| Counting Us Out? Why Everyone Should Care about the Census Undercount
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Demos, The Century Foundation and more
- 12/15/2009
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As Census workers begin their outreach, efforts to reach the nation's nearly 12 million undocumented immigrants have already raised concerns over whether there will be an accurate tally of immigrant residents, both documented and undocumented. Immigrant communities clearly have much at stake in ensuring that their members are fully counted. Why should citizens care about whether non-citizens are counted?
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| 90 Years of Progress
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- 12/1/2009
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This year marked the ninetieth anniversary of the founding of The Century Foundation (which was known for most of its history as the Twentieth Century Fund). Our founder, Edward Filene, created this organization with the goal of supporting studies and analysis that could lead to constructive action on our nation’s public policy. That heritage has compelled us to educate, provoke, and develop better answers when evidence and reason show that public debates are badly off track. Over the past nine decades, we have called attention to facts and analyses to correct widespread misconceptions and provide policymakers with new ideas for addressing the challenges facing the nation.
We have created this video to provide a glimpse into our story and how it is intertwined with America’s story for much of the twentieth century and beyond.
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| Robert Kuttner and David Walker Debate the Deficit
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The Agenda Project
- 11/13/2009
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Robert Kuttner, an expert contributor to The Century Foundation and Demos' joint Fiscal High Road Project debated David Walker, on the current deficit. The event was sponsored and hosted by The Agenda Project.
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| School Turnaround Strategies: A Debate
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The Century Foundation & The Center for American Progress
- 11/12/2009
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The Obama administration has made it a major priority to turn around the nation's lowest performing schools but there is considerable debate over how to accomplish this goal. Some argue for bringing in new teachers or new organizations such as charter schools to turnaround failing institutions, contending that improved educational opportunities do not require a change in the mix of students in a school. Others argue that it is very difficult to take successful high poverty de facto segregated schools to scale and that magnet approaches can turn around failing institutions by attracting a different mix of students, parents, and faculty.
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| Health Care Transformation: In the Home Stretch
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The Century Foundation
- 11/10/2009
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The nation’s quest to overhaul our healthcare system is nearing a decisive moment as both houses of Congress prepare for debate and votes on comprehensive legislation. Will these measures successfully resolve the core issues of access and affordability, and what remains to be done about them?
At this critical moment, we invite you to a screening in the New Jersey State House Complex Tuesday, November 10, from 5 till 7 p.m. of a new documentary, Money-Driven Medicine, followed by Q-and-A between participants and an exceptional panel.
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| Palestinian Politics and Obama’s Peace Plans
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The Century Foundation
- 10/30/2009
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The Century Foundation hosted a luncheon on Oct. 30 with Bassim Khoury, the Minister of National Economy of the Palestinian Authority until resigning this month to protest the deferral of Human Rights Council consideration of the U.N.’s Gaza war-crimes report. Khoury assessed the challenges facing the Palestinian political community, the difficulties posed by continuing Israeli presence in the occupied territories, and the Obama administration’s efforts to press forward on negotiations to final status.
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| Gaza: Out of Sight, Out of Mind
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The Century Foundation's Prospects for Peace Initiative
- 10/19/2009
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On October 19, The Century Foundation's Prospect for Peace Initiative held a discussion with John Ging, the Director of Operations in Gaza for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). Ging was in charge of UNRWA's Gaza operations during the recent Israeli military operation Cast Lead. He continues to oversee humanitarian services in the territory.
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| Terrorism and South Asian Security: A Discussion with Dr. Shashi Tharoor, Minister of State for External Affairs, India
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The Century Foundation
- 10/16/2009
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The international community is deeply engaged in a large-scale assistance mission in Afghanistan, as President Obama told the United Nations in September, “to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat al Qaeda and its extremist allies.” Blowback from Afghanistan’s conflicts is fueling increasing terrorist violence in Pakistan. And terrorism has leaped borders to strike in India. With all the region’s interrelated anxieties and hostilities, what are the stakes of the international community in South Asia’s security, and how can it best help in underpinning peace and security there?
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| Pivoting Toward Final Status Negotiations: A Discussion with Israeli MK Ophir Pines-Paz
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The Century Foundation
- 10/2/2009
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On Oct. 2, The Century Foundation hosted a discussion with Ophir Pines-Paz where he took stock of the current state of, and future prospects for, American-mediated negotiating efforts in the Middle East. Ophir Pines-Paz has led the opposition within Labor to participation in Netanyahu’s governing coalition, and was also the only person in the coalition government of Ehud Olmert in 2006 who resigned rather than sit in a government expanded to include Lieberman’s far-rightist Yisrael Beteinu party. He has perhaps become the center-left’s most politically popular and attractive next-generation leader.
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| New Challenges to Democracy in the Developing World
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The Century Foundation and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
- 9/25/2009
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The tidal flow toward democracy, which had seemed to be reaching all corners of the globe, has recently appeared to ebb in many parts of the world. Even as major states and the United Nations itself have committed significant resources to democracy support, the momentum for democratization has faltered in the face of economic crisis and resistance from threatened power centers. This is especially true among the ranks of developing countries, where new and restored democracies have often proved fragile and vulnerable.
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