7.18.08: THIS WEEK FROM THE CENTER Robbing Tomorrow Report finds that families are turning to easily accessible loans from their 401(k) plans to help make ends meet. What the Public Really Wants The public supports science and thinks scientists should have a larger role in public policy decisions. The Cost of Reaction The third in a series of reports on sustainable security examines a new long-term strategy for delivering aid. An Oil Solution that Will Work Eight reasons why we should release some oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to lower prices.

THE WEEK AHEAD

EDUCATION: Two new reprts on extended learning time: a look at initiatives in high-poverty and high-minority schools, and an examination of the fiscal costs of expanded learning time.

DISPLACED PEOPLE: Interactive map on global hotspots for internally displaced people, plus analysis from Natalie Ondiak on how we can begin to address the issue.

ENOUGH: New reports on Zimbabwe, and the UN Security Council and the crisis in Darfur.

SCIENCE PROGRESS: Teneille Brown asks if mandatory genetic tests for presidential candidates are in the public interest.

CAMPUS PROGRESS: Thoughts on Lil Wayne's new album and why the American Dream is bankrupt when accomplished by a young, white, college-educated man.

AND MUCH MORE...

POLICY CORNER

Conservative Health Care Myths
Health Care

Economic Snapshot for July 2008
Economy

In Search of Sustainable Security
Security

The High Cost of Nuclear Power
Energy

UPCOMING EVENTS

From Status Quo to Breaking the Mold: Schools Expanding Learning Time
July 21

A Transatlantic Dialog on Solutions to Global Warming
June 22

CAP IN THE NEWS

Boyer: America's Immigration Lesson to Europe
The Root

Arons: Our Nation's Obsession with Late-Term Abortion
The Nation

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