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There Is Always Light



“Somehow we've weathered and witnessed

a nation that isn't broken

but simply unfinished.”- Amanda Gorman



The traumas of the last month, the last year, the last 400 years <[link removed]>, will not heal overnight. The wounds of white supremacy, environmental catastrophe, and COVID-19 won’t disappear in 100 days. The imagery of insurrection—a violent reminder of democracy’s fragility—will always be with us.



But today, there is hope. 



From the precipice of democratic collapse, facing multiple “once-in-a-lifetime” crises, Americans are ready for a True New Deal <[link removed]>. For policies <[link removed]> that both meet this moment and prevent this kind of suffering from ever happening again. For an approach to power that fulfills the promise of our nation. 



As Amanda Gorman, national youth poet laureate and the youngest poet to speak at an inauguration, said <[link removed]> on Wednesday, “there is always light, if only we're brave enough to see it, if only we're brave enough to be it.”



To be that light is to lead with inclusion: to strengthen our multiracial democracy, to invest in Black and brown communities <[link removed]>, and to restructure long-broken systems. To lead with inclusion is to reach our human and economic potential.



We’re ready.











Transforming the Workplace



Building power requires more equitable and democratic institutions—and that includes the workplace. 



In three reports published this week, the Roosevelt Institute, the Great Democracy Initiative <[link removed]>, and the Southern Economic Advancement Project <[link removed]>, respectively listed below, propose new policies and models for strengthening worker protections and voice.





- Ending At-Will Employment: A Guide for Just Cause Reform <[link removed]> by Kate Andrias and Alexander Hertel-Fernandez

- Policies to Strengthen Workplace Civic Engagement and Worker Political Voice <[link removed]>by Alexander Hertel-Fernandez

- A Community-Centered Model of Equitable and Just Employment <[link removed]> by Alí Bustamante and Greg Kaufmann







What We’re Reading and Watching

What Reconstruction Teaches Us about White Nationalism Today <[link removed]> - Vox



When Medicare Helped Kill Jim Crow [by Roosevelt’s Mike Konczal] <[link removed]> - The Nation



How the American Unemployment System Failed <[link removed]> - New York Times



Worried about Long-Term Scarring to Economy: Joseph Stiglitz [video] <[link removed]> - Bloomberg



The Biden Recovery Plan and the Disarray of Economic Theory [feat. Stiglitz] <[link removed]> - The American Prospect



Amanda Gorman’s Inaugural Poem Is a Stunning Vision of Democracy <[link removed]> - The New Yorker











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