Roosevelt Institute

10/10/2026

The CEO of the Roosevelt Institute, founded by the family of Franklin & Eleanor, says Social Security absolutely should NOT be cut. We need to protect FDR's legacy program for future generations!
Roosevelt Institute

10/10/2026

“As AI takes over a growing share of the economy, the need for regulation to rein in the world’s biggest companies and protect the working class has become increasingly urgent.”

We announced our Good Life Residents for AI this week to explore what that could look like. Catch up on that and more with our weekly rundown:

Who gets to shape the AI economy—and who benefits? Meet Roosevelt’s new Good Life Residents exploring AI investment and governance. Plus, the prediction market lobby’s push against regulation.

10/03/2026

Catch up on our latest research from this past week:

🧸 3 states are leading the way on universal childcare.
💼 Unemployment is cutting across age and gender lines.
🗽 Why you should reject the fearmongering about the rich fleeing New York.

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Plus, questioning the conventional narrative about young men in the job market and more in this week's Roosevelt Rundown.

09/26/2026

“Combating oligarchy requires transformational reform, not tweaks—and self-regulation cannot replace real democratic oversight of and accountability for corporations.”

That lesson held true this week for the media, AI, and prediction market industries.

Catch up on our research from this past week in our Roosevelt Rundown:

Media concentration. AI self-regulation. Prediction-market loopholes. This week’s Roosevelt Rundown shows why democratic oversight matters

09/18/2026

“We don’t need to settle the debate over exactly how dangerous AI is, or prove our regulators are fully up to the task, before acting.”

Earlier this week, Roosevelt President and CEO Elizabeth Wilkins argued that AI companies should not be left to regulate themselves. As concerns about the technology grow, the public needs a place at the table when decisions are made about AI’s risks and development.

Plus, why the US needs twice as many tax brackets, new ideas for strengthening Social Security, and more in this week’s Roosevelt Rundown:

AI companies shouldn’t get to decide for themselves what risks the public must accept. Plus: why the US needs more tax brackets, Social Security reform, and the latest from Roosevelt.

09/11/2026

As Social Security’s financing challenge comes to a head, any approach that leads with—or even considers—benefits cuts would be a grave mistake.

There are better ways to strengthen the program for the long term. In a new essay collection, Roosevelt Good Life Residents for Social Security Tyler Bond, Jonathan Schwabish, and Lena Simet lay out three creative ways to shore up Social Security’s finances without sacrificing the benefits people have earned.

From updating how high earners contribute to broadening the program’s revenue base and closing tax gaps, these ideas show that policymakers have options beyond cutting benefits.

That and more in this week’s Roosevelt Rundown:

Cuts to social security are not the answer plus more in this week's Roosevelt Rundown.

09/05/2026

Catch up on three new pieces of research we published this past week:

💵 What rising Treasury yields mean for the economy: Graham Steele explains what’s driving the shake-up in the Treasury market and what it means for everyday consumers’ borrowing costs.

🧒 How childcare disruptions affect parents’ work: With the first day of school approaching, Sarah Jane Glynn examines how gaps in reliable childcare can limit parents’ ability to work, particularly for mothers and those working irregular schedules.

🎲 Why regulators have a narrowing window on prediction markets: As part of our ongoing “Hidden House” series, Shahrzad Shams looks at how the rapid proliferation of prediction markets across major institutions could make effective regulation harder to achieve.

Plus, what happens when childcare and work schedules clash in this week's Roosevelt Rundown.

08/29/2026

A look at our top stories this week ⬇️

🌎 How to keep fighting energy insecurity: Diana Hernández and Lauren Ross examine the abiding lessons of the Inflation Reduction Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and how policymakers can continue combating energy insecurity even as climate policy moves backwards.

🏭 15 proposals for a stronger clean energy industrial strategy: Betony Jones identifies the core failures holding back US industrial policy and lays out concrete solutions to unlock long-term industrial finance, build out manufacturing, and by extension, shore up our economy.

🛡️ Why we don’t need Social Security cuts: Rey Fuentes pushes back on the austerity mindset surrounding Social Security reform conversations and explains how policymakers can go a long way toward strengthening the program by raising the revenue needed to sustain it.

Read more in the Roosevelt Rundown:

Plus, the balancing act of finding childcare in this week's Roosevelt Rundown.

08/22/2026

A look at our top stories this week ⬇️

🌎 What the Strait of Hormuz crisis can teach us about inflation: Michael Madowitz explains why supply shocks will require more proactive tools not traditionally found in the inflation-fighting toolkit.

🏛️ Why tax reform is also democracy reform: Join Brian Galle, Samarth Gupta, and Nate Kelly for an upcoming conversation, moderated by Suzanne Kahn, on how a fairer tax code can help address the wealth inequality that threatens our democratic institutions.

📈 What Social Security’s future has to do with the economy: Kathryn Anne Edwards explains in USA Today why the program’s future depends on more than demographics, including who is working, how much workers are earning, and how the economy is performing writ large.

Read more in our weekly rundown:

And why tax reform is democracy reform in this week's Roosevelt Rundown.