Spotlight
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The Assault on Unions in Wisconsin
Richard Kahlenberg 's Chronicle of Higher Education article examines how Wisconsin is the epicenter for a number of Republican governors' actions to curtail or end collective bargaining rights for public employees, including those in education. Ruy Teixiera finds that the public does not agree with these actions. In this audio interview, he goes deeper into the public's opinion on state workers and bargaining rights.
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Ongoing Coverage of the Middle East
Protesters inspired by the events in Egypt haven taken to the streets in other Middle Eastern countries. Will these protesters succeed in forcing out their autocratic leaders? TCF fellows continue to analyze the events. Geneive Abdo discusses the future of the Muslim Brotherhood in Oxford University Press and Michael Wahid Hanna says that rushing the transition could kill real reforms in Christian Science Monitor.
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States Clamor for Medicaid “Relief and Flexibility”
Even as President Obama agree to give states more flexibility by moving up the date when they could receive federal waivers from requirements in the health case legislation, some Republican governors immediately began to push for converting Medicaid to block grants. This is a terrible idea, writes Naomi Freundlich in the Taking Note blog.
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Debating Michelle Rhee
Richard Kahlenberg notes that former D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee is wildly popular among members of the elite media. However, there is little evidence to back up her claim that low quality teachers, and their union protectors, are bigger impediments to equal educational opportunity than poverty and segregation. Read Richard's arguments in the Washington Post blog, Slate and Washington Post.
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Wall Street Back to Its Old Tricks
One might have thought, given recent credit market debacles, that bankers might have tamped down the ingenuity quotient on new products, especially those sold into troubled markets – like today’s very shaky municipal bond market. Not at all, says TCF author Charles Morris in this new article. How can we stop this nonsense?
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Don't Cut Social Security Benefits
Social Security is recognized as the most effective and popular governmental program in the U.S. In recent weeks, groups like the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, have proposed reducing the benefits. In this new issue brief, Greg Anrig lays out why Social Security benefits should not be cut. Read the press release. Learn more about Social Security in this video.
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A Guide to Democracy in the Middle East
In "The Case for Democracy," Natan Sharansky's years of struggle provide a powerful way to understand today's turmoil, writes Peter Osnos in this new Platform column.
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Public Backs Bargaining Rights for State Workers
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker seeks to eliminate collective bargaining rights for state workers. He claims this change is necessary to bring Wisconsin’s budget under control. The public, he reasoned, would take his side against the “greedy” unions. That doesn’t seem to be happening, finds Ruy Teixeira in the latest Snapshot.
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Green Movement 2.0?
Taking a cue from the Egyptian revolution, opposition activists in Iran have reinvigorated their beleaguered protest movement. In this Foreign Affairs article Geneive Abdo asks whether Washington's public support could help Iranians face down their regime. Read more about the movement in Iran on insideIRAN.
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The Fiscal Year Budget Analysis
From the funding increases to the Social Security Administration and Education, TCF fellows discuss President Obama's Fiscal Year Budget on the Taking Note Blog.
Photo: UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg
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Investing in America’s Economy
The Century Foundation, Demos, and EPI and have produced a budget blueprint for economic recovery and fiscal responsibility. The project's homepage is www.ourfiscalsecurity.org. Follow TCF's work here.
Read the press reaction to the blueprint: Jonathan Cohn; Paul Krugman; Ezra Klein; David Wessel; Jackie Calmes, Matt Yglesias .
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Building Afghan Peace from the Ground Up
As part of the Afghanistan in Its Regional and Multilateral Dimensions project, TCF recently published the Building Afghan Peace from the Ground Up by Marika Theros and Mary Kaldor. They argue that engagement with the Afghan population—and not just the leaders of the government or the Taliban insurgency—is needed to make progress in Afghanistan. Photo: UPI/Hossein Fatemi
Featured Fellow
- Vice President Greg Anrig
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Greg Anrig, is Vice President for Programs who writes on employment and retiree benefits; Social Security solvency and reform; economic security; and tax reform.
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Wall Street Back to Its Old Tricks
One might have thought, given recent credit market debacles, that bankers might have tamped down the ingenuity quotient on new products. Not at all, says TCF author Charles Morris.
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Commentary on Wake County Schools
Richard Kahlenberg has been paying close attention to the Wake County school board's dismantling of socioeconomic integration.
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Medicaid Reform: States Clamor For “Relief and Flexibility”
Naomi Freundlich discusses the terrible idea Republican governors have to to push for converting Medicaid to block grants.
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The Trafficker
Fellow Patrick Radden Keefe chronicles the decades long battle to catch international arms broker, Monzer al-Kassar in the New Yorker. -
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Analysis on the Middle East
Protesters inspired by the events in Egypt haven taken to the streets in other countries in the Middle East and beyond. Will these protesters succeed in forcing out their autocratic leaders?
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The Snapshot by Ruy Teixeira
Fellow Ruy Teixiera analyzes polling information to see what the public really thinks about current events and policy decisions.
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Ten Reasons Not to Cut Social Security Benefits
Greg Anrig argues against the growing consensus that the only fiscally responsible course of action is to curtail payments to Social Security beneficiaries.
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