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7 Reasons Why You're Not Hearing So Much About the Budget Deficit These Days
-First of all, because the damn thing has fallen so much (i.e., the deficit as a share of the economy). Here at CBPP, everybody's all "fiscal year this" and "FY that..." But given that we just...
View ArticlePutting Prosperity Within Reach
During the State of the Union speech, President Obama said, "Opportunity is who we are. And the defining project of our generation must be to restore that promise." If our collective hope is for...
View ArticleThe NFL Settlement -- What's the Deal?
Millions will watch the Super Bowl this Sunday. If it resembles the other NFL playoff games this year, we will see a highly charged, entertaining, competitive contest. We will also see violent,...
View ArticleCompetition in Cuba
Two weeks ago on a trip to Cuba the buzz was about this week's CELAC summit, and more specifically about Brazil. President Dilma has now inaugurated the Port of Mariel, a $1 billion BNDS-backed...
View ArticleWhen Is It OK to Call Someone a Nazi?
Nazis have been in the news a lot lately. But not the kind you read about in textbooks or will see in George Clooney's The Monuments Men. Heated debates have erupted in the U.S., Israel, France, and...
View ArticleDeciphering the Ambiguities of U.S. Strategy Towards Al Qaeda and the...
Judging by recent statements and actions, President Obama might be concerned by the unparalleled proliferation of Al Qaeda, but he's hardly alarmed that it has become a rallying cry for Jihadi...
View ArticleWhy Does It Matter to Have Credentialed Medical Interpreters? (Abstract Version)
Co-authored by Eric Candle What is the current landscape of limited English proficiency in the United States? • According to the U.S. Census Bureau there are approximately 60 million people in the...
View ArticleA Continuing Portrait of Inequality: The Black Child in Today's America
“The world does not want and will never have the heroes and heroines of the past. What this age needs is an enlightened youth not to undertake the tasks like theirs but to imbibe the spirit of these...
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Friday Talking Points -- Avoiding Immigration Traps
It was "roll out the agenda" week in Washington, which means we've got a lot to cover, so let's get on with it, shall we? Republicans in the House have announced they are now ready to do something on...
View ArticlePresident Obama Confident FCC Will Use Authority to Save Net Neutrality
President Barack Obama on Friday affirmed his strong support for Net Neutrality and expressed confidence that the Federal Communications Commission will use its authority to protect the open Internet....
View ArticleJohn Kerry vs. Hillary Clinton On The Keystone XL Report
We finally now have the first and only environmental impact assessment of the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline to come out of Secretary of State John Kerry's U.S. State Department. It's the document that...
View ArticleState of the Union? Obama's Pleas Sound...Familiar
A president talking to a stubborn Congress? Or something even closer to home?
View ArticleYou're Not a Terrorist? Are You Sure?
Click here for the NPR TED Radio Hour segment on privacy and the TEDTalks that inspired this post. In his TED Talk "How the NSA Betrayed the World's Trust," Mikko Hypponen challenges the minimalist...
View ArticlePlease, Mr. President, Lead Rather Than Divide
When Mr. Obama campaigned for President of the United States in 2008, he assured voters that he would bring the county together and especially quell the gridlock in Washington that had made it...
View ArticleHungary Has No Business in That Russian Orbit and Neither Does the Ukraine
If you haven't noticed, there is something going on in Eastern Europe that resembles the bad old days of the Cold War. There is a striking similarity between the events in the Ukraine and those almost...
View ArticleComing to a Post Office Near You: Loans You Can Trust?
The poor pay more. According to a report put out this week by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the U.S. Postal Service, about 68 million Americans -- more than a quarter of all households...
View ArticleFarmer John and the Cow-Flop
John Boehner, it's fair to say, have never been a major player in California water policy, or even in its hyper-political expression, California's water wars. He's served on the House Agriculture...
View ArticleThe Surveillance Blitz
Some years ago when I was fielding complaints from authors through the National Writers Union -- about not getting paid, about their work being spiked -- I received a phone call from an irate woman....
View ArticleSunday Roundup
This week we were told that the State of our Union is, as per usual, strong. President Obama, also as per usual, gave a solid speech. But it was hard to take it as much more than political theater...
View ArticleLouisiana and New Orleans: Goodbye to the Good Old Boys?
"You are my sunshine, my only sunshine You make me happy, when skies are gray" -- Former Louisiana Governor Jimmy Davis As Mitch Landrieu won an overwhelming re-election as Mayor of New Orleans, a...
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