May 31, 2011
Idea of the Day: Communities of Color Particularly Vulnerable to Asthma
Asthma affects all Americans. But communities of color are particularly vulnerable to respiratory diseases such as asthma.

May 27, 2011
Idea of the Day: Conservatives Calling to End Social Security and Medicare Are Misinterpreting Constitution
Conservatives will tell you that killing Medicare is the only way to read the Constitution consistently with the framers’ intent. Don’t believe them.

May 26, 2011
Idea of the Day: No End in Sight for Rising Gas Prices
Like many past springs, prices for regular gasoline soared by almost 30 percent between the end of 2010 and May 16, 2011. Unfortunately, there is no end in sight over the next several months.

May 25, 2011
Idea of the Day: National Defense Authorization Act Would Reverse Energy Progress
The House Armed Service Committee’s National Defense Authorization Act, H.R. 1540, would reverse the Defense Department's clean energy progress.

May 24, 2011
Idea of the Day: Judicial Nominees Criticized Unfairly
Last week’s vote on Goodwin Liu's judicial nomination sends a clear message to any of the nation’s brightest constitutional thinkers who hope to someday be able to write legal opinions interpreting the Constitution: Stop talking.

May 23, 2011
Idea of the Day: Just Jobs for Egypt and the Middle East
Just jobs are key for broad-based growth and stability in Egypt and the Middle East.

May 20, 2011
Idea of the Day: Policymakers Must Secure Economic Recovery While Strengthening Middle Class
Policymakers have to secure the gains of the recovery while strengthening America’s middle class. This means maintaining consumption and investment growth in the short run and addressing trade and budget deficits in the medium term.

May 19, 2011
Idea of the Day: Conservative Senators Echo Big Oil Protests
Conservative lawmakers, right-wing interests, and top executives from the nation’s most lucrative oil companies proved their words fairly interchangeable at a hearing last week on oil-and-gas tax incentives and rising energy prices.

May 18, 2011
Idea of the Day: United States Should Adjust Middle East Strategy
The Obama administration should take a new approach to Middle East strategy that emphasizes the long run with clear goals.

May 17, 2011
Idea of the Day: Florida Shouldn't Cut Unemployment Benefits
Florida's legislation to cut unemployment benefits will damage the state’s economic recovery and push vulnerable Floridians into poverty.

May 16, 2011
Idea of the Day: We Need to Reduce Health Care Fraud
Reducing health care fraud is the rare policy priority shared by both parties in an increasingly divided Washington, and for good reason. Billions of taxpayer dollars are clearly at stake.

May 13, 2011
Idea of the Day: Kerry Introduces Bill to Combat LGBT Youth Homelessness
The Reconnecting Youth to Prevent Homelessness Act is designed to help homeless youth rejoin their families and escape life on the streets.

May 12, 2011
Idea of the Day: Catholic Church Acknowledges Climate Change
The Vatican’s Pontifical Academy of Sciences has issued a report declaring that global climate change is occurring, that humans bear responsibility for it, and that it is our gravest moral imperative to reduce carbon emissions as quickly as possible.

May 11, 2011
Idea of the Day: Arab Spring Threatens Al Qaeda More than bin Laden's Death
The youth-led uprisings in the Middle East ultimately pose a greater threat to Al Qaeda than bin Laden’s death.

May 10, 2011
Idea of the Day: Latinos Are Hurt More by Rising Fuel Costs
Latino families and businesses are bearing a heavier financial burden than most as fuel costs tick upward.

May 9, 2011
Idea of the Day: Charter Management Organizations Must Grow at Higher Rates
Better-performing charter management organizations, or CMOs, must grow at much higher rates, which will require significant resources, including talented people, to make this happen.

May 6, 2011
Idea of the Day: Married Couples Also Vulnerable to Unemployment
New data for 2010 highlight that even married couples have been vulnerable to unemployment.

May 5, 2011
Idea of the Day: We Need to Improve STEM Education in Elementary Schools
It is elementary school mathematics and science that lay the foundation for future STEM learning, but it is elementary school teachers who are often unprepared to set students on the path to higher-level success in STEM fields.

May 4, 2011
Idea of the Day: United States Should Reassess Policy in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Bin Laden’s death eliminates a major threat to the United States but it does not eliminate the need to seek a sustainable political settlement in Afghanistan that is supported by all of the responsible political players in Pakistan.

May 3, 2011
Idea of the Day: Cleaner Air Will Help Control Asthma
High and growing asthma rates across the country, particularly among young children, the elderly, minority, and low-income populations, leave more people vulnerable to air pollution.

May 2, 2011
Idea of the Day: We Shouldn't Restrict U.S. Support for United Nations
Restricting U.S. support for the United Nations ultimately has a much higher price tag than it does savings.