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There Is Always Light
“Somehow we've weathered and witnesseda nation that
isn't brokenbut simply unfinished.”
-
Amanda Gorman
The
traumas of the last month, the last year, the last
400
years, 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. For
policies 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 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, 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, and the
Southern
Economic Advancement Project, respectively listed below, propose new
policies and models for strengthening worker protections and
voice.
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