What we’re reading
CRI takes inspiration from the incredible work that’s coming to the surface across our network every day. This page shares writing and projects that have particularly caught our attention. Have something for us to consider posting? Reach out!
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11.10.25
From Green Jobs to Bidenomics: The Arc of Green Industrial Policy
Energy transition is as important as ever—despite the current administration’s disruptive approach to U.S. energy production.
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10.28.25
Building a More Effective, Responsive Government: Lessons Learned from the Biden-Harris Administration
The Biden-Harris team’s hard-won lessons on making government actually deliver: which management moves, hiring authorities, and cross-agency habits made the biggest difference.
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10.14.25
Let's Talk About High Speed Rail
It’s not a train to nowhere; it’s an economic backbone for the Central Valley. And it needs to get done.
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09.24.25
The Anti-Climate Common Sense
Climate advocates built a coalition around the premise that the future is carbon constrained, but growing skepticism since 2023 about the timeline of carbon constraints, along with Trump’s assault, threatens to unravel that new common sense.
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09.07.25
When is a tent too big?
A movement with no ideology doesn’t exist, because without ideological grounding there’s nothing to hold it together, which raises the question of how big the abundance tent can get before it loses coherence.
