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| Century Foundation Experts |
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Richard C. Leone, President
Expertise: tax and budget policy; Social Security; political reform; inequality issues; homeland security |
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Geneive Abdo, Fellow
Expertise: Middle East policy; Western and Islamic societies |
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Morton Abramowitz, Senior Fellow
Expertise: U.S. foreign policy and diplomacy; homeland security; special expertise in Turkey, northeast and Southeast Asia (including China), the Balkans, and North Korea |
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Greg Anrig, Jr., Vice President for Programs
Expertise: employment and retiree benefits; Social Security solvency and reform; economic security; tax reform |
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Richard Kahlenberg, Senior Fellow
Expertise: public secondary education, higher education, especially economic and racial diversity issues; school vouchers |
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Patrick Radden Keefe, Program Officer and Fellow
Expertise: intelligence and international security, impact of globalization and new technologies on cross-border security threats, privatization of intelligence and homeland security |
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Jeffrey Laurenti, Senior Fellow
Expertise: United Nations; American and international policy in the Middle East; nuclear proliferation; international security; peacekeeping and enforcement; international law and multilateral institutions; international terrorism policy; democracy; global issues |
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Gordon A. MacInnes, Fellow
Expertise: education, poverty, and urban living |
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Jeffrey G. Madrick, Fellow
Expertise: economic policy |
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Maggie Mahar, Fellow
Expertise: health care policy; Medicare; inequality |
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Peter Osnos, Senior Fellow
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Stephen Schlesinger, Fellow
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Anthony Shorris, Fellow
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Ruy Teixeira, Senior Fellow
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Tova Andrea Wang, Democracy Fellow
Expertise: election reform; voter access; voting technologies; civil rights and liberties; democracy |
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Bernard Wasow, Senior Fellow
Expertise: international economics and development; China’s development and trade; federal economic policy; domestic spending/deficit; taxes; wealth distribution/economic classes; energy policy |
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| Press Releases |
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| Is Race to the Top Prompting a Rush to Judgment on Charter Schools? |
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8/9/2010
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Six of the 19 finalists announced in the second round of the U.S. Department of Education’s Race to the Top competition raised or eliminated caps on charter schools in order to improve their chances of winning up to $700 million through the controversial competition for federal money to help states overhaul their education systems. The Obama administration strongly supports expanding charter schools, as Secretary of Education Arne Duncan made clear at the beginning of the process a year ago when he said that states that limited the growth of charter schools would jeopardize their applications under the Race to the Top Fund. But is the race to increase charter schools prompting a rush to judgment about their effectiveness?
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| Report Warns that Baby Boomers Could Face a Grim Retirement without Social Security, Medicare, and Other Social Insurance Programs |
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8/4/2010
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August 4, 2010 —As baby boomers head toward retirement, many are facing a financial bust. Those retirees could face a grim future without the support of strong social insurance programs, according to a new issue brief from The Century Foundation.
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| Changing System of Tax Breaks Could Reduce Budget and Improve the Nation’s Tax System |
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7/19/2010
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Even though unemployment remains well above 9 percent, and the federal government could be doing much more to strengthen the economy, attention in Washington has turned to how best to reduce long-term federal deficits. In “How to Reduce the Deficit and Improve the Tax System without Hurting Most Families,” a new issue brief from The Century Foundation, economist and senior fellow Bernard Wasow weighs in with a solution to a significant part of the long-term deficit challenge that would be relatively pain free for low- and middle-income citizens: reform the income tax system to fix the problems with tax breaks.
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| Are Efforts to Increase Equity in Higher Education Working? New Report From The Century Foundation Offers Plans to Help Low-Income Students Succeed in College |
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6/17/2010
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June 17, New York City — Over the last several years, new policies have been enacted to make higher education more equitable. Roughly 100 colleges and universities have reached out to lower and moderate-income students with more generous financial aid packages. Likewise, the Obama Administration has recently boosted funding for Pell Grants and community colleges. But are these and other efforts to increase equity in higher education working? Download the Press Release (PDF).
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| Iran Expert And Century Foundation Fellow Geneive Abdo Can Bring Unique Insight To Coverage Of New Un Sanctions Against Iran |
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6/9/2010
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The U.N. Security Council today passed new sanctions against Iran – a move strongly backed by the United States. The new sanctions take aim at Iran’s military in another attempt to put pressure on the country over its nuclear program. The sanctions increase punitive measures against the Iranian state, particularly its military apparatus, the Islamic Revolutionary Guards; require countries to inspect ships or planes headed to or from Iran if they suspect banned cargo is aboard; bar all countries from allowing Iran to invest in nuclear enrichment plants, uranium, mines and other nuclear-related technology; and include a ban on selling heavy weapons to Iran.
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