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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. Click here for perspective and clarity on this often confusing subject. |
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According to Dr. Jasim Husain Ali, a member of the parliament in Bahrain, Iranian authorities are not worried about the fallout of post-election disturbances on the regime’s sustainability. To the contrary, some view the unrest as an opportunity to overcome steady socio-economic challenges.
Meanwhile, as demonstrations scheduled for Feb. 11th approach, the Green Movement's leaders are calling for peaceful protests while the hardliners in the regime warn that harsh punishments and executions await the protesters.
insideIRAN.org has exclusive content and updates from what’s happening within the country. Check the site for analysis of breaking developments reported in the Farsi media. For more updates on Iran visit insideIRAN. On Feb. 3, Geneive Abdo testified before the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs. View the Webcast here.
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With health care legislation still on the ropes, TCF Health Care Expert Maggie Mahar stays on top of the latest developments. Contributor Naomi Freundlich also discusses the health care issues that are making the news, including the retraction by Britain’s General Medical Council of findings regarding the MMR vaccine and autism. Follow them daily at Healthbeatblog.org. |
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Jeffrey Laurenti
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There has been a deafening silence about Ukraine's presidential election from the Beltway cheerleaders for NATO expansion, ever since the first round in January catapulted their long-time bête noire, Viktor Yanukovych, into first place with 35 percent of the vote in a field of eighteen candidates. Voters ignominiously ousted incumbent president Viktor Yushchenko, one-time hero of the 2004 "Orange Revolution" and Ukraine's most vociferous champion of NATO membership, giving him barely five percent of their votes. 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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Over the course of the twentieth century, Americans came to see democracy not only as a priority at home, but increasingly as the cornerstone of peace and security abroad. In the last quarter of the century, Americans looked beyond cold war realpolitik to embrace the defense and promotion of rights and democracy as a vital mission of U.S. foreign policy. But the Bush administration’s crusade for democracy—linked as it was to unilateralism, invasion, alliance, expansion, and double standards—so tainted the notion of democracy promotion that much of the foreign policy establishment was soon exhorting President Obama to abandon it. Morton Halperin and Michael Fuchs argue, in this passionate and persuasive book, that to abandon the promotion of democracy now would be a great mistake. More...
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A compilation of recent work from The Century Foundation's The Century Institute. More...
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This is a story about what happens when a state education department partners with city school districts in an attempt to close the achievement gap between poor, minority city students and their counterparts in the predominantly white and more affluent suburban districts. It is a story set in New Jersey, but the lessons apply in any American city that has concentrations of poor children in failing school districts. What sets New Jersey apart is the generous level of court-mandated funding available, and the fact that preschool in the state begins at age three. 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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We are now taking applications from students to intern at select progressive, non-profit organizations in New York City this summer.
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In some states, progressive leadership and grass-roots activism have turned crisis into opportunity for long-deferred tax reform, writes Greg Anrig in American Prospect.
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View the Webcast of Abdo's testimony.
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Geneive Abdo interviewed on PBS' WorldFocus.
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View TCF's Issues in Depth page on NCLB for relevant commentary on the issue.
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Richard C. Leone published in NJ.com
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Visit the Taking Note Blog to read TCF fellows' reactions.
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Greg Anrig discusses how Republicans create deficits to foil progressivism in the American Prospect.
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Genieve Abdo participated in this Center for American Progress event. View the video.
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View the new video which highlights 90 years of The Century Foundation's work and mission.
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Digital Promise was a project orginally sponsored by The Century Foundation. View the Press Release.
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A new Issue Brief by Gordon A. MacInnes.
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Beverly Goldberg published in Q Finance.
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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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Building security and enhancing stability without the use of military intervention.
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Identifying a new framework for U.S.-Russian relations and policy alternatives.
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Taking Note
