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The Century Foundation established, in cooperation with the National Audubon
Society, the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Environmental Defense Fund, the
Environmental Law Section of the New York State Bar Association, and former colleagues
of Peter A. A. Berle, a new award intended to recognize environmental integrity
demonstrated by public officials and private citizens in the United States. Read more about the award and download the nomination application (PDF). The nomination application deadline has been extended to September 10, 2010. Photo Courtesy |
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This month marks the 75th anniversary of the signing of Social Security Act. Throughout the years, The Century Foundation has closely examined this important policy and the debates over reform. In a recent news and commentary series, Social Security’s Fiscal Fitness, TCF contributors looked at whether Social Security will still be around for the baby boomer's children
and why deficit hawks should listen to the public when it comes to Social Security. For more TCF research on Social Security, view The Basics: Public Policy in an Older America, recent Taking Note posts and the Fiscal High Road Project.
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Richard C. Leone
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Though most of us are all sobered up, there remains in the minds of many investors the whispered questions: “Is it time to get back in?” “Will I miss the big move that gets me back to even?” We’re often still susceptible to the siren call of the markets, despite the costly lesson of believing in the “The wisdom of crowds,” “Dow 36000,” or the so-called “the risk-free premium.” We want these things to be true. Who wouldn’t want to live in a time of endless prosperity – in a world where all problems vanish as the magic of the market provides the plenty from which flows more jobs and goods? This yearning – this uncritical belief system – underpinned the conviction that the magic of markets could lead to wealth for all (see privatized Social Security), and the less regulation the better (see your daily newspaper, if you still have one). More...
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Today, higher education is a major force in promoting social mobility, yet colleges and universities seem more concerned with prestige than finding ways to make higher learning more accessible. Rewarding Strivers outlines two high-profile models that colleges and universities can follow in making the American Dream a realistic one for all students.
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A compilation of recent work from The Century Foundation's The Century Institute. More...
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In A New New Deal, the labor movement leaders Amy B. Dean and David B. Reynolds offer a bold new plan to revitalize American labor activism and build a sense of common purpose between labor and community organizations. Dean and Reynolds demonstrate how alliances organized at the regional level are the most effective tool to build a voice for working people in the workplace, community, and halls of government. The authors draw on their own successes to offer in-depth, contemporary case studies of effective labor-community coalitions. They also outline a concrete strategy for building power at the regional level. This pioneering model presents the regional building blocks for national change. More...
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In Improving On No Child Left Behind: Getting Education Reform Back on Track, a new book from The Century Foundation edited by Senior Fellow Richard D. Kahlenberg, some of the nation’s most respected authorities on education reform examine three central defects of the act: the under-funding of NCLB; the flawed implementation of the standards, testing, and accountability provisions; and major difficulties with the provisions that are designed to allow students to transfer out of failing public schools. The authors detail what needs to be addressed in each of these areas, and propose ways to fix the problems. More...
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The Platform by Peter Osnos.
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New highlight video of the August intern event.
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The Snapshot by Ruy Texiera.
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Richard Kahlenberg reviewsHigher Education? How Colleges Are Wasting Our Money and Failing Our Kids – And What We Can Do About It in The New Republic.
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Morton Abramowitz published in Huffington Post.
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Richard Kahlenberg's latest Chronicle of Higher Learning blog post.
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A new issue brief by Gordon MacInnes
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The latest from insideIRAN.
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A new issue brief by Marco Basile.
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Geneive Abdo and Arash Aramesh's op-ed published in the New York Times.
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View information and video from this project sponsored by The Century Foundation.
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The Obama administration's newly released budget, its proposal for a freeze on non-security discretionary spending, and the planned commission on the federal debt have raised widespread alarm about federal deficits. But the much more urgent and severe problems relate to the poor condition of the U.S. economy, which is responsible for the spike in the deficit. See the articles below for perspective and clarity on this often confusing subject.
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Should the U.S. continue to support individuals and groups working to establish democracy in non-democratic countries?
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Identifying a new framework for U.S.-Russian relations and policy alternatives.
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Taking Note
