The Roosevelt Institute and Data & Society announce three Good Life residents focused on shaping generative AI investment and policy in the public interest.

Prediction markets increasingly resemble gambling but operate under far fewer protections. Brad Lipton explains what federal rules leave out and why state gambling laws offer a stronger baseline.

The dark side of the prediction market boom is becoming more clear: Experts say the sites have become go-to outlets for gambling addicts to relapse as the companies avoid state consumer protections.

States are expanding public childcare through broader subsidies, investments in the childcare workforce, coordinated governance, capital funding, and community engagement. This brief examines Connecti...

A new study highlights some early impacts of universal childcare on labor supply for mothers in New Mexico.

While I wouldn’t broadly panic too much right now, some alarm from energy markets is warranted and could be constructive given the large and growing energy supply shocks from the attacks on the region...

The president, who had hoped to tout a growing economy on the campaign trail, has found it hard to break through as workers’ wages fail to keep up.

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

The Good Life Agenda shows what our economy and democracy could look like if all of us had access to the building blocks of economic security and prosperity, and how we can get there.

Graham Steele looks to lessons from financial regulation to examine whether self-regulatory organizations can help govern AI—and where democratic oversight must take the lead.

AI companies are sounding the alarm about the technology they’re building—and asking for more room to regulate themselves. Elizabeth Wilkins argues that real AI safety requires something different: pu...

SEATTLE, W.A. — U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) is introducing a new policy framework that reins in artificial intelligence (AI) by requiring every AI company to hold a federal charter to ...

Graham Steele looks to lessons from financial regulation to examine whether self-regulatory organizations can help govern AI—and where democratic oversight must take the lead.

AI companies are sounding the alarm about the technology they’re building—and asking for more room to regulate themselves. Elizabeth Wilkins argues that real AI safety requires something different: pu...

The Roosevelt Institute is glad that the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection is considering adding rules to ensure that consumers can easily cancel subscriptions and are not subject to decept...

In order to understand how to evaluate the coming deluge of tax policy proposals, we must engage in a deeper question: how our tax code structures the very foundations of our economy and democracy.

Meta is exploiting a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation. Its own accountants say the gambit is risky.

The Good Life Agenda shows what our economy and democracy could look like if all of us had access to the building blocks of economic security and prosperity, and how we can get there.

Cook anticipates that productivity gains will provide modest disinflation within the next few years.

The conventional story says young men are being left behind. But employment data tell a more complicated story: older men and young women have seen some of the largest declines since early 2025.

In a new analysis, Rachel Funk Fordham examines the 15-year legacy of Citizens United, assessing its impact on democracy through new evidence and political science research and offering recommendation...

Donors pour more than $200 million into supporting and opposing the billionaire tax measures on the ballot, with more to come in the weeks before the Nov. 3 election.

Universal child care appeals to the party's cosmopolitan base—but not to most of the country.

Dive into what NYC can do to advance affordability for working families during the rise of AI and corporate consolidation.

While some New Yorkers see their fortunes rise, most aren’t getting a cut, as the cost of food, rent, and other necessities climbs faster than their salaries can keep up. City Comptroller Mark Levine ...

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

Kathryn Anne Edwards explains how wage inequality and economic mismanagement weakened Social Security—and what the next reform must get right before 2032.

On behalf of Social Security, of course

Mortgage refinancing can save homeowners thousands annually—but low- and moderate-income borrowers face steep barriers. This report examines the inequities in refinancing participation and proposes st...

The average rate on a 30-year mortgage in the United States jumped to 7.03 percent, putting pressure on housing affordability.

Join Paul Osterman and Roosevelt Institute economist Michael Madowitz for a conversation on how employment has changed, why more workers face insecurity and fewer benefits, and what policies could str...

Bilal Baydoun, Shahrzad Shams, and Victor Pickard trace the roots of the US media crisis to decades of deregulation and commercial capture, outlining how consolidation, news deserts, and platform domi...

A cash injection from SpaceX billionaire Elon Musk could reduce investor Larry Ellison’s financial burden and bolster the deal’s investor base.

Prediction markets increasingly resemble gambling but operate under far fewer protections. Brad Lipton explains what federal rules leave out and why state gambling laws offer a stronger baseline.

States are expanding public childcare through broader subsidies, investments in the childcare workforce, coordinated governance, capital funding, and community engagement. This brief examines Connecti...

States are expanding public childcare through broader subsidies, investments in the childcare workforce, coordinated governance, capital funding, and community engagement. This brief examines Connecti...

One year after the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Noa Rosinplotz examines how tax cuts for the wealthy have increased inequality and weakened American democracy.