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The Century Foundation and the Center for American Progress are sponsoring a conference in Washington on Tuesday, June 12, 2007. The conference will feature speakers and panels on today's most pressing international issues of peace and security, including U.S. nuclear weapons policy, configuring America's defenses to twenty-first century realities, America's role in the Middle East, the global economy, and energy and the environment. Panelists will include established and emerging voices in the international policy realm, including senior policy makers. Review the program schedule (PDF) and RSVP for the event. |
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In this brief from the "What the Public Really Wants..." series, Ruy Teixeira makes sense of the wealth of polling data available on Americans' views about different aspects of abortion rights in the United States. Download the PDF document here. |
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The Caravan Project, www.caravanbooks.org went live last week.
The project, funded by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and The Carnegie Corporation of New York and housed at The Century Foundation, is a system for making books available in all the ways technology now allows. The motto is “Good Books. Any way you want them. Now.” |
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In Liberty Under Attack (PublicAffairs), a Century Foundation book, experts and activists including Gary Hart, John Podesta, David Cole and Ann Beeson report on the diverse actions, taken in the name of security, that undermine American liberties. Liberty Under Attack is edited by Richard C. Leone, president of The Century Foundation, and Greg Anrig, Jr., vice-president of programs. View the Introduction here (PDF). View the contributor's bios here (PDF). View the Liberty Under Attack Web site here.
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by:
Ruy Teixeira
6/8/2007 |
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Throughout his administration, President Bush has shown little interest in taking serious action on the problem of global warming. At this week’s G8 summit, the president remained true to form. The American public, in contrast, is getting more and more convinced of the seriousness of the problem and wants our government to do more—much more—to address it. More...
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A world-renowned physician traces the rise of the medical-industrial complex that has made a disaster of our healthcare system—and tells us incisively what we need to do to change it. More...
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A comprehensive plan for reforming the broken U.S. health care system from Health Care Fellow Leif Wellington Haase. More...
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In a new report from a task force chaired by Richard A. Clarke and Rand Beers, leading homeland security experts analyze the nation's most significant
vulnerabilities and propose strategies to reduce them. More...
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For much of the Twentieth Century, six states in the U.S.—New York, California, Texas, Illinois, Florida and New Jersey, have been the settling places for most of the nation’s new citizens. However, over the past decade, twenty-two other states have experienced extremely rapid grown in their immigrant populations. A new report from The Century Foundation examines the experience in five of those “gateway” states: North Carolina, Iowa, Georgia, Minnesota, and Nebraska. Taken together, these state papers paint a clear picture about how the absence of a functional federal immigration system has created enormous difficulties for other levels of government. More...
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Japan is on the verge of a sea change. After more than fifty years of
national pacifism and isolation including the "lost decade" of the 1990s, Japan is quietly, stealthily awakening. As Japan prepares to become a major player in the strategic struggles of the 21st century, critical questions arise about its motivations. What are the driving forces that influence how Japan will act in the international system? Are there recurrent patterns that will help explain how Japan will respond to the emerging environment of world politics? More...
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In Liberty Under Attack, a Century Foundation book, experts and activists including Gary Hart, John Podesta, David Cole and Ann Beeson report on the diverse actions, taken in the name of security, that undermine American liberties. These essays show the price the country has paid for failing to discuss incursion on freedoms adequately and openly, and they explain the consequences of these actions. Liberty Under Attack is edited by Richard C. Leone, president of The Century Foundation, and Greg Anrig, Jr., vice-president of programs. More...
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The policies of the past half century warrant new consideration in light of a globalizing world, a massively changed East Asia, and a much deeper U.S. economic involvement in the region. More...
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A concise, comprehensive overview of the implications of stem cell research for the development for public policy. More...
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Bernard Wasow discusses private remittances from immigrant workers.
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Daniel Levy blogs about Israeli and Palestinian Prime Minsters, the Geneva Initiative, and more.
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The title of this event is Social Change: Are Social Entrepreneurs The New Face Of Charity…And Business?
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The Platform. By Peter Osnos.
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TCF's Morton Abramowitz and Jonathan Kolieb published in Foreign Policy.
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Greg Anrig, Jr., responds to George F. Will's claims about conservatism.
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Greg Anrig, Jr.'s latest Guardian Unlimited column.
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CEOs, on average, take home 821 times as much as a person working for minimum wage. Beverly Goldberg discusses the lack of public outcry.
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Morton Abramowitz published in this week's Newsweek International.
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Beverly Goldberg looks at the growing inequality that marks the United States today.
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Alexandra Kendall writes that it is in the interest of both political parties to reduce the number of unwanted pregnancies, which would lead to fewer abortions.
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Cracks are beginning to appear in the reigning orthodoxy on affirmative action, says Richard D. Kahlenberg.
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The public favors setting a timetable for withdrawal from Iraq—and sticking to that timetable—by a 59 percent to 36 percent margin.
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This new blog features commentary from Middle East expert Daniel Levy.
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Tova Andrea Wang says Florida has made a mess of things again.
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View the agenda and the Rapporteur's Report here.
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Read the conference transcripts and access audio/video clips.
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A new issue brief by Tova Andrea Wang. (PDF)
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Browse a complete list of The Security & Opportunity Agenda titles in this series of short, engaging publications putting forward policy ideas addressing the most serious challenges facing the United States.
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The impact of the controversial law, where it succeeds, and where it falls short.
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Problems with the employer-based system and policies for universal coverage.
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A series of papers examining United States policy toward Iran.
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The future of U.S. policy, Iraq's democratic prospects, and the impact on the military.
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