Friday, April 17, 2020
Contact: Carter Christensen, [email protected]
by Will Marshall, PPI President

Has America’s providential luck run out? Throughout our history, at moments of supreme danger, our country has managed to find leaders of extraordinary character and ability to steer us through the storm.
by Elliott Long, Senior Economic Policy Analyst

In addition to enlarging the Paycheck Protection Program, policymakers should adopt innovative ways to get relief to millions of small business owners.
by Colin Mortimer, Director of the Neoliberal Project

Despite the bipartisanship coronavirus stimulus negotiations, Democrats’ desire to shore up the USPS as a part of the coronavirus relief has hit a partisan roadblock.
by Ben Ritz, Director of the Center for Funding America's Future

The presumptive nominee is right to seek common ground with the left in building a big-tent coalition to defeat Donald Trump, but these efforts should prioritize forward-thinking public investments instead of backwards promises to expand programs like Medicare and Social Security for affluent retirees. Doing so would be both good policy and good politics.
by Michael Mandel, Chief Economic Strategist

We’re used to thinking of testing as a public health function. But there’s growing support for workplace-based testing for COVID-19 infections as a first step towards getting the economy restarted again.
by Arielle Kane, Director of Health Care

In order to save lives and mitigate the impacts of the economic shutdown, there is an acute need for national direction to orchestrate and coordinate medical supply production — and it needs to happen quickly.

Join RAS Deputy Director, Curtis Valentine, as he moderates an hour-long interactive discussion with leaders from four of America's most successful parent advocacy organizations.

Wednesday, April 22, 2020
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM ET
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