REPORT
Realignment: Managing a Stable Transition to Afghan Responsibility
Report from Caroline Wadams, Colin Cookman, Brian Katulis, and Lawrence Korb outlines how to promote a self-sustaining government in Afghanistan.
REPORT
U.S. Foreign Aid Reform Meets the Tea Party
John Norris on how foreign aid reform can continue to gain traction in the 112th Congress.
REPORT
Stop the Conference
Marshall Fitz and Angela Kelley explain the economic and fiscal consequences of conference cancellation as a result of S.B. 1070, Arizona's harsh, anti-immigrant legislation.
REPORT
The Power of the President
Recommendations to advance progressive change from the Center for American Progress and Senior Fellows, compiled by Sarah Rosen Wartell and with a forward from John Podesta.
VIDEO
Animation: How Unemployment Insurance Helps Families and the Economy
A video explains how unemployment insurance helps those who've lost their jobs while boosting demand in the economy.
Energy & Environment | November 24, 2010
What We’re Thankful For
This Thanksgiving, take a moment to give thanks for these green initiatives and the benefits they achieve worldwide.Media | November 24, 2010
Good Journalism Is Not Free, and Somebody’s Got to Pay for It
We need to find ways to preserve investigative journalism and well-informed discourse as a public good, writes Eric Alterman. Labor & Work | November 23, 2010
The Economic Case for Unemployment Insurance and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
Heather Boushey and Jordan Eizenga explain how unemployment insurance benefits and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are helping our economy as it recovers from the recession.Race and Ethnicity | November 23, 2010
Scanning for Terrorists Fairly and Effectively
Sam Fulwood III looks at the crossroads of aviation and commerce, civil liberties, and public safety—the new airport security procedures.Health Care | November 22, 2010
A Matter of Life and Death
A growing number of people with HIV-AIDS are languishing on waiting lists or have been cut off from state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs.ALSO FROM THE CENTER
- Strengthen Our Nation by Lowering Defense Spending: Deficit Reduction Proposals Must Include the Department of Defense
- Turkish Tango: Foreign Policy Dance in Ankara Requires Attention
- Confidence in Government Down Despite Improvements : New Studies Underscore the Government’s Dilemma
- The Coming Battles over the Defense Budget: Watch for Parochial Political Interests and Partisan Preferences
- The Public on Deficit Mania, the Bush Tax Cuts, and “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”: Public Opinion by Ruy Teixeira
QUOTE OF THE DAY
By ending strategically unnecessary programs and reducing funding for those programs that are not performing as needed to meet the needs of the armed forces, we can help rebuild a vibrant U.S. economy that is necessary to support a flexible and robust military.
Lawrence J. Korb and Laura Conley
ASK THE EXPERT
What's Going to Happen in the Lame Duck Session?
Winnie Stachelberg previews the upcoming lame duck session in Congress and discusses how the elections could affect the session's productivity.
PUBLICATIONS
Ties that Bind
Winny Chen lays out an agenda for ensuring mutual prosperity and peace between the United States, Taiwan, and China.
- Walk the Talk: Alon Cohen on why foreclosure mediation is so critical to ending our nation’s housing crisis and putting our economy back on the road to sustained recovery.
- Easy Come, EZ-GO: Brian Sponsler, Gregory Kienzl, and Alexis Wesaw take a look at increasing college-degree attainment in multistate metropolitan America.
