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Who Pays for Political Ads?

Bill Moyers | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: New America Foundation, Fcc, Robert McDowell, Fcc Political Ads Disclosure, Politcal Ads Disclosure, Jerald Fritz, Steven Waldman, Broadcasting Networks Disclosure, Propublica, Take Action, Politics News
Bill Moyers

It's simplicity itself: Give citizens access online to find out quickly and directly who's buying our elections. Hardly an unreasonable request, given how much cash the broadcasters make from their free use of the airwaves. But the broadcasting industry's response has been a simple, declarative "Not on your life!" It would cost too much money, they claim.

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Bi-Sectoralism III: Strength From Within

Bruce W. Jentleson | Posted 01.16.2012

Read More: Bi-Sectoral Principles, U.S Treasury Bonds, New America Foundation, Green Energy, The Way Forward, Politics News
Bruce W. Jentleson

It's not "declinism" to acknowledge that America no longer assuredly sits atop the world order; it's denialism not to do so.

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The Military and the Commons

David Morris | Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: Air Space, Defense, Military, Violence, Law of the Sea, Maritime, New America Foundation, Commons, Militarization, Military Reduction, Defense Spending, Military Budget, Politics News
David Morris

2011 is a historical moment. A worldwide movement has arisen to defend and expand the commons at the same time strong sentiment exists in this country that we cannot continue to police the world.

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Learning to Read: How Young is Too Young?

Lisa Guernsey | Posted 07.12.2011

Read More: New America Foundation, Early Education, Education, Literacy, Preschool, Toddlers, Parenting, Babies, Reading, Kindergarten, Education News
Lisa Guernsey

Parents and caregivers should be reading books to and conversing with babies and toddlers, no doubt about it. But this is a far cry from repetitive training. Babies need and deserve more than flashcards.

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Eva Peron Wins: The Pretension of a 'Savings Lottery'

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Savings Lottery, New America Foundation, National Savings, Lotteries, Eva Peron, Budget, Unbanked, Debt Politics, Peter Orszag, Reid Cramer, Savings, Ray Boshara, Barack Obama, Politics News
Steve Clemons

Suggesting that America's savings problem be solved by establishing an Eva Peron-style lottery incentivizing those with little to save doesn't understand the dynamics at play in the American economy today.

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What Americans Can Do About the End of Their Ruling Days

Christopher Tucker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mega-Diplomacy, New America Foundation, How to Run the World, Parag Khanna, National Security, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Books News
Christopher Tucker

Parag Khanna offers some strategies in his book How to Run the World: Charting a Course to the Next Renaissance that strays far from the Washington Consensus. We should all take heed.

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John Kerry's Afghan Dereliction of Duty

Bruce Fein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hamid Karzai, Islam, Theodore Roosevelt, New America Foundation, War on Terror, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Terrorism, U.S. Constitution, Domino Theory, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Al Quaeda, Afghanistan War, Terror Free Tomorroe, Dante, John Kerry, Vietnam War, William Butler Yeats, Fulbright Hearings, Vietnam, Michael Leiter, Predator Drones, Leon Panetta, Politics News
Bruce Fein

John Kerry should re-read his testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on April 22, 1971, eloquently urging a withdrawal of United States forces from Vietnam, as he contemplates his duty towards Afghanistan.

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Conspiracism American Style: The Daniel Levy Debate

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Israel-1948-War, Daniel Levy, Conspiracy Theories, New America Foundation, Conspiracism, Middle East Peace, US Foreign Policy, Middle East Task Force, Palestine, Pamel Geller, Hamas, Arab World, Al Jazeera Forum, Tolerance, Zionism, 1967-War, Humanity, Israel, Omri Ceren, Politics News
Steve Clemons

Middle East conspiracism is here in America now -- our own political factions are now engaged in many of the same troubling patterns that drive some to unacceptable forms of violence.

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Don't Cut Social Security, Double It

Steven Hill | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tea Party Movement, New America Foundation, Congress, Social Security, November Election, Steven Hill, Repuclican-Senate, Tea Party, Barack Obama, Republicans, Politics News
Steven Hill

Doubling Social Security's individual payout would cost about $650 billion annually for the 51 million Americans who receive benefits. Here are some commonsense ways to pay for it.

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Pakistan's Generals Really, Really "Heart" the Afghan Taliban

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wikileaks, New America Foundation, Inter-Services Intelligence, Cia, Al Jazeera, Isi, Pakistan, Isaf, Al Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden, Nato, Anatol Lieven, Afghanistan, Terrorism Watch List, Hamid Gul, China, Politics News
Steve Clemons

Given frequent Pakistan denials coupled with administration claims that it has confidence that Pakistan's national security chiefs are "with us" and "not with them" -- the latest evidence, if true, is clarifying and troubling.

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Nixon Center Has Ticket of the Month: Chas Freeman vs. Rob Satloff

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Daniel Levy, New America Foundation, Meyrav Wurmser, Saudi Arabia, Hudson Institute, Israel, Palestine, Nixon Center, Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Robert Satloff, Chas Freeman, Middle East Policy, Politics News
Steve Clemons

At the Nixon Center, it will be Chas Freeman vs. Rob Satloff on the topic: "Israel: Strategic Asset or Liability?" This is one of the few genuine debates on Israel-Middle East issues that I have seen organized in Washington

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Don't Play with Israel-Palestine Maps

Eileen Read | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mahmoud Abbas, New America Foundation, West Bank, S. Daniel Abraham Center for Middle East Peace, George W. Bush, Obama, Religion and Spirituality, Peace, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Ehud Barak, Benjamin Netanyahu, George J. Mitchell, Middle East, Avigdor Lieberman, Saeb Erekat, Gaza Strip, US, Bob Wexler, Netanyahu, Peace Process, Jerusalem, United States, Judea and Samaria, Settlements, Hamas, Robert Wexler, Jerusalem Post, Barack Obama, Palestinians, Tel Aviv, Israeli Settlements, Peace Process in the Israeli?Palestinian Conflict, US President Barack Obama, East Jerusalem, United State, Israel, New York Times, Palestinian National Authority, Israeli Settlement, World News
Eileen Read

An editorial by Jerusalem Post editor-in-chief David Horovitz posits low expectations for success of the latest round of Israeli-Palestinian peace tal...

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Net Neutrality Versus the Telecom Pirates

Michael Rose | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fcc, New America Foundation, Sunlight Foundation, Free Press, Barbershop Punk, National Cable & Telecommunications Association, Net Neutrality, Berkman Center for Internet and Society, John Breaux, Comcast Net Neutrality, Robb Topolski, Trent Lott, Chairman Julius Genachowski, Silver Docs, The Center for Responsive Politics, Public Knowledge, Michael Rose, National Broadband Plan, US-Telecom-Association, Technology News
Michael Rose

Increasing broadband access worries some who fear it will lead to more piracy. But others are more concerned about "corporate pirates" who've tried to hijack control of the Internet for their own commercial benefit.

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Faith Over Fear: Scare Tactics Can't Fight Terror

Joshua Stanton | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jeremiah, Church, Synagogue, New America Foundation, Counterterrorism, Homeland Security, Faith, Fear, Eboo Patel, Mosque, Terrorism, U.S. In the World Initiative, Religion News
Joshua Stanton

Religious leaders are in a unique position to provide care and comfort to their congregants. Yet terrorism poses a serious challenge even to the clergy most trained in pastoral care counseling.

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Saddam's Social Network Not So Foreign

Bradley W. Bloch | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bradley W. Bloch

If social network analysis is so powerful, why isn't it used more often--in intelligence and elsewhere?

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Drone Attack Report: 1 in 3 Killed By Drones In Pakistan Is A Civilian

Rethink Afghanistan | Derrick Crowe | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Civilian Deaths, Pakistani Military, US Military, Cia, Afghanistan, Af-Pak, Pakistan, Taliban, New America Foundation, Drone Report, Drones, Afghan War, Drone Attacks, Afpak, Militants, World News

A new report from the New America Foundation states that one of every three people killed in the U.S.'s not-so-secret drone war in Pakistan is a civil...

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One in Three Killed By Drones in Pakistan Is a Civilian

Derrick Crowe | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Al Qaeda, New America Foundation, Reaper, Al-Qaida, Pakistan, War, Civilian Casualties, Obama, Civilian Deaths, Drones, Brave New Foundation, Airstrikes, Taleban, Rethink Afghanistan, Air Strike, Predator, Taliban, Afghanistan, Uav, World News
Derrick Crowe

A new report from the New America Foundation states that one of every three people killed in the U.S.'s not-so-secret drone war in Pakistan is a civil...

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"Genachowski Calls it Right on Mobile Broadband"

Jonathan Spalter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New America Foundation, Broadband, National Broadband, Fcc, Julius Genachowski, FCC Chairman, Mobile Phones, Gps, Wireless Spectrum, Ipad, Politics News
Jonathan Spalter

Speaking this week at the New America Foundation, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski offered a widely anticipated prelude to next month's formal unveilin...

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The Problem Is Minority Rule

Steven Hill | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Steven Hill, New America Foundation, Senate, Senate Finance Committee, Health Care, Barack Obama, President Obama, Olympia Snowe, Politics News
Steven Hill

Senator Snowe may wield a pivotal vote on health care, but it is in a body that is unrepresentative and anti-majoritarian by design. How long are we Americans going to ignore this constitutional defect?

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Same Sex Marriage, Environment & Jobs: Lincoln Chafee Should Be Rhode Island's Next Governor

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New America Foundation, Lincoln Chafee, John Bolton, John Podesta, Climate Change, John Chafee, Comission on Climate and Tropical Forests, Republicans for Obama, Rita Hauser, Jim Leach Obama, Rhode Island, Sarah Palin, Foreign Policy, Rhode Island Governor Race, Politics News
Steve Clemons

Despite his leadership and sensible decision-making, I support Lincoln Chafee for another reason -- for his brave and correct view on same sex marriage equality in Rhode Island.

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Congressman Chaka Fattah Talks Education

Kathleen Wells, J.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Public Schools, Arne Duncan Education Secretary, Philadelphia, House-Education-and-Labor-Committee, New America Foundation, Al Sharpton, Arne Duncan, Higher Education Act of 1965, College, Shoemaker Campus, GEAR UP, Public Education, Mastery Charter School, Newt Gingrich, House Democrats, Representative Chaka Fattah, Politics News
Kathleen Wells, J.D.

"There are people who say that money doesn't really matter in public eduction. If it really doesn't matter, then we should equalize the expenditures. If it does matter, we should equalize the expenditures."

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Some States Respond to Recession with Work-Family Policies

Julie Schwartz Weber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: State Budgets, Economic Downturn, Economic Assistance, New America Foundation, Policy Changes, Economic Crisis, State Legislators, Family, Politics News
Julie Schwartz Weber

In 2009, state legislators across the country have been instrumental in trying to help American families regain their footing. There is some good news.

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Many Israelis View Obama Favorably, Poll Finds

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Israel, New America Foundation, Obama, Obama Israel, Barack Obama, World News

Israelis have a far more favorable attitude toward President Obama than generally believed, according to a new poll by the New America Foundation. The...

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Predator Drone Strikes Increasing, Carrying Out Operations For Pakistan

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Reaper-Drones, New America Foundation, Central Intelligence Agency, The New Yorker, Pakistan Taliban, Pakistan, Obama Administration, Predator, Zardari, New Yorker, Cia, Jane Mayer, Pakistani Government, Predator Drones, Politics News

The Obama Administration has increased the scope of the U.S. government's two drone programs, writes Jane Mayer in an article in the New Yorker. "Acc...

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Health Reform: Ideas At Work vs. Self-Negating Arguments

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New America Foundation, Public Plan Option, Kent Conrad, Health CEOs for Health Reform, Health Cooperatives, Health Reform, Politics News
Richard (RJ) Eskow

Let's redesign our health system so that it encourages ideas that work. And how will we know what works? In our country's tried-and-true way: by letting the people decide.

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