It’s not enough to just get a new progressive chair. All of the key staff positions are also worthy of attention.
Max Moran
Max Moran is a senior fellow at the Revolving Door Project.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Place Human Lives Over Pharma’s Property Rights
The Biden administration is divided over whether to waive trade protections for Big Pharma—with Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo as a key industry ally.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Janet Yellen’s Blind Spot on Regulation
The Treasury secretary has made a number of concerning statements and failed to take action on a number of regulatory challenges.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
John Kerry Must Choose: Wall Street or the Planet
Biden’s global climate change envoy shouldn’t count on the banks to end their investments in fossil fuels.
Posted inPolitics
Even After the Cabinet Selections, Personnel Is Policy
Look to the sub-cabinet level for obscure but important jobs that will determine the direction of the Biden presidency.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Does Jeffrey Zients Have the Private-Sector Experience We Want in Government?
In an age of financialization and monopoly, ‘private-sector experience’ too often translates into those who successfully plunder for profit.
Posted inPolitics
We Don’t Have to Live in Mitch McConnell’s World
But Biden has to actively assert his power as chief executive, in this case over Cabinet appointments.
Posted inPolitics
Prop 22 Is a Dress Rehearsal for This Biden Cabinet Hopeful’s Confirmation Battle
Uber, DoorDash, and Lyft want to neutralize workers’ rights for gig economy workers. They got the idea from Obama’s former acting secretary of labor, Seth Harris.
Posted inPolitics
The Biden Transition’s Ethics Pledge Is a Paper Tiger
Far from keeping lobbyists out of a Biden executive branch, the transition’s rules offer plenty of openings for the Washington influence industry.
Posted inPolitics
The Debate We Had vs. the Debate We Needed
The presidency is about running the executive branch, which you wouldn’t know from the debate questions.
