November 30, 2011
Idea of the Day: We Need a More Diverse Senior Executive Service
The SES’s projected ethnic, racial, and gender composition in the coming years will fail to reflect the ever-growing diversity of the American people unless the administration takes steps to turn this around.

November 29, 2011
Idea of the Day: CFPB Will Help Protect Customers Dealing with Banks
The newly created Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, or CFPB, will be able to balance the scale and give customers much needed financial protections in dealing with banks.

November 28, 2011
Idea of the Day: An End to Unemployment Benefits Would Threaten Economic Recovery
Allowing unemployment benefits to expire would have serious implications for the unemployed, as well as every one of us who still has a job.

November 23, 2011
Idea of the Day: Dynamic Scoring Is a Bad Idea
Dynamic scoring is a poor tool for estimating the cost of proposed legislation.

November 22, 2011
Idea of the Day: 2012 Presidential Election Looks Increasingly Competitive
The 2012 election will likely be tighter than the 2008 election, perhaps more like 2004 or even the highly contested 2000 election.

November 21, 2011
Idea of the Day: Alabama Immigration Law Is a Train Wreck for the State
Alabama's anti-immigrant law, H.B. 56, is becoming a train wreck for the state in every way imaginable.

November 18, 2011
Idea of the Day: Super Committee Cuts Could Hurt LGBT Americans
Further cuts to discretionary spending threaten to undermine the national health infrastructure that protects the health of all Americans and that is critical to closing the disparities that affect the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender population.

November 17, 2011
Idea of the Day: Afghan Grand Council Unlikely to Produce Results Soon
Resolving the multiple conflicts at the heart of the decades of war in Afghanistan and the broader region requires a better diplomatic and political game plan than the one currently in place.

November 16, 2011
Idea of the Day: U.S. Terrorism Restrictions Are Making It Harder for Aid Groups
The current U.S. regulatory regime is making it demonstrably more difficult for aid groups to operate on the ground overseas.

November 15, 2011
Idea of the Day: The Text of the Constitution Must Guide Judges' Decisions
Conservatives on the Supreme Court must ignore the temptation to place politics over fidelity to the Constitution by striking down the Affordable Care Act.

November 14, 2011
Idea of the Day: Pay Attention to the Future Achievements of Immigrants
The United States should pay attention to immigrants’ future achievement because we will greatly depend on their human resources in coming decades.

November 10, 2011
Idea of the Day: Vote Against Infrastructure Repair Also Hurts Job Creation
Last week's vote against the president's Rebuild America Jobs Act could prove perilous given the extent of erosion across every element of our infrastructure. The vote also means that hundreds of thousands of jobs will not be created over the next six years.

November 9, 2011
Idea of the Day: We Need More Diversity in Our Teacher Workforce
A recent review of empirical studies also shows that students of color do better on a variety of academic outcomes if they’re taught by teachers of color.

November 8, 2011
Idea of the Day: Extend the New Issue Bond Program
Treasury should extend the existing authority of the New Issue Bond Program so that it remains available through at least the end of 2012.

November 7, 2011
Idea of the Day: Building Up the Administration's Conservation Legacy
Three actions in the past two weeks show how President Obama and Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar are working from the ground up to build this administration’s conservation legacy.

November 4, 2011
Idea of the Day: Mississippians Should Vote Against the Personhood Amendment
The Mississippi Personhood Amendment, Ballot Measure 26, if approved, will upend women’s health, established law, medical judgment, religious liberty, and common sense.

November 3, 2011
Idea of the Day: G-20 Leaders Have a Choice
Shoring up Europe’s banks and avoiding an unstructured Greek default will be the first and dominant order of business in Cannes. But global leaders can and should go further.

November 2, 2011
Idea of the Day: How We Can Help Americans Deleverage
Excessive leverage—too much household debt—remains the scourge of our economy. Helping American workers and their families deleverage can occur through three channels.

November 1, 2011
Idea of the Day: Damage Done to Al Qaeda Is a Great National Security Success
The damage done to Al Qaeda by the Obama administration represents America’s greatest national security success in decades.