In The News
- in the news | January 07, 2015 | Education Policy
One Reason For Progressives To Be Hopeful This Year? Universal Pre-K
Universal pre-K illustrates a critical progressive value: programs that support underserved, low-income children and parents make it easier for the... - in the news | January 07, 2015 | Open Markets
Has Israel's antitrust watchdog blocked Mideast peace?
Lina Khan, a policy at the New America Foundation, published a Washington Post article in June entitled “How the United States became uncompetitive... - in the news | January 07, 2015 | Fellows
LBJ, Civil Rights And The Great Society
Historian Julian Zelizer, author of a new book about LBJ, told The New York Times, “they obviously wanted to create a villain, and really miss who ... - in the news | January 07, 2015 | Future of War
China's Sky Wing UAV Gets New Engines
Peter Warren SingerThe WZ-9 Sky Wing UAV,built by Guizhouz Aviation Industry Corporation, has been fitted with a pair of stealthy and more powerful engines. - in the news | January 07, 2015 | Open Technology Institute
Wireless players send Title II warning flare
“If they reclassify broadband Internet access under Title II, the commission has to also reclassify it as a commercial mobile service,” said Michae... - in the news | January 07, 2015 | Breadwinning & Caregiving
What’s 80% White, 80% Male and 92% Christian? Welcome to the 114th Congress!
But it is Liza Mundy’s article “The Secret History of Women in the Senate” that positively makes my teeth hurt. “In the entire history of the Unite... - in the news | January 07, 2015 | Education Policy
New federal guidelines highlight civil rights of English language learners
“Public schools do not move quickly when it comes to how they serve anyone, let alone how they serve special populations,” said Conor Williams. “Th... - in the news | January 06, 2015 | Open Technology Institute
FCC launches new online consumer help center to improve input, communication
"We are pleased that the FCC will continue to expand the consumer complaint data that it releases in the coming months, and hope that this is the f... - in the news | January 06, 2015 | Future of War
North Korea’s growing hacker army, stout cyberdefenses hinder U.S response to Sony breach
Peter Warren SingerNorth Korea is “just not as vulnerable in cyber as we are, so cyberactions we might take to press the buttons of another nation won’t have the same... - in the news | January 06, 2015 | Breadwinning & Caregiving
The Secret History of Women in the Senate
In the entire history of the United States Senate, a mere 44 women have served. Ever. Those few who have were elected to a club they were never mea... - in the news | January 06, 2015 | Fellows
The Man or the Moment
Has a misreading of history informed a misappraisal of Barack Obama? "He doesn't want to undermine that by getting too close or taking too many gif... - in the news | January 06, 2015 | Fellows
Will Christie the Cowboys fan draw an ethical penalty flag?
"He doesn't want to undermine that by getting too close or taking too many gifts from the sorts of people who are angering a lot of voters right no... - in the news | January 06, 2015 | Future of War
3D printing will change how wars are fought, foriegn policy conducted, experts say.
Peter Warren SingerBeing able to take printers to a war zone promises radical shake-up of combat and the defence industry says Peter W. Singer. - in the news | January 05, 2015 | Future of War
Why U.S. needs to stay in Afghanistan
Peter BerganKeeping a relatively small, predominantly U.S. Special Forces, presence in Afghanistan to continue to train the Afghan army past December 2016 is a... - in the news | January 05, 2015 | Future of War
The Pentagoner: The Long, Slow Death of Capabilities-based Planning
Enter capabilities based planning. It was not necessarily the wrong approach, but it allowed much room for artificial selection; we wanted to build... - in the news | January 05, 2015 | Fellows
Christie Keeps High Profile Outside N.J.
Now, Mr. Christie could look to leverage those RGA relationships to bolster a run for president, said Julian Zelizer, professor of history and publ... - in the news | January 05, 2015 | Open Technology Institute
Google Lobbies for Cheaper Airwaves
“They’ve been kind of deep in this way of thinking for a long time,” said Michael Calabrese, director of the Wireless Future Project at the New Ame... - in the news | January 05, 2015 | Open Technology Institute
FCC releases new consumer complaint website
“Protecting consumers is one of the FCC’s foremost responsibilities, and we applaud the FCC for taking steps to update and streamline the consumer ... - in the news | January 04, 2015 | Future of War
Cyberwarfare: The new front
As Shane Harris says in his timely new work of contemporary history, "@War," growing inexorably in recent years. The United States and its adversar... - in the news | January 04, 2015 | Fellows
Thank Congress Not LBJ for Great Society
Princeton historian Julian E. Zelizer takes a fresh look at how a confluence of factors—including the Kennedy assassination, the civil rights movem... - in the news | January 04, 2015 | Open Technology Institute
Sony hack could be game changer
“It is unlikely that information sharing would have prevented the Sony hack,” said Greene, who supports increased cyber information sharing, but no... - in the news | January 03, 2015 | Fellows
The real story behind 'Selma'
But the movie is correct in asserting that Johnson disagreed with civil rights leaders on the timing; he was not ready to actually propose a bill t...