1.11.08: THIS WEEK FROM THE CENTER Four Ticking Time Bombs Bush’s Policy Stymies Transition Why Bush's Iraq policy exacerbates conflicts and impedes reconciliation. Fixing Our Infrastructure Technology Provides Opportunity Science Progress report shows how to modernize infrastructure monitoring. New Direction for the Economy Public Looking for a New Direction The public says that this time, more Bush tax cuts aren’t going to cut it. Responsible Investment Fiscal Policy for Progressive Growth A fiscally responsible and pro-growth plan to transform America's economy.

THE WEEK AHEAD

PUBLIC OPINION: "What the Public Really Wants" on retirement and social security from Ruy Teixeira.

HEALTH CARE: New report examines racial and ethnic health disparities and the known social determinants that affect health, such as environment, health inequalities, education, income level, and coverage of and access to health care services, as well as genetics.

IRAQ: Report card on how the Bush administration is doing in meeting its benchmarks in Iraq.

SCIENCE PROGRESS: Mark Lloyd on the importance of federal investment in broadband for national security, and Gavin Baker on the new open access publishing provision for NIH-funded research.

CAMPUS PROGRESS: Article on new legislation passed in Minnesota that mandates renewable engergy, and a piece on how campuses around the country are signing on to make small changes that will add up to a big difference.

AND MUCH MORE...

POLICY CORNER

Strategic Reset: Reclaiming Control of U.S. Security in the Middle East

Progressive Growth: Transforming America’s Economy through Clean Energy, Innovation, and Opportunity

UPCOMING EVENTS

Geneticizing Disease: Implications for Racial Health Disparities
January 15

Military Reform: A Reference Handbook
January 16

The Next American Century
January 18

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