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Increasing the Free Flow of Information to Cuba under U.S. Sanctions
New authorizations will increase access to personal communications and telecommunications services
On December 17, President Barack Obama made a historic announcement: after maintaining a restrictive trade embargo on Cuba for more than 50 years, ...
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Being Unemployed Shouldn’t Make You Unemployable
In the story of the American Dream, the moral is that with hard work, making a comeback or reinventing yourself is possible. Inherent in that moral...
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Savings Demand Assessment Blog Series Launch: YouthSave Boosts Youth Financial Participation
A recent report dispels the myth that kids can’t save. In fact, younger youth (those under 13) save more than older youth. Parents also play an imp...
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The Great Race Podcast
The Global Quest for the Car of the Future
The world's greatest manufacturing juggernaut -- the $2 trillion automotive industry -- is in the throes of a revolution. Its future will include c...
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OTI Welcomes Congressional Support for Net Neutrality, But Urges FCC to Continue to Lead
Today, the Senate and House are holding hearings on a new legislative proposal that would prevent Internet service providers from blocking or throt...
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Hot pastrami and the decline of secular, Jewish-American identity
In the grand drama of American Jewish assimilation, there are winners and losers. And painful as it is to imagine the knish being deposited in hist...
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50 Years Ago, Americans Fired Their Dysfunctional Congress
If Democrats are going to fundamentally change the dynamics in Washington, they will need to focus on the next series of elections in 2016 and 2018.
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BPR: The State of Unions, Colleges, and Boston 2024
Julian Zelizer joins us to talk about his new book, The Fierce Urgency of Now: LBJ and the Great Society, and how LBJ's politics connect to Obama's...
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Think Fast: The trickiest part of Obama's nationwide broadband initiative
But although some form of Internet access is practically ubiquitous today, more than 50 million Americans aren’t online, and for many it’s because ...
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Myths & Misunderstandings
The Undeserved Legacy of Year-Round Pell Grants
The year-round Pell Grant was a widely misunderstood federal program. Despite existing for just a few short years, it has garnered a reputation as ...
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Obama goes on offense
The erosion of Democratic strength in Congress since 2010 has been devastating to the party. The Democratic Congress was the driving force behind P...
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How the Future of Work May Make Many of Us Happier
"The on-demand economy must become a care economy in one other crucial way. We will have to care enough about all platform workers to ensure that t...
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SpaceX and Google Plot a Space Internet
Elon Musk's private space exploration company SpaceX has raised $1 billion from investors — including Google. That's a boost for the satellite busi...
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Audio Slide Show: Wireless Infrastructure
communities without easy or affordable access to the internet are setting up their own wireless networks. In this audio slide show, Greta Byrum of ...
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What is Obama's development legacy?
“There have been specific initiatives,” Anne-Marie Slaughter said, “but I think [the] most important is the elevation of development.”
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Obama Faces Stiff Opposition on SOTU Agenda
Princeton historian Julian Zelizer says Obama would do well to link his efforts to grass-roots movements of different types around the country, suc...
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Think Fast
Nonetheless, by elevating this issue to the national stage, Obama is opening the door for community-driven solutions to address the digital divide....
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Proposed net neutrality bill is a 'solution in search of a problem'
Congress would better serve consumers and small businesses by allowing the FCC to move forward with light-touch net neutrality protections instruct...
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Hang Up and Listen: The Deflated Balls Edition
*In this week’s episode of Slate’s sports podcast Hang Up and Listen, Stefan Fatsis, Josh Levin, and Mike Pesca talk with historian Julian E. Zeliz...
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Predominantly Black Institutions (PBIs)
A Background Primer
Incorporated in the Higher Education Act in 2008, Predominantly Black Institutions (PBIs) are defined as institutions that: Serve at least 1,000 un...
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Broadband Competition: Improving Internet Access, Speed And Price
President Barack Obama recently called for more competition among broadband providers to help extend Internet service to those who don’t have it—an...