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May 10, 2024
Biden Can Run & Win on Big Oil GOP Donors Colluding to Raise Gas Prices
The FTC’s revelation of an oil price-fixing scheme by GOP donors and foreign powers places blame for economic pain where it belongs: on the profit-maximizing fossil fuel industry.
May 07, 2024
Advocates Urge National Association of Insurance Commissioners and Federal Insurance Office to Ensure Public Access to Data
The Revolving Door Project joined other groups in calling on state and federal insurance officials to make the property insurance data now being collected available to the public.
April 26, 2024
The U.S. Midwest's Home Insurance Crisis Should Be a Wake-Up Call
Soaring premiums, denied claims, and disappearing coverage in Iowa and elsewhere underscore the need for progressive interventions to reduce climate risks and redistribute costs.
April 18, 2024
PODCAST: RDP's Kenny Stancil Talks Home Insurance On Arnie Arnesen Attitude
RDP Senior Researcher Kenny Stancil joined Arnie Arnesen to discuss a pair of co-authored pieces on the escalating climate-insurance-housing crisis.
April 16, 2024
RELEASE: New Report Details How the National Association of Insurance Commissioners Impedes Effective Climate Action
The NAIC exists primarily to stave off federal regulation while setting the lowest possible bar for state regulators, who are often captured by industry interests.
April 16, 2024 | The American Prospect
Democrats Must Start Distinguishing Themselves on Insurance Policy
Amid a crisis for homeowners, Democrats have done little while Republicans pursue an agenda of bailouts and deregulation.
April 05, 2024
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RELEASE: When It Comes To Climate-Related Financial Risk, The Fed Needs To Get Its Head Out Of The Sand
Biden erred with his renomination of Powell, but if he gets another chance, he must choose a central bank leader dedicated to properly tackling the myriad challenges facing the Fed, which range from price stability and full employment to financial stability and climate-related financial risk.
April 02, 2024
PODCAST: RDP's Kenny Stancil Talks IRS Whistleblower On Arnie Arnesen Attitude
RDP Senior Researcher Kenny Stancil joined Arnie Arnesen to discuss why Biden should pardon IRS whistleblower Charles Littlejohn.
March 27, 2024 | Jacobin
Jerome Powell’s Fingerprints Are on the Next Banking Crisis
One year after the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell is obstructing the finalization of tougher capital requirements for banks — and increasing the chances of more turbulence.
March 25, 2024 | Slate
Why Biden Should Pardon the IRS Whistleblower Who Leaked Trump’s Taxes
Biden can make billionaire corruption a defining issue of the 2024 presidential race.
March 15, 2024 | Common Dreams
Trump Lackeys Run to Rescue Ailing Bank in Predictable—And Telling—Move
Political reporters must explain the consequences likely to ensue if Steven Mnuchin, Joseph Otting, or their pro-Wall Street doppelgangers return for a second Trump administration.
March 07, 2024
RELEASE: Top Trump Officials’ Latest Move a Reminder of Trump’s Prioritization of Wall Street
Campaign coverage should feature more questions about who would again feature in a second Trump Administration.
February 21, 2024 | The New Republic
A Return to Trump’s Housing Policies Would Be a Disaster
The former president made his name as an unscrupulous real estate magnate. So it’s no surprise that he pushed for ideas designed to take from the poor and give to the rich.
February 07, 2024
The East Palestine Disaster One Year Later
Biden has yet to visit East Palestine but is expected to do so this month. When he does, he should denounce Norfolk Southern’s avarice from the site of the train wreck.
February 05, 2024
Will Jay Powell’s Cheerleaders Ever Admit They Were Wrong?
Soon after Biden renominated Powell, the ostensibly dovish Fed chair embarked on the most intense and sustained series of rate hikes in decades. We were told that this wouldn’t happen!