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L.A. Times op-ed: Tax Cheats

Tax Planning? Or Tax Cheating? Laws that encourage corporate tax havens are bad for America,writes Fellow Edward Kleinbard in the L.A. Times. Read his op-ed stating that corporate tax cheating hurts us...

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Why Labor Organizing Should Be a Civil Right

Our Fellow Richard Kahlenberg has co-authored a book arguing for making labor organizing and the protection of unions, a civil right. We believe this will rebuild a Middle-Class democracy by enhancing...

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The Politics of Voter Suppression

The onslaught against voter rights is in full swing throughout the country. State after state has introduced or passed prohibitive laws that manipulate election results by limiting participation of...

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Video: Experts Discuss Voter Suppression

View video of today's earlier event co-hosted by The Century Foundation and Demos, to mark the publication of The Politics of Voter Suppression by Tova Andrea Wang (A Century Foundation Book published...

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Can the Chicago Teachers’ Strike Fix Democratic Education Reform?

In The New Republic, Senior Fellow Richard Kahlenberg writes that timing of the Chicago Teachers Union strike is probably no coincidence.

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Graph of the Day: Are We Winning the War on Poverty?

The latest data from the Census Bureau shows the poverty rate was 15 percent in 2011, essentially unchanged from the year before. But the official number doesn't include millions of people helped by...

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Graph of the Day: The 47%

How Progressive Is the Tax Code, Really? Mitt Romney claims the 47 percent of Americans who pay no federal income tax are "dependent upon government" and "believe that they are victims." This graph by...

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We Are the 96 Percent

Mitt Romney's infamous line about the 47 percent missed the deeper truth, write TCF Fellow Suzanne Mettler and John Sides  in The New York Times.

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The Graph that Proves Mitt Romney Is Wrong

Forget the 47 percent. Nearly every American has benefited from government social programs, even if they don't know it. TCF's Benjamin Landy illustrates in this graph.

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New Report: Romney Plan Could Cost 2 million jobs

A new report out today by The Century Foundation and the Economic Policy Institute - written by TCF/EPI Fellow Andrew Fieldhouse and co-author Josh Bivens - finds Romney's budget plans could cost...

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Doing Social Work Right in Chicago

One Homeless Young Mother and Her Toddler: TCF Fellow Harold Pollack writes about social work being done right in Chicago.

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My Confession. And Ideas for Young People and Labor

A new post by Allison Padgett, Contributor, Blog of The Century. I have a confession.  When I first started working for a union in 2008, I didn’t even know what collective bargaining was.  I think it...

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Free Report: A Better Affirmative Action

On October 10, 2012, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case that will determine whether race-based affirmative action policies in college admissions survive.Sign up for your free copy of a...

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Keeping Diversity on Campus

The Supreme Court will hear arguments on October 10, 2012 in a case that could change or even abolish race-based affirmative action programs in American colleges and universities.If the Court goes that...

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Romney is Mathmatically Wrong on Taxes

Even more mathematically impossible tax promises: Budget Analyst Andrew Fieldhouse  on why Mitt Romney's myriad of tax promises don’t add up.

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Robert Samuelson is drinking Romney’s tax cut Kool-Aid

Andrew Fieldhouse writes that Washington Post’s Robert Samuelson is drinking Romney’s tax cut Kool-Aid.  Romney's contradictory tax plan requires voters to guess which promises he'll keep. Shouldn't...

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Why Romney Shouldn't Take Credit for Massachusetts' High Education Ranks

Blog of the Century Contributor Corey Bunje Bower writes that in last week's debate, Mitt Romney took credit for Massachusetts' position atop some education rankings. Yes, it's generally true that...

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Corporate Greed Is the Problem, Not Obamacare

A new post by Allison Padgett, Contributor, Blog of The Century. If I had a dollar for every time a millionaire CEO bemoaned the cost of Obamacare, I just might end up rich myself. Recently, the...

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Unions' Special Interests? You.

A new post by Allison Padgett, Contributor,Blog of The Century. I love Ben & Jerry’s.  Favorite flavor: Mint Chocolate Cookie.  And there’s another reason to love Ben & Jerry’s.  It is one of...

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Graph How To Go Over the Fiscal Cliff

An excerpt of Benjamin Landy's Blog of the Century Graph of the Day:Originally called "taxmageddon," it is revealing that policymakers and journalists eventually settled on the less apocalyptic "fiscal...

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