By Rachel Goldfarb, originally published on Next New Deal
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New Student Initiative Asks Anchor Institutions to Rethink Their Communities (Community-Wealth.org)
The Democracy Collaborative interviews Alan Smith, Roosevelt Institute's Associate Director of Networked Initiatives, to discuss the Campus Network’s Rethinking Communities initiative, which uses the Collaborative’s Anchor Dashboard to examine how institutions like colleges affect local economies.
- Roosevelt Take: Alan explains the ideas behind the Rethinking Communities initiative, and why this project makes sense for Millennials.
The PAC to End All PACs (Politico Magazine)
David Freedlander speaks with Roosevelt Institute Senior Fellow Jonathan Soros about his work on campaign finance reform. Soros says his aim is to help ensure lack of money doesn't shut candidates out.
Domino's Franchisees Settle Wage Theft Investigation In New York For $448,000 (HuffPo)
Dave Jamieson reports on the second major wage theft settlement in as many weeks out of New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s office.
A Nation of Takers? (NYT)
Nicholas Kristof writes that there are, in fact, public welfare programs that are wasteful: subsidies for private planes and yachts, subsidies to hedge funds in the form of "carried interest," and the like.
New on Next New Deal
In Seattle, Calls for a Higher Minimum Wage are Calls for Democracy
In her remarks to the Seattle Income Inequality Symposium, Roosevelt Institute President and CEO Felicia Wong says that we should raise the minimum wage for the same reasons that President Roosevelt first implemented it.
Insurance Pays for Health Care. Who’s Providing It?
Following a congressional briefing last week, Roosevelt Institute Communications Associate Rachel Goldfarb emphasizes the distinction between insurance and care providers as a key reason to keep publicly funded family planning.
- Roosevelt Take: Read Roosevelt Institute Fellow Andrea Flynn's remarks from the briefing here.