By: Ian Schneider Novels have the potential to provide insights on the world, both good and bad, that would normally pass by unnoticed when taking in society as a whole. Throughout everyday life, citizens are forced to engage with all aspects of society at once, often dulling our awareness to the extent or severity of … Continue reading Science-Fiction to Reality: A Novel Approach to the Crisis of Automation
Author: Progressive Policy Alliance @ MSU
PPA @ MSU is a student-run public policy group that is dedicated to rewriting the rules.
By: Brian Krause On January 6th, 1941, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt gave his historic eighth State of the Union address and inspired the American people with his famous Four Freedoms. The freedoms of speech and worship, with the right to live without fear and want, were spoken to be as inalienable as the rights laid … Continue reading “Necessitous Men Are Not Free Men”: The Case for FDR’s Second Bill of Rights Today
By: Katarina Huss and Vishnu Kannan Since the 2016 election, commentators, former officials, and scholars have worried over the state of the “liberal international order.” The order, established in the aftermath of the Second World War, refers to the framework of international institutions, laws, and norms which have reduced war and promoted economic well being … Continue reading Turning Back the Clock on Human Rights
This post was contributed by a member of Roosevelt @ MSU. On this Fourth of July, our politics is characterized by the bitter partisanship and outrage which has plagued our politics for the past several years. So, it only seems right to try and return some degree of civility to that politics—hence this piece. High-profile … Continue reading Dissecting the Haspel Nomination: Fulfilling a Civic Obligation
Editor's Note: These three posts come to us from three students at the University of Michigan who have been working with our own Manon Steel on her charter school project. We're presenting them on our blog, and hope you find them informative. House Bill 5288 By James Stinnett In November of last year, Representative Sherry Gay-Dagnogo introduced Bill … Continue reading As We Stand: Solutions for Michigan Education Today
To the Michigan State University Board of Trustees: We at the MSU chapter of the Roosevelt Institute, a progressive public policy organization, are increasingly alarmed at the state of management at this university. In the past month, we have seen the Larry Nassar scandal dominate conversations internationally, nationally, and on campus. We have seen the … Continue reading An Open Letter to the Board of Trustees
Last week, we took some time to talk about what Roosevelt @ MSU does as a broader organization, covering our research and writing efforts as well as our advocacy work. This week, we wanted to take some time to talk about our blog. Our blog started last year as part of a broader effort to expand … Continue reading What We Write About
Last year, we published a post introducing ourselves, fittingly titled We Are Roosevelt @ MSU. That piece focused on our philosophy as an organization, and we still think it's worth a read. However, we wanted to take some time at the beginning of this year to focus on what exactly Roosevelt @ MSU does. What we … Continue reading What We Do at Roosevelt
By Manon Steel and Walter Hanley Since the 1980s, many governments have been selling off their assets in order to minimize their deficits, increase their cash reserves, and reduce the scope of the government oversight. In other words, they have been engaging in a campaign of privatization. The concept of privatization is based in the … Continue reading Privatization and Hyperrationalization
The Roosevelt Institute's premiere student publications are the 10 Ideas journals. Published every spring, the 10 Ideas journals aim to showcase the best ideas from Roosevelters across every policy area, from education to foreign policy. They are an important resource for us in our lobbying efforts, and the launching point for broader projects of policy change. This year … Continue reading Roosevelt @ MSU Featured in 10 Ideas
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