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- July 1, 2010 | <a href="/users/bruno-werneck">Bruno</a> <a href="/users/bruno-werneck">Werneck</a>
"All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States,” U.S. Constitution, 14th Amendment, Section I. Of all the clauses in the amendments, and the entire Constitution for that matter, Section I of the 14th is one of the most concrete. Yet it would seem that... - February 24, 2010 | <a href="/users/tarsi-dunlop">Tarsi</a> <a href="/users/tarsi-dunlop">Dunlop</a>
The Roosevelt Summer Academy is a rigorous summer intern program that runs in both Washington D.C and Chicago. The opportunity includes: internship placements, useful skill set training (organizing, lobbying, social media), brown bag lunches, a chance to meet amazing people, networking, and you get paid! What's to miss? That's right,... - February 14, 2010 | <a href="/users/sidsalvi">Sid</a> <a href="/users/sidsalvi">Salvi</a>
Last Thursday, February 11th, Robert Pozen, professor at Harvard Business School and former president of Fidelity Management and Research presented his analysis of the causes of the financial crisis and policy solutions to reform the financial industry. His book, provacatively titled "Too Big to Save," provides an analytical... - January 11, 2010 | <a href="/users/sidsalvi">Sid</a> <a href="/users/sidsalvi">Salvi</a>
Instead of lounging around like I usually do in January, I am taking an interterm class called, Crafting Public Policy. In this class, we learn the basic history and theoretical framework of public policy in the United States and study four local issues. Our study of local issues differs from most policy classes because we focus on... - December 26, 2009 | <a href="/users/sidsalvi">Sid</a> <a href="/users/sidsalvi">Salvi</a>
A recent New York Times article, entitled, “Banks Bundled Bad Debt, Bet Against It, and Won,” poses a serious policy challenge for Washington. The article describes how many top investment banks like Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank created a plethora of mortgage-backed assets, like collateralized-debt... - October 30, 2009 | <a href="/users/sidsalvi">Sid</a> <a href="/users/sidsalvi">Salvi</a>
The Roosevelt Institute met with environmental historian and all-around amazing guy, Prof. Ted Melilo, to discuss how food production should change to meet the challenges in the 21st century. The conversation centered around two questions: how do we minimize hunger and how do we make food production environmentally sustainable? In the 1970s... - October 24, 2009 | <a href="/users/crlsab">Carlos</a> <a href="/users/crlsab">Sabatino Gonzalez</a>
This was an article published in The Indicator - a journal of Politics in Amherst College - to recruit new members and to share our vision for Roosevelt on Campus. Amherst College prides itself on providing an educational experience that molds students into leaders who will “give light to the world.” Such an experience requires a vibrant... - October 23, 2009 | <a href="/users/sidsalvi">Sid</a> <a href="/users/sidsalvi">Salvi</a>
This past Monday Roosevelters sat down with economics professors Jessica Reyes and Walter Nicholson to better understand health care reform. The discussion was lievely and heated with Prof. Reyes and Nicholson disagreeing with each other and students on multiple occaisons. According to both professors, the many versions of health care reform in... - September 9, 2009 | <a href="/users/sidsalvi">Sid</a> <a href="/users/sidsalvi">Salvi</a>
Being new to Roosevelt didn't stop Amherst students Jamie Cohen and Andreas Shepard from getting their hands dirty with some policy work. After making site visits to local community health centers and learning first-hand about the challenges of accessing quality, affordable health care, Jamie and Andreas co-authored an article that now... - September 9, 2009 | <a href="/users/sidsalvi">Sid</a> <a href="/users/sidsalvi">Salvi</a>
Our initial launch event is this Friday, September 11th where we will welcome all the interested first-years and flesh out our semester activities. If sign-ups are any indication, we expect 40 interested participants. After our first meeting, we will then hold a policy writing workshop open to the whole campus. This semester...
