Goldberg: A Bear of a Problem for Obama | The Los Angeles Times
September 26, 2011In March 2010, liberal columnist Peter Beinart argued that, for decades, Democratic politicians treated America's innate conservatism like a slumbering bear: If you make no sudden...
View ArticleThe 'Mad Men' Mystique
October 10, 2011 Our fascination with the early 1960s stems from a longing for authority, not a desire to transcend today's prohibitions against overt sexism, racism or harassment. Gregory...
View ArticlePalestinians Ponder Next Step in Their Statehood Bid | The Los Angeles Times
November 11, 2011"This is going to be a painful defeat in the Security Council," said Daniel Levy, co-director of the Middle East Task Force at think tank the New America Foundation. "The question is...
View ArticleNixon Library Director Who Redid Watergate Exhibit Steps Down | The Los...
November 11, 2011“I have much broader intellectual interests than Richard Nixon's presidency, and I'm going back to them,” said Naftali, who will also join the New America Foundation, a think tank, as...
View ArticleRodriguez: Can the American Empire Fight Back? | The Los Angeles Times
November 21, 2011Barry C. Lynn, the author of "Cornered: The New Monopoly Capitalism and the Economics of Destruction," suggests that Americans' growing infatuation with power has led us to cede too...
View ArticleCan the American Empire Fight Back?
November 21, 2011 The problem today — amid fears of U.S. decline — is that we are so concerned about losing global dominance that we've lost sight of the maverick qualities that made us preeminent in...
View ArticleAlleged Strike in Pakistan Ratchets Up Tensions with U.S. | The Los Angeles...
November 26, 2011"The context is much more volatile than when this happened a few years ago," said Brian Fishman, counter-terrorism research fellow at the New America Foundation. "It's very dangerous...
View ArticleCongress' Small Step Toward Immigration Reform
December 7, 2011 The Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act makes only a small, surgical tuck in the nation's complex immigration code. But this small change could have significant consequences....
View ArticleHomesick for the Holidays
December 19, 2011Gregory RodriguezDecember 19, 2011Irving Berlin wrote "White Christmas," one of the biggest-selling songs of all time, with tongue planted firmly in cheek. Although the wistful tune...
View ArticleBig California, Little Fixes
January 27, 2012 Californians are so busy bickering about incremental change, they're ignoring the state's real problems. Joe MathewsJanuary 27, 2012We are told that in California politics and...
View ArticlePushing Past Mediocrity in the Classroom
January 29, 2012 Interactions between children and teachers are at the heart of learning. We should evaluate that. Lisa Guernsey Susan Ochshorn January 29, 2012Teacher wars are raging across the...
View ArticlePetraeus Works to Improve Relations With Lawmakers | The Los Angeles Times
January 31, 2012The CIA has launched 17 drone strikes in Pakistan since Petraeus took over last September, including three this month, according to the New America Foundation, a think tank that tracks...
View ArticleAmerica's Waning Influence
February 1, 2012 Any honest diplomat will tell you that American power and global influence is waning, and if we shy away from acknowledging that fact, we'll only speed up the process. Rosa...
View ArticleAs E-Verify Becomes an Immigration Issue, Restaurants Weigh In | Los Angeles...
April 30, 2013“You're seeing wide adoption by a wide array of different kinds of restaurants,” said Tamar Jacoby, the president of ImmigrationWorks USA. “Four or five years ago, these numbers would...
View ArticleBringing Drones Out of the Shadows | Los Angeles Times
May 13, 2013As Rosa Brooks, a Georgetown law professor and former Pentagon official, put it in recent testimony before a Senate judiciary subcommittee: "Over the last decade, we have seen U.S. drone...
View ArticleNSA Revelations Threaten Worldwide Trust in Facebook, Google | Los Angeles Times
June 14, 2013Rebecca MacKinnon, senior research fellow with the New America Foundation, says there is a growing sense of outrage around the world. U.S. technology firms tied to the NSA surveillance...
View ArticleStudent Loan Debate: Take the Focus Off Interest Rates | Los Angeles Times
June 25, 2013"The program is so new, it hasn't made it into the collective consciousness of schools and borrowers,"Jason DeLisle, an advocate of IBR at the New America Foundation, told me. Education...
View ArticleThe Winners Of The Los Angeles Times Book Prizes Are ... | The Los Angeles Times
April 12, 2014Current Interest: “Five Days at Memorial” by Sheri Fink. Fiction: “A Tale for the Time Being” by Ruth Ozeki. Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction: “We Need New Names” by NoViolet...
View ArticleOwnership of Personal Data Still Appears Up for Grabs | The Los Angeles Times
May 5, 2014Kevin Bankston, policy director for the New America Foundation's Open Technology Institute, a tech-related think tank, wondered whether the report was "ultimately a distraction that has...
View ArticleCorinthian Colleges' Deal With U.S. May Result In Sold Campuses | The Los...
June 23, 2014"If you were to go looking for those with the most troubled history, Corinthian would very clearly be at the top of your list," said Ben Miller, a former policy advisor at the Department...
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