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Religion and Values

Purity Police Miss the Point

Shortsighted efforts by self-appointed conservative watchdogs are endangering faith-based social-justice programs.

By Sally Steenland | Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Immigration

Infographic: Immigrants and Their Children in the Future American Workforce

Together, immigrants and their children will account for 85 percent of the growth in the workforce over the next two decades.

By Angeline Vuong | Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Energy and Environment

Pound Foolish

article icon Issue Brief Increased federal resilience spending is necessary to help our communities prepare for extreme weather.

By Daniel J. Weiss and Jackie Weidman | Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Affordable Care Act
Health Care

The Threat of Self-Insured Plans Among Small Businesses

article icon Issue Brief A move by small businesses toward self-insurance schemes could undermine the reforms of the Affordable Care Act and offer fewer protections for workers.

By Maura Calsyn and Emily Oshima Lee | Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Race and Ethnicity

Witness to Whiteness

A performance artist explores her life to discover and reveal what it feels like to be white in America.

By Sam Fulwood III | Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Energy and Environment

Rockets Top Submarines: Space Exploration Dollars Dwarf Ocean Spending

Federal space-exploration spending outpaces ocean spending by more than 150-to-1, even though we already have better maps of Mars than we do of the ocean floor.

By Michael Conathan | Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Education

The Teachers-as-Policy-Analysts Yearbook

cursor icon Interactive A number of grassroots organizations and fellowships have recently emerged in locations across the United States with the goal of giving teachers a stronger voice in the policies that affect their daily work in the classroom.

By Kaitlin Pennington | Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Education

Teachers Talk Policy

play_alt icon Video This video features teachers from across the United States who are members of new teacher-voice organizations and fellowships—groups whose missions involve getting more teachers’ voices heard in education-policy discussions.

By Kaitlin Pennington and Lauren Santa Cruz | Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Education

New Organizations, New Voices

book_alt2 icon Report As education policies have evolved and recent policy initiatives have worked to expose the organizational and structural barriers to improving teaching, teacher voice in policy is perhaps more relevant and important than ever before.

By Kaitlin Pennington | Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Riverview Gun Sales
Civil Liberties

Lost and Stolen Guns from Gun Dealers

article icon Issue Brief Congressional budget restrictions have made it harder for police to stop guns from disappearing from gun-dealer inventories.

By Arkadi Gerney and Chelsea Parsons | Tuesday, June 18, 2013

President-elect Hassan Rowhani
National Security

Pragmatist Rowhani Wins, Now What?

Iran’s new president could improve relations with the West but is unlikely to change Tehran’s nuclear posture.

By Matthew Duss | Monday, June 17, 2013

Teacher
Education

Who Is In Charge of Teacher Preparation?

article icon Issue Brief The redundancy and fragmented structure of the governance of teacher training is handcuffing the effort to improve education for children.

By Jenny DeMonte | Monday, June 17, 2013