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You Should Ditch Work to Go Watch Soccer, Say Productivity Experts
Christine Rosen, a fellow at the New America Foundation who studies our interactions with technology, pointed to the perils of multitasking.
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The Old Boys Club and the Failure of Peacekeeping
Bill Clinton got the photo op handshake but, in the end, failed. So did Nobel Peace Prize winner Jimmy Carter. John Kerry joins a long list of men ...
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You Should Ditch Work to Go Watch Soccer, Say Productivity Experts | New York Magazine
Christine Rosen, a fellow at the New America Foundation who studies our interactions with technology, pointed to the perils of multitasking. That i...
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The New Power Wives of Capitol Hill
That’s not unusual. Her days run 18 hours. Having a husband in public life “makes everything a little busier,” she says, but “I do love it.” Still,...
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What Afghans Think About Bergdahl, the Taliban, and U.S. Intervention
Q&A with Author Anand Gopal Click here to view the full segment
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Investing in Children
Child Development Accounts as an Early Childhood Intervention
Properly designed and integrated Child Development Accounts (CDAs) can have lasting, positive effects on children's educational development and can...
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The Lesson of the Surge
Defeating ISIS Requires a New Sunni Awakening
As the United States considers its options against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), we should start by reviewing our earlier war against...
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The Past and Future of YouthSavers in Nepal
It was with mixed emotions that I travelled to Nepal last month to attend YouthSave’s capstone event there, a Multi-Stakeholder Meeting (MSM) that ...
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U.S. conference of mayors passes resolution supporting net neutrality
Yesterday the U.S. Conference of Mayors passed a resolution in support of network neutrality, a major step in solidifying widespread support for a ...
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The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2014: A Major Step Back in Privacy
Last week, Senator Feinstein made public a draft cybersecurity information sharing bill titled the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2014 (C...
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So You Think You Want to Run a Hackathon? Think Again. (A Case Study on #CivicTech Events)
This article is an excerpt from a longer piece originally posted on Medium. Click here for the full story. “Hackathons.” That’s one of the most pop...
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Growing attention for local public broadband
Local public broadband networks continue to get more attention in Washington. On June 10th Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler w...
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What Would Minsky See Today?
Closing Dinner Remarks at The Hyman P. Minsky Summer Seminar
Economist Hyman Minsky had the rare ability to stand back from conventional wisdom and see beyond the current market’s irrationality. In the closin...
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Freshman Year Financial Aid Nudges
An Experiment to Increase FAFSA Renewal and College Persistence
A recent paper from EdPolicy Works at The University of Virginia reports on the results of low-touch interventions to increase FAFSA renewal. Resea...
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Children's Savings Accounts
Research, Practice, and Implications for Policy Design
The American Dream is built upon the enduring values of equal opportunity and personal responsibility. Ensuring that this dream remains attainable ...
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A Hachette Job
We could’ve seen this coming. Amazon, embroiled in protracted negotiations over new contract terms with the book publisher Hachette, is using its m...
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What John Roberts Doesn’t Get About Corruption
The irony of the Citizens United and McCutcheon decisions is that they will create a greater push to use bribery prosecutions in close cases to dea...
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The Father Of Net Neutrality Wants to Fix New York Politics
Tim Wu was barely 30 years old when a concept he invented, network neutrality, became a central part of internet policy debates. Now, a decade late...
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Return of the Drones?
The hiatus was the longest pause in the controversial CIA program since 2006, and the drones' sudden return begs the questions: Why now? And is thi...