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In Philadelphia, @DarrickHamilton joined @AssetFunders to discuss how policies like Baby Bonds and guaranteed income can move from bold ideas to durable public infrastructure and expand people’s power, wealth, and economic agency.
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What could California's proposed billionaire tax mean for public services?
Institute Senior Fellow Rick McGahey weighs in on the proposal and its potential implications for health care, food assistance and education in the @latimes. latimes.com/opinion/story/20…
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Our latest guest Baby Bonds blogs show what it takes to turn wealth-building policy into lasting public infrastructure, from trusted community relationships to better health outcomes.
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CT Baby Bonds’ 160+ community ambassadors help families access accurate information and support, showing how trusted messengers can turn policy into lasting community connection. Read: racepowerpolicy.org/2026/09/…
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Could Baby Bonds improve health? Josie Tracy of Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility examines evidence linking wealth to longer lives and better health. Read: racepowerpolicy.org/2026/09/…
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Institute Senior Fellow @ninaturner joined Michael Smerconish’s Can We Agree? alongside @RepTomSuozzi to discuss capitalism, democratic socialism, and how we build an economy that works for more people. Watch: piped.video/watch?v=DxUBEeLJ…
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Want to know what states and cities are actually doing about medical debt? We’re tracking it. Across the country, local and state governments are canceling medical debt and developing policies to prevent it in the first place.
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Our Medical Debt Elimination Policy Tracker maps these efforts in one place.
So far, 27 programs have abolished $13.5B+ in medical debt, reaching nearly 7.2M people.
Explore the policies, funding + progress across the country: budgetequity.racepowerpolicy…
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AI’s future isn’t fixed. In a webinar hosted by @AssetFunders and Philanthropy CA, Elaine Chang, Institute Director of Technology Innovation, explains how policy can shape whether AI expands worker power or deepens exploitation. Learn more: us02web.zoom.us/rec/play/7wd…
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The Minnesota Paradox persists because the problem is bigger than any one program or institution.
Institute’s Gary Cunningham spoke with the @StarTribune about the structures driving racial wealth gaps, and what it takes to change them. startribune.com/fixing-racia…
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A $1,000 seed is not a wealth-building policy for families without resources to keep contributing.
A new analysis in @Guardian, explains why Trump Accounts will widen the wealth gap, featuring thoughts from Founding Director @DarrickHamilton. theguardian.com/us-news/2026…
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A common-good economy has to give people real power over their lives.
At the Henry Cohen Lecture, @DarrickHamilton, joined by Mariana Mazzucato, Natalie Diaz, and Julie Su, reflected on the role of government, worker power, and agency in shaping an economy that works for people.
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76% of U.S. adults now support Baby Bonds, up from 67% in 2025.
New @UrbanInstitute research finds support is also broadening across political affiliations and income levels. Read more about the findings: urban.org/urban-wire/more-75…
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A savings account only goes so far if families don’t have resources to save.
Rep. @AyannaPressley and Dr. @DarrickHamilton discuss the racial wealth gap, Trump Accounts, and how Baby Bonds differ by directly seeding wealth for young people.
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Who is our current energy system designed to serve?
@DarrickHamilton and @McKnightFdn discuss why a sustainable right to energy must center people and our environment. Join us during Climate Week NYC to continue the conversation: event.newschool.edu/centerin…
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Climate transition is also about power: who shapes it, who benefits and what public investment is for.
Join the Institute + McKnight Foundation for a Climate Week NYC conversation on energy and economic justice, Sept. 24 at The New School. event.newschool.edu/centerin…
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AI without adequate guardrails raises major concerns for workers.
Today, @DarrickHamilton joins Labour 20, co-led by @AFLCIO and @ITUC, for “Towards a Pro-Worker AI Agenda”—advancing AI rules that protect workers’ rights, bargaining power, and human oversight.
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The K-shaped economy is widening the gap between those with greater wealth and those struggling to keep up.
@DarrickHamilton on MSNBC’s 11th Hour: how cuts to the social safety net and rising costs put greater pressure on working families. ms.now/11th-hour/watch/anger…
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Baby Bonds can democratize wealth by giving young people who aren’t born into it access to capital to weather economic shocks, buy a home, and build a more secure future.
David Radcliffe joins @codeforamerica’s The Government Fix to discuss. codeforamerica.org/podcast/t…
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Institute on Race, Power and Political Economy retweeted
A real pleasure to launch The Common Good Economy at @TheNewSchool tonight, where I studied in the 1990s.
My new book, The Common Good Economy, out today in the US, argues that doing good in the economy cannot be a correction applied after markets fail. It has to be an objective we design for together.
A huge thank you to @DMJulieSu, Professor @DarrickHamilton and Natalie Diaz for their questions, thoughts, and provocations.
Read The Common Good Economy ➡️ marianamazzucato.com/books/t…
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