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March 17, 2026
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Illuminating the Home Insurance Crisis
A collection of RDP’s work trying to shed light on the deeply intertwined crises of fossil fuel-driven climate change, rising insurance premiums and declining coverage, and housing injustice.
March 21, 2025
Not Even Veterans Are Exempt From The Trump Firing Line
Over the past couple months, the Trump administration has fired approximately 2500 people at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), which provides lifelong healthcare services and non-healthcare benefits such as disability compensation, home loans and life insurance to veterans. There has been widespread outrage among veterans in response to the administration’s actions thus far, but Trump and VA Secretary Doug Collins remain set on tightening the screws.
October 31, 2024
Memo: Remembering Bush v. Gore
We cannot forget the fundamental wrongheadedness of the Court’s ruling in Bush v. Gore, which was possible only with the votes of at least two justices whose conflicts of interest merited recusal, one of whom reportedly “provided the early framework” for the decision before oral arguments were even presented to the Court.
October 10, 2024
Memo: Is SCOTUS Avoiding Politically Sensitive Issues Before November?
In a new memo from the Court Accountability, Revolving Door Project, Take Back the Court, & True North Research, we ask whether the Supreme Court is avoiding putting politically sensitive cases on its docket before the November election.
September 23, 2024
Memo: 4 Themes We’re Watching For At the Supreme Court
The justices hand-pick their docket, and if history has taught us anything, we can expect the faction dominating the Court to once again select cases that offer them opportunities to push an extreme right-wing agenda.
August 02, 2021
No, Biden Can't Just "Appoint a Strong Vice Chair of Supervision"
Many have argued that Biden should ignore Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s deregulatory record as he weighs Powell’s reappointment, because the President can achieve his financial regulatory goals by appointing a strong vice chair of supervision. This does not add up.