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Senior Vice President, Structural Reform and Governance; Senior Fellow

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Restoring Social Trust in Democracy; Supreme Court; Artificial Intelligence; Courts; Democracy; Economy; Elections; Government Reform

Ben Olinsky is the senior vice president of Structural Reform and Governance and a senior fellow on the Economy team at American Progress. He rejoined American Progress after serving as the special assistant to the president for labor and workforce policy under former President Barack Obama. At the White House, Olinsky helped craft the president’s agenda for labor and employment issues, including raising wages, expanding worker voice, protecting worker safety and health, advancing equal pay, combating discrimination, promoting paid leave, and creating pathways to jobs and opportunity. He coordinated federal efforts to update overtime protections and led the development and implementation of executive actions to raise wages, expand paid leave, and improve labor standards for federal contractors and employees. Olinsky was previously a senior fellow at American Progress, where he led the Middle-Out Economics project, researching and publishing policies to strengthen the middle class and reduce income inequality. Before his time at the White House and American Progress, Olinsky served as the legislative director for former Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) and as the senior economic adviser for the late Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA).

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Point: Deception and Destruction — Musk and DOGE’s Real Goal In the News

Point: Deception and Destruction — Musk and DOGE’s Real Goal

In an op-ed published by InsideSources, Ben Olinsky argues that DOGE’s sweeping cuts are deliberately destroying the parts of government Americans rely on for basic services and protections.

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Ben Olinsky

The SAVE Act: The Bill That Could Block Millions of Americans From Voting Past Event

The SAVE Act: The Bill That Could Block Millions of Americans From Voting

Please join the Center for American Progress for a virtual event to hear from, and ask questions of, CAP experts about their work on the SAVE Act, how the legislation would affect tens of millions of Americans, and what you can do to help prevent its passage.

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Counterpoint: The Carnage Has Begun In the News

Counterpoint: The Carnage Has Begun

In an op-ed published by InsideSources, Ben Olinsky looks ahead to Trump's upcoming congressional address and argues that the change Trump promised is not the sort he’s delivering.

InsideSources

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