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Designing With, Not For
Issue #2 of Civic Quarterly centers around the phrase “Design with, not for,” an idea originally introduced by Laurenellen McCann that was constant...
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Debating U.S. Foreign Policy: Where are the Women?
It was assumed that I would take a secondary role and men were given the last word,” said DiMaggio, an expert dialogue practitioner who runs New Am...
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Christie's U.K. trip a 'failure,' presidential scholars say
"The vaccine statement wasn't in his best interest," said Zelizer. "It goes against the kind of conservative he's trying to paint himself — a fisca...
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History professor lectures on LBJ’s Great Society
“The most iconic image of Lyndon Johnson that I’ve seen … is where he hovered over opponents, where he hovered over his supporters, and he seduced ...
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Obama, Slavery, Jim Crow, and Christianity
As Julian Zelizer puts it in his terrific history of the era, southern opponents of Civil Rights legislation saw its proponents as “radical agitato...
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Better Policies for Dual Language Learners
Bridging Research, Policy, Implementation, and Classroom Practice
Better Policies for Dual Language Learners: Bridging Research, Policy, Implementation, and Classroom Practice, summarizes presentations from the co...
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OTI Work on Discrimination and Civil Rights Protection Highlighted in White House Interim Report on Big Data and Privacy
Washington, DC -- The Obama Administration affirmed the importance of defending civil rights in an era of big data in an Interim Progress Report re...
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7 Things You Should Read to Know Why Yesterday Was a Net Neutrality Game Changer
It's been a big week for net neutrality. After a over a year of vigorous debate about the best way to protect the Open Internet, Federal Communicat...
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That Nationwide Super Bowl Ad
The Nationwide Super Bowl ad featured a somber moppet riding a trike, getting his first kiss, and sitting forlorn at a child wedding in a forest, d...
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Reading the Fine Print in President Obama’s Budget
President Obama released his proposed budget for 2016 this week. Among its biggest and most talked-about elements are suggested changes to policies...
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Why Now is the Time to Talk About Race in America
This piece is part of “From Moment to Movement,” a conversation and essay series on race and policy in America in collaboration with Howard Univers...
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Papa Does Preach—And He Also Changes Diapers
If you were a prospective father 20 years ago, getting paternity leave was almost universally a tricky business, no matter where you lived or worke...
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Wi-Fi Nation
Why the FCC Outlawed Hotel Wi-Fi Blocking
Smartphones, tablets, wearables and a mushrooming variety of mobile devices are now a fundamental part of life in America. According to surveys by ...
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Learning from Pittsburgh’s Energy History from Westinghouse to Marcellus
What do you think of when you think of Pittsburgh? Throughout its history, the Pittsburgh region has been closely identified with energy sources th...
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Lyndon Johnson and The Great Society
Many of the legislative achievements of the Johnson administration transformed the nation and remain controversial, including the Voting Rights Act...
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Journeys into the vanishing religions of the Middle East
Many of the legislative achievements of the Johnson administration transformed the nation and remain controversial, including the Voting Rights Act...
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People First, Tech Second: 5 Criteria for Community-Driven Civic Tech
Beyond direct application to the Experimental Modes initiative, my goal in creating these criteria was to define the leanest standard possible for ...
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New Chinese Helicopters on the Way
In late January 2015 new images appeared online of a snow covered airfield in northern China, where a heavy Z-18A utility helicopter took a test fl...
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Corporate America and free community college: A match made in economic heaven
“Talking about postsecondary education as a universal need is a big deal,” says Mary Alice McCarthy, a senior policy analyst at the New America Fou...
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88 Days to Kandahar Podcast
When President George W. Bush approved the first American-Afghan war, Robert Grenier, the CIA station chief in Islamabad from 1999-2002, found hims...