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Tamar Jacoby to Lead PPI New Ukraine Project from Kyiv
[link removed]’s illegal invasion and brutal occupation of Ukraine will soon enter its second year. The Progressive Policy Institute is marking the occasion by launching a New Ukraine Project to report on the war, its impact on everyday life in Ukraine, and its wider implications for peace and international security.

Directing the project from Kyiv is Tamar Jacoby. Tamar is currently based in Kyiv, Ukraine. She is the president of Opportunity America, a Washington-based nonprofit working to promote economic mobility, and a former journalist and author. She was a senior writer and justice editor at Newsweek and, before that, the deputy editor of The New York Times op-ed page. Her articles have appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Weekly Standard and Foreign Affairs, among other publications. She is the author of “Someone Else’s House: America’s Unfinished Struggle for Integration” and “Displaced: The Ukrainian Refugee Experience.” Her edited volumes include “Reinventing the Melting Pot: The New Immigrants and What It Means To Be American” and “This Way Up: New Thinking About Poverty and Economic Mobility.”
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New from the Experts

A Marshall Plan for Energy Security, ft. PPI
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Tamar Jacoby, PPI's Director of the New Ukraine Project: After Biden’s Visit to Kyiv, Ukrainians Welcome U.S. Aid but Plead for More
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Tamar Jacoby, PPI's Director of the New Ukraine Project: How Ukrainians are learning to live with the war sirens
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Trade Fact of the Week: The U.S. Manufacturing Trade Deficit Has Nearly Doubled Since 2016.
⮕ PPI's Trade Fact of the Week ([link removed])
You're Invited!
Please join the Progressive Policy Institute (PPI) and Senator Ben Cardin for a Capitol Hill Briefing on a Soon-to-Be Released Report from PPI's Metro Federalism Caucus

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On Thursday, March 2nd at 11:00 a.m., join the Progressive Policy Institute's Metro Federalism Caucus and the Association for Enterprise Opportunity for a Capitol Hill briefing featuring Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) on a new report titled, "From Prison to Business: Entrepreneurship as a Reentry Strategy."

The briefing will cover key themes and policy recommendations from the report, highlighting the need for significant reform to remove barriers that prevent those exiting the criminal justice system from achieving economic security and reintegration into their communities.

The full report will be released ahead of the briefing. Light refreshments from The Pretzel Bakery will be provided.
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Win Or Lose, Executive Actions Like Student Debt Cancellation Should Face Judicial Review
By Ben Ritz
Director for PPI's Center for Funding America's Future
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The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments this week on the constitutionality of President Biden’s attempt to cancel up to $20,000 in student loans per borrower via executive action last year. Many proponents, including the Biden administration itself, have argued that not only is the move itself legal but that it is wrong for the courts to even entertain the pending challenges to its legitimacy. Whether one thinks the plan itself is lawful or not, everyone should be grateful that the courts are so far rejecting this argument and taking a serious look at the merits of the plan itself because failure to do so could have catastrophic long-term implications.

The Biden administration says that it has the authority to grant mass debt cancellation under the HEROES Act: a law passed in 2003 that gives the Secretary of Education authority to adjust the terms of any loan it holds during national emergencies. The law was introduced to make it easier to discharge debt for victims of terrorism and veterans who were injured or killed fighting the War on Terror, but the Biden administration argues that the law’s text gives them broad discretion to provide relief for anyone who lived through the COVID-19 pandemic.

Several lawsuits claimed this broad interpretation was an abuse of the HEROES Act authority that went well beyond Congress’s intent in passing the law. The answer to this legal question has serious implications for our constitutional system, which entrusts Congress with the power of the purse. If allowed to proceed, Biden’s debt cancellation move would cost taxpayers over $400 billion. That would be one of the biggest expenditures of public funds without explicit Congressional appropriation.
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Democrats Depend on Black Voters But Do Nothing for Us. Here's How to Fix That
By Markose Butler
Community Outreach and Training Director for PPI's Center for New Liberalism
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It's no secret that Democrats have long controlled major coastal cities of the United States. Politicians running as Republicans have not won city-wide election in any of the 10 largest cities since Michael Bloomberg's first election as New York City mayor, and in many cities, it's literally been decades. Yet despite the remarkable loyalty showed to Democrats by Black voters, they have completely abandoned these voters on the most important issues to their daily lives.

The truth is, the Black community hasn't benefited from improvements in urban economies or quality of life, and we remain disproportionately represented as the victims of crime. It's long past time for Democrats to take concrete actions that actually move the needle and provide for the needs of Black Americans.

In recent decades, the nation's urban centers have emerged as engines for job creation. From 2004 to 2015, job growth was concentrated in the 94 largest cities in the U.S. and especially in just four cities: New York, Chicago, San Francisco, and Seattle. While this does show that cities run by Democrats can produce economic growth, this concentration has also contributed to large scale migration to a handful of large cities that has resulted in a massive housing crisis in large metros nationwide.
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ICYMI: Adrienne Elrod of Dept. of Commerce's CHIPS Program Office Joins PPI's Mosaic Project to Discuss Implementation of Historic CHIPS and Science Act

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Last week, Director of External and Government Affairs for the CHIPS Program Office Adrienne Elrod and Head of Government Affairs at ASML Maryam Cope joined the Women Changing Policy Luncheon Series, hosted by the Progressive Policy Institute’s (PPI) Mosaic Project and moderated by Jordan Shapiro, Director of the Innovation Frontier Project at PPI.

Ms. Elrod discussed what the long-lasting impact of the historic Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) and Science Act will mean for communities across the country, and what the Administration is doing to ensure a smooth and effective implementation of the law’s many provisions. Ms. Cope explained what the law will mean for companies like ASML and how it will bring the United States to the forefront of global competition in the semiconductor industry. The CHIPS and Science Act was signed into law by President Biden in August 2022.
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ICYMI: Inclusive Entrepreneurship Is Key to Unlocking Equal Opportunity
By Myrto Karaflos
Senior Policy Associate at Prosperity Now
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America’s entrepreneurial ethos is widely touted as a cornerstone of our culture and one of the ways to achieve the “American Dream.” It is true that small businesses play a critical role in the economy, as they account for 99% of American employers. Business ownership can also be a source of wealth creation for many, with self employed individuals being wealthier, on average, than those who work for an employer.

However, the path towards becoming an entrepreneur and growing a successful business is fraught with obstacles for large segments of the population. Entrepreneurs of color, particularly Black and Latine, face many barriers that result in them having smaller, less profitable businesses when compared to those owned by White entrepreneurs.

In recent years, the COVID-19 pandemic put a strain on many small businesses. It forced many of them to close in the early months of the crisis. It has also contributed to lingering societal and economic forces, such as inflation and the pivot to doing business online, that have changed the way small businesses operate. Black- and Latine owned businesses were particularly hard- hit. As government leaders focus on lessons learned from the pandemic, rising prices, and ways to strengthen U.S. economic resilience, they should seize the opportunity to invest in small business development that works to level the playing field for entrepreneurs of color.
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Applications deadline extended!
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PPI’s Mosaic Project recently announced that the application portal for the project’s upcoming “Women Changing Policy Workshop” is now open. The next cohort of women will meet March 27 to March 29, 2023, and will focus exclusively on empowering broadband experts and women working to bridge the digital divide.

This is the sixth Women Changing Policy workshop. Previous workshops have included exclusive and candid conversations with seasoned media professionals, policy leaders, and representatives from the U.S. Congress.

NEW DEADLINE: Friday, March 10th
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MOSAIC MOMENT:

'Tis the Season ... to Talk about Taxes!

It’s that time of year again… It’s tax season, and on this episode of the Mosaic Moment PPI’s Senior Policy Analyst, Nick Buffie, sits down with Mosaic alum and Associate Director of Policy at Prosperity Now, Joanna Ain to talk all things taxes.
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THE NEOLIBERAL PODCAST:
Why does Section 230 Matter? ft. Malena Dailey and Shoshana Weissman

The internet as we know it depends on Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. But if it's so crucial, why do so many people seem to want to change it or kill it entirely? PPI's Malena Dailey and R Street's Shoshana Weissmann join the show to discuss Section 230. What exactly does Section 230 say? Why is it so important for the internet to function? What would happen if it was changed?

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