September 30, 2011
Idea of the Day: Hyde Amendment Disproportionately Affects Poor Women and Women of Color
Poor women and women of color continue to bear the brunt of the Hyde Amendment.

September 29, 2011
Idea of the Day: Super Committee Should Consider Immigration Reform
Although comprehensive immigration reform is not among the deficit reduction options on the table, the super committee should still consider it.

September 28, 2011
Idea of the Day: Repair Bridges, Get Americans Back to Work
Donna Cooper on how rebuilding America’s crumbling roads and bridges is one of the most effective ways to put Americans back to work.

September 27, 2011
Idea of the Day: United States Must Carefully Handle Arab-Israeli Conflict
Treading water on the Israeli-Palestinian front presents considerable risks for U.S. interests in the region.

September 26, 2011
Idea of the Day: President's Deficit Plan Contains Less Revenue than Other Plans
The president’s plan actually contains significantly less revenue than every major bipartisan deficit reduction plan.

September 23, 2011
Idea of the Day: How the European Debt Crisis Affects Us
Europe’s deepening sovereign debt crisis could well be the straw that breaks the camel’s back in the United States, tipping our economy from recovery to decline.

September 22, 2011
Idea of the Day: Clinton/Bush Economic Records Show Flaws in Supply-Siders' Theories
The economic records of the Clinton and Bush presidencies are so clear and so stark that they serve as painful reminders to supply siders everywhere that their ideas have been tested and that they have failed in spectacular fashion.

September 21, 2011
Idea of the Day: Conservation Has Enormous Economic Value
Conservation also has enormous economic value, supporting a specific economy in recreation, restoration, and renewable energy development, all of which support numerous jobs.

September 20, 2011
Idea of the Day: President's Plan Would Improve the Tax Code
Under the president's deficit plan, the U.S. tax code would be more fair, better for the middle class, and less strewn with loopholes that distort business and consumer decision making.

September 19, 2011
Idea of the Day: Higher Education Needs Better Business Analytics
Better business analytics will not, on their own, solve our higher education funding problems, but they would certainly help address some of the most dysfunctional aspects of higher education finance.

September 16, 2011
Idea of the Day: The Tea Party View of the Constitution
What would happen if the Tea Party succeeds in its effort to reimagine the Constitution as an antigovernment manifesto?

September 15, 2011
Idea of the Day: The American Jobs Act Will Work
The jobs bill will create nearly 2 million new U.S. jobs by doing what presidents and legislatures across the political spectrum have routinely done in times of labor market weakness.

September 14, 2011
Idea of the Day: Census Data Show the Need for the American Jobs Act
Yesterday’s Census data underscore the urgent need for Congress to pass the American Jobs Act, which would jump-start the economy and put millions of Americans back to work.

September 13, 2011
Idea of the Day: We Need to Improve College Financial Aid Award Letters
The decisions students make based on their financial aid award packages can saddle them with debt that will follow them the rest of their lives. That’s why it’s so important to improve the format of financial aid letters.

September 12, 2011
Idea of the Day: Our Counterterrorism Strategy Needs to Evolve
The face and nature of terrorism looks starkly different than it did on September 11, 2001, and our counterterrorism strategy will need to evolve along with the threat.

September 9, 2011
Idea of the Day: Put More Resources into Infrastructure Investment
Infrastructure investments deliver the goods for job creation and business growth.

September 8, 2011
Idea of the Day: All Students Deserve a Safe Learning Environment
All students in the United States deserve access to not only a quality education, but also one that takes place in an environment that is safe and respects their basic human dignity.

September 7, 2011
Idea of the Day: We Need Continued Federal Investment in Education
Federal education spending needs to be protected in the congressional super committee negotiations this fall.

September 6, 2011
Idea of the Day: What the Super Committee's Plan Should Achieve
What the deficit reduction plan achieves for our country—for the strength of our economy, job creation, and our society—is what really matters.

September 2, 2011
Idea of the Day: House Majority 'Jobs Agenda' Will Not Create Jobs
The new House Majority “jobs agenda” will not create jobs. Instead, it will hurt workers, the middle class, and the economy.

September 1, 2011
Idea of the Day: DHS Deportation Policy Causing a Stir
With the 2012 election little more than a year away, DHS's new deportation policy has the potential to gather strength as a political issue in the coming year as well as provide a coherent strategy for managing the removal of unauthorized immigrants.