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The Problem Is Minority Rule

Steven Hill | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics

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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Some States Respond to Recession with Work-Family Policies

Julie Schwartz Weber | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics

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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Predator Drone Strikes Increasing, Carrying Out Operations For Pakistan

Huffington Post | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

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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Congressman Chaka Fattah Talks Education

Kathleen Wells, J.D. | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics

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

RJ Eskow | Posted 07.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: New America Foundation, Public Plan Option, Kent Conrad, Health CEOs for Health Reform, Health Cooperatives, Health Reform, Politics News
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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What Obama Can Learn from European Healthcare

Steven Hill | Posted 04.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: New America Foundation, Germany, France, Health, European Union, Massachusetts, Europe, Single Payer, Health Care, Schip, Barack Obama, Politics News
Steven Hill

Whether one looks at infant mortality, life expectancy, the number of physicians, hospital beds, medical errors or high out-of-pocket expenses, America underperforms to a shocking degree.

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Obama's Team Stumbling Into Afghanistan Trap

Steve Clemons | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Zalmay Khalilzad, John McCain, New America Foundation, Pakistan, Jon Nagl, US Foreign Policy, Center for a New American Security, Barack Obama, Bonn Conference, Andrew Exum, Insurgency, Taliban, Parag Khanna, Afghanistan, James Dobbins, Kori Schake, Michele Flournoy, Kurt Campbell, Giuiliani, Politics News
Steve Clemons

Throwing more troops into the mess in Afghanistan is the kind of mistake that the previous administration would make. Obama needs to show that he has learned something of those mistakes.

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What Barack Obama Should Learn From Dick Cheney

Steve Clemons | Posted 12.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: New America Foundation, Barton Gellman, Colin Powell, George W. Bush, Obama Way, Ryan Lizza, David Addington, David Plouffe, Barack Obama, Secrecy, Austan Goolsbee, Robert Gates, Condoleezza Rice, John Edwards, Jimmy Carter, National Security Bureaucracy, Hillary Clinton, Bill Casey, Scooter Libby, Richard Cheney, Obama-Ism, Angler, Autism, Cheneyism, Cheney, Politics News
Steve Clemons

Obama should look to Cheney to understand how a pro -- even one who so damaged the interests of the nation -- managed power and purpose in government.

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Bailouts, Bubbles, Boils, and Trouble

Steve Clemons | Posted 12.11.2008 | Business

Read More: Automaker Bailout, New America Foundation, Richard Medley, Michigan, Economy, William Frenzel, World Trade Center, Michael Moore, Roger & Me, Consumption, China, Auto Industry, Japan, John Engler, Recession 2008, Recovery, Business News
Steve Clemons

Economic recovery cannot mean re-enabling the gluttony of manic consumption without pumping up "production" and getting a more balanced portfolio between what we produce at home and ship in from others.

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McCain Adviser A No Show At Tech Debate

Think Progress | Posted 11.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Mccain Campaign Tech Debate, Mccain Tech Debate, New America Foundation, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, New America Foundation Tech Debate, Douglas Holtz Eakin Debate, Politics News

Today from 12:30-1:45 p.m., the New America Foundation and Wired magazine were scheduled to host an event on tech policy with top McCain adviser Dougl...

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Breaking: Bush Administration to Ask Congress on Thursday to Remove North Korea from Terror Watch List

Steve Clemons | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: New America Foundation, Christopher Hill, Condleezza Rice, Robert Gates, John Bolton, Non-Proliferation, John Negroponte, China, Vice President Cheney, North Korea, Politics News
Steve Clemons

Rumors have been kicking around that this might be happening, but no administration officials would confirm until yesterday that this was finally decided.

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