Feed items

Female Breadwinners And Love In A New Economy | U.S. News & World Report

May 23, 2013

"Women are more empowered financially than they've ever been before," says Liza Mundy, author of "The Richer Sex: How the New Majority of Female Breadwinners is Transforming Sex, Love and Family." She cites data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor ...

Programs:

Student Loan Debt: How Colleges Favor Wealthy Students At The Expense Of ... | Policymic

May 23, 2013

In his paper entitled, “Undermining Pell: How Colleges Compete for Wealthy Students and Leave the Low-Income Behind,” Stephen Burd focused on the oft-ignored “net price” statistic from the U.S. Department of Education — the total amount a student is ...

Programs:

Fourth American Fatality By U.S. Drones Disclosed | Los Angeles Times

May 22, 2013

"My expectations are low," said Rosa Brooks, who served in the Pentagon from 2009 to 2011. She said she would like Obama to ask Congress to establish an external review or judicial system for the targeted killings, but doesn't think he'll do so.

Programs:

New America Foundation Names Ut Arlington One Of Six National "Next ... | The Herald | Heraldonline.Com

May 22, 2013

ARLINGTON, Texas, May 22, 2013 — /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The University of Texas at Arlington is one of six universities nationwide to be named a "Next Generation University" in a new study published by the New America Foundation, a nonprofit ...

Programs:

Kerry: Arming Rebels On The Table If Assad Shuns Peace Talks | The Daily Star

May 22, 2013

Moreover, the threat may not achieve the desired result of pushing Assad to talks, according to Daniel Levy, director of the European Council on Foreign Relations Middle East and North Africa Program. “Direct military intervention has wisely been ...

Programs:

Terrorism In America – Al Shihabi | Susris

May 22, 2013

As Philip Mudd, former deputy director of the CIA's Counterterrorism Center, told Charlie Rose in a recent interview about the Boston bombers, “I don't necessarily think these are real jihadi terrorists. I think they are angry kids.. ..They may have ...

Programs:

Looking Ahead: Peter Bergen On Al-Qaida | Npr

May 22, 2013

Two years after the death of Osama bin Laden, the U.S. continues to warn of the threat posed by the terrorist organization he led. As part of our "Looking Ahead" series, Peter Bergen, CNN national security analyst and author of Manhunt: The Ten-Year ...

Programs:

Court Ruling Puts Cloud Over U.S. Consumer Agency As Work Slows | Bloomberg

May 22, 2013

“From before its inception, this agency has faced pressure and they've done more than an admirable job of rising to the challenge,” Reid Cramer, who directs a program aimed at promoting family wealth-building policies at the Washington-based New ...

Programs:

How Social Commerce Tightens China's Grip On The Internet | Global Voices Online

May 22, 2013

The greatest danger comes when netizens are unaware of how power is being exercised over them, as Global Voices co-founder Rebecca Mackinnon, author of “Consent of the Networked: The Worldwide Struggle for Internet Freedom”, noted in an article for ...

Programs:

Why Food Stamp Use In Illinois Has Exploded | Chicago Magazine

May 21, 2013

As Jason DeParle and Robert Gebeloff noted in a 2010 New York Times piece, the SNAP rolls have increased since welfare reform decreased TANF (Temporary Assistance to Needy Families) recipients: The main cash welfare program, Temporary ...

Programs: