy. There's very few digests like this out there! fedlit.substack.com/p/issue-5-su...

Issue 5: Supply-Side Climate Inflation → Adaptive Inflation Targeting (Policy Proposal)

This month, we deviate from our academic reading list to discuss a policy paper that proposes a new monetary policy tool to address persistent climate-driven inflation—adaptive inflation targeting. Th...

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Hannah Groch-Begley @grouchybagels.bsky.social · Jun 30

So excited to see this book in the world! Folks on the left are shocked when I say this changed my mind about global depopulation—it’s a problem and we can’t let the right monopolize the solutions with creepy white nationalism. Fewer people will not solve any of our climate+social problems!

Image shows the cover of a new book, “after the spike: population, progress, and the case for people” by Dean Spears and Michael Geruso

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Hannah Groch-Begley @grouchybagels.bsky.social · Jun 30

Pre-order the book now, it comes out officially next week! bookshop.org/p/books/afte...

After the Spike: Population, Progress, and the Case for People

Population, Progress, and the Case for People

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Hannah Groch-Begley @grouchybagels.bsky.social · Jun 30

Don’t just listen to me: even Peter Singer says this book challenged and changed his thinking on the importance of population. We have to make parenting easier and more equitable to sustain any of the progress we’ve made

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Hannah Groch-Begley @grouchybagels.bsky.social · Jun 30

So excited to see this book in the world! Folks on the left are shocked when I say this changed my mind about global depopulation—it’s a problem and we can’t let the right monopolize the solutions with creepy white nationalism. Fewer people will not solve any of our climate+social problems!

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Hannah Groch-Begley @grouchybagels.bsky.social · Jun 22

It's been several years but my memory of Michelle Tusan's work is that she builds in her family's personal history to her academic study of the Ottoman Empire and refugees/forced migration, perhaps/especially in Smyrna's Ashes

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Hannah Groch-Begley @grouchybagels.bsky.social · Jun 12

It's childcare summer at Roosevelt! We'll be featuring a number of fresh ideas for how to rethink childcare policy to better meet family's needs, all of them different. First up is the great @kedseconomist.com with a proposal that wraps together summer and after-school care!

Roosevelt Institute @rooseveltinstitute.org · Jun 12

NEW: Too many families rely on a patchwork of care—unpaid, informal, unaffordable.

In a new report, @kedseconomist.com lays out federal, state, and local paths to a Child Development System that meets families’ real needs: whole child, whole day, whole year. rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...

Quote that reads: The patchwork approach that many parents must use in finding care—a mix of formal and informal, paid and unpaid, regular and irregular providers—is not serving parents or children well. We need a comprehensive system for filling these gaps that starts in early childhood, spans after school and summer, and is affordable for all families and accessible by all children.

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Nathan Newman- ANTIFA Since Nazis Murdered Family in Death Camps @nathansnewman.bsky.social · Jun 5

Kudos to Anthropic CEO for admitting unregulated technology is bad for consumers - and potentially a threat.

He notes profit imperatives may well "change corporate incentives to provide [any] level of transparency" and why government regulation is needed

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/05/o...

Opinion | Anthropic C.E.O.: Don’t Let A.I. Companies off the Hook

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Hannah Groch-Begley @grouchybagels.bsky.social · May 23

I'm hiring! Entry-level researcher, great for those who love diving into economics data sets, reading across policy areas, and supporting the work of senior scholars. App deadline is June 13, salary range is $64,922 to $73,036, hybrid NYC or DC offices.
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Research Associate - Roosevelt Institute

Reporting to the Managing Director, Think Tank, the Research Associate, Think Tank supports the research and writing of both long- and short-term think tank research products. Working across research ...

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Roosevelt Institute @rooseveltinstitute.org · May 15

📄 NEW: ~20M Americans have "significant" medical debt. This isn’t inevitable, it’s the result of policy choices.

A decade of gaps in Medicaid & market failures have crushed mobility for millions.

@socio-steve.bsky.social explores actions that can address it: rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...

Quote that reads: Medical debt is not inevitable. Rather, it is the product of decades of dysfunctional health-care policy, a market-oriented insurance system, and a patchwork of safety net programs with notable gaps.

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Suzanne Kahn @suzmkahn.bsky.social · Apr 24

This year Roosevelt has 5 fellows focused on care and the economy working across think tank (a true bright spot in a tough year!). We'll be interviewing each of them on Fireside Stacks in the coming months. First up, today is @indivar.bsky.social.

www.firesidestacks.com/p/to-build-t...

To Build the Care Infrastructure We Need, Tax Credits Won’t Cut It

As we near the end of April, two things are happening: First, the IRS is processing the millions of tax returns Americans filed in 2025, and doling out credits and deductions that in many cases will s...

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