Amid today's news, it may be hard to make space for this report that Ira Regmi & I have written on the civil rights struggle to eradicate involuntary unemployment. But there is an important connection between free speech, robust protest, & protection from economic immiseration🧵

As support for unions reaches a 60-year high, corporations are attempting to weaken efforts by the NLRB to defend workers rights.

More about Starbucks union-busting efforts in The Washington Post ⬇️
washingtonpost.com/business/2024/…

ICYMI ➡️ This month we hosted a virtual discussion that explored how rewriting the tax code can curb the excessive economic power of large corporations, with opening remarks from Elizabeth Warren.

Watch the full recording 👇

youtu.be/YRTasjnMSyI

'What people really need is money to manage in the first place, and financial products and services designed to promote their financial well-being.” The American Prospect

Darrick Hamilton explores how CalAccount can combat discrimination in banking services 🏦
prospect.org/economy/2024-0…

'Solar for all means 900,000 households will have solar on the rooftops for the first time.'

👏 The admin's $7B investment in solar projects is an important step towards ⬇️ energy costs for low-income families, promoting equitable access to clean energy. theguardian.com/us-news/2024/a…

Given that we live in a world where survival is tied to labor, any level of unemployment is unacceptable!

'Public investments alone will not cut it—especially if they reinforce a deeply inequitable economic system. An economic justice agenda needs to address deep distortions in our economy.'

In Nonprofit Quarterly, Suzanne Kahn outlines 5 key pillars of such an agenda: nonprofitquarterly.org/where-is-econo…

Neoliberalism’s failures have resulted in economic & cultural wreckage. Progressives have responded to the former with smart policy—it's time we also address the latter.

The Syllabus highlights Deepak Bhargava Harry W Hanbury & Shahrzad Shams (شهرزاد شمس)'s report ⬇️ twitter.com/syllabus_tweet…

🚗 Transportation is a major source of emissions, making the shift to electric vehicles critical for decarbonization

As Lenore Palladino explores, this transition is about more than reducing emissions—it's about investing in American jobs & manufacturing:
rooseveltinstitute.org/publications/e…

People really long for alternative ways to live that meet their very human needs for recognition, safety, agency & simply feeling good.

Deepak Bhargava explains the different ways people respond to the cultural discontent that they feel under neoliberalism:
rooseveltinstitute.org/publications/t…

'Our goal is to try to get political leaders to start asking bigger, more fundamental questions, like what makes up a good life,' Chris Murphy 🟧 explains his new initiative

Excited that our president & CEO Felicia Wong will participate in the project 🙌
twitter.com/ChrisMurphyCT/…

History made, victory to be celebrated.

Banning non-competes is part and parcel of (ahem, perfectly lawful) efforts to create a more innovative and participatory economy for all.

Kudos to all you great people who worked so hard on this rule.

📢 Book talk TOMORROW

📚 Joseph E. Stiglitz & Natalie Foster discuss each of their new books, exploring the crucial role that the federal gov't plays in shaping the economy & ways in which its power can be used to provide for ordinary Americans

Register ⬇️ us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

🎊 Congratulations, Natalie Foster, on your new book, 'The Guarantee: Inside the Fight for America’s Next Economy'!

Natalie explains that this book is for anyone who believes in a fairer economy for *everyone*, regardless of race, religion, or zip code. twitter.com/nataliefoster/…

'[I]deas for how a pro-democracy coalition can grow by engaging hearts and minds through culture, organizing, & by offering a compelling vision of the good life.'

Deepak Bhargava & Harry W Hanbury highlight their Roosevelt report co-authored by Shahrzad Shams (شهرزاد شمس):
theplatypus.substack.com/p/new-report-a…

🔉 BREAKING: In a 3-2 vote, the FTC banned noncompete agreements!

This historic move will help strengthen workers' bargaining power & curb corporate concentration while improving job mobility & promoting innovation—a win for workers & our entire economy. ftc.gov/news-events/ne…