Briefs oppose proposed public option bill, support expansion of telemedicine access and empowering nurse practitioners Denver, Colo., December 27, 2019 – Earlier today, the Millennial Policy Center unveiled a two-part legislative brief for Colorado’s 2020 Legislative Session covering the topic of healthcare.  Brief #1 is on Opposing the Colorado Public Option Bill and Brief #2 offers Proposals to Boost Patient Access to Care. “When it comes to healthcare in Colorado, legislators are spot-on in identifying cost and access as the two read more ..read more

‘How Billy and Freddie Screwed Up Your Student Loans’ explores government’s role in perpetuating student loan crisis Denver, Colo., December 27, 2019 – The Millennial Policy Center this afternoon published a creative video on the student debt and higher education cost crisis.  In less than four minutes, the part-satire, part-serious production explores government’s role in precipitating this crisis. Taking place in 2010, the video follows two questionable, corrupt individuals – Bill O’Goods of O’SLAP (Obama’s Student Loan Acceleration Program) and Frederick read more ..read more

New one-pager summarizes MPC’s recent major projects, includes links to reports and videos New report by attorney/fellow Joseph Greenlee summarizes amicus briefs filed by MPC in 2019 Denver, Colo., December 26, 2019 – The Millennial Policy Center this morning unveiled two summaries of its key activities in 2019.  The first is a one-pager summarizing the think tank’s six key projects released this month; the second reports on four amicus curiae briefs filed by MPC in 2019 and one courtroom victory read more ..read more

New Policy White Paper by Jimmy Sengenberger discusses employer student loan repayment legislation Accompanying video features U.S. Senator Cory Gardner (CO) and Congressman Rodney Davis (IL-13) Denver, Colo., December 19, 2019 – The Millennial Policy Center this afternoon unveiled the latest addition to the think tank’s Restoring Higher Education & Alleviating Student Loan Debt Initiative.  The project entails a new policy white paper and Inside the Mind of a Millennial video featuring exclusive footage of U.S. Senator Cory Gardner (CO) read more ..read more

New Policy White Paper by Max McGuire explores how current federal law prohibits license dmedical cannabis users from exercising right to self-defense, calls for change Denver, Colo., December 19, 2019 – The Millennial Policy Center this afternoon released a new policy paper focused on an oft-ignored question: Why are individuals with legal medical marijuana prescriptions in their states, who are otherwise law-abiding citizens, stripped of their constitutionally-protected right to keep and bear arms?  And should this restriction continue? The policy read more ..read more

New Policy White Paper and documentary explore, analyze and advocate Trump Administration’s unprecedented Peace to Prosperity Plan Denver, Colo., December 18, 2019 – The Millennial Policy Center this afternoon unveiled a new project entitled Achieving Peace and Prosperity in the Middle East: How the Trump Administration’s Economic Peace Plan is Shifting the Mid-East Paradigm.  The policy paper and lengthy video cover new territory for the Center, which hasn’t done much foreign affairs work up to this point. “This project has read more ..read more

New Policy White Paper, videos advocate free market solutions to an issue of deep concern to Millennials Denver, Colo., December 16, 2019 – The Millennial Policy Center this morning released a new project addressing environmental issues entitled Reframing the Conservation Conversation: Unleashing Market Innovation to Protect the Environment.  The policy paper is perhaps MPC’s most extensive yet, charting in at 28 pages with roughly 100 unique sources.  It is accompanied by two new videos. “I am thrilled to finally unveil our read more ..read more

Two new Policy White Papers propose expanding nuclear power in USA, strengthening America’s partnership with Azerbaijan Denver, Colo., December 5, 2019 – The Millennial Policy Center today published two new policy white papers, one about unleashing nuclear power in the U.S. and another on America’s relations with the pivotal country of Azerbaijan. “We are thrilled to finally release the first two of several projects to be released before Christmas,” said MPC President Jimmy Sengenberger. “Our team has put tremendous effort read more ..read more

By Andrew Barness, Research Assistant On May 31, 2018, President Donald Trump met with reality TV star Kim Kardashian to discuss prison and criminal justice reform. According to Generation Opportunity Institute, “Millennials make up nearly 40 percent of all federal prison inmates, and well over 50 percent of all inmates in state prisons.” Also, the fact that the Millennial generation is the most racially diverse generation, most feel that the current system will only increase disproportional incarceration for people of read more ..read more

Ulysses Kamrani Policy Fellow Ulysses Kamrani is a Foreign Affairs Fellow at the Millennial Policy Center. Before joining the Millennial Policy Center, he has worked at the Center for the National Interest and the Hudson Institute where he focused primarily on U.S. defense policy, national security, and U.S. policies towards the Middle East and Russia. Ulysses’s work has been featured in publications such as The National Interest, The Daily Caller and Real Clear Politics, and cited in other outlets such as the Washington Post. His current read more ..read more