Today marks my five-year work anniversary @rooseveltinst.

US politics has shifted tremendously during that time. I can't think of a better place to watch this happen and pitch in.

Here was my very first RI post.
rooseveltinstitute.org/2016/06/22/glo…
I've been privileged to work alongside folks like @NellAbernathy @joelle_gamble @BharatRamamurti @jmargetta @KittyRichardsDC @ksabeelrahman @hitchop @MichaelSLinden @jennifermharris @awh and others that are now making change happen on the inside.
I'm also excited for all the great work we are continuing to put out on the outside, including from @FeliciaWongRI @SuzMKahn @stephsterlingdc @rgunns @rortybomb @kstrickland_ @lrmelodia and the whole RI team.
This piece was being reported right as I joined.

Reads almost as quaint now, with all the changes (both positive and negative) we could not have anticipated.

Here's to continually pushing further!
nytimes.com/2016/07/24/mag…

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So... is this the full list of social conditions for semiconductor firms to access $50 billion in CHIPS Act funding?
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Welcome to 21st century foreign investment protection policy. The left doesn't like tools like ISDS, but the beneficiaries of investment protection efforts will increasingly be green industries, which the left likes and wishes to be politically stronger.
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To be even more clear, I count myself as implicated in this particular uncomfortable tension.
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Further evidence that the constituency for trade policy is changing.
And USTR is changing.

Their first statement under Biden was on racial equity.
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Baldwin and Brown joined by Sanders, Warren, Markey, others.
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