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Design Your Own Defense Budget

Use this tool to examine key military programs and decide for yourself how the defense budget should be made. Based off of our new report, Building a Military for the 21st Century.

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Civil Rights, Liberties, and Justice | January 6, 2009

Closing Guantánamo 101

Why we need to close the prison at Guantánamo Bay and six steps to get there.

Women's Health & Rights | January 6, 2009

Wage Gap by the Numbers

Women are still earning only 78 cents on a man’s dollar, but two bills before Congress could help narrow the gap.

Books | January 6, 2009

The Tyranny of Dead Ideas

Matt Miller releases a new book on letting go of the old ways of thinking to unleash a new prosperity.

Energy & Environment | January 5, 2009

The Staggering Cost of New Nuclear Power

A new study puts generation rates for power from nuclear plants at triple current U.S. electricity rates, writes Joseph Romm.

Energy & Environment | December 24, 2008

Saving the U.N. Climate Change Process from Itself

Andrew Light explains why working to reduce global warming pollution through other bilateral and multilateral channels may ultimately save the moral heart of the U.N. climate change process.

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How to Throw a Green New Year’s Eve Party: It's Easy Being Green

An Unhealthy Market: Why It’s So Hard to Find Insurance on Your Own

Food That’s "Fit": Jewish Groups Embrace Sustainable Agriculture

Interactive Map: Neighborhood Stabilization Creates Jobs: How the Stimulus Can Help States Deal with Foreclosures

After the Meltdown: A Private Roundtable on a New U.S. International Economic Policy

A CLOSER LOOK

FOUR PROGRESSIVE PRIORITIES

Restoring America's global leadership
Seizing the energy opportunity
Creating progressive growth
Delivering universal health care

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Designing a Stimulus that Will Get the Economy Moving Fast

Will Straw discusses why we need another stimulus, what should be in it, and how quickly we can start seeing results.

PUBLICATIONS

A Second Stimulus

Will Straw and Michael Ettlinger outline a program for spending $350 billion on stimulus and recovery to boost the economy within a year.

Green Affordable Housing

Report from David Abromowitz outlines ways that the Obama administration can incentivize and enable the green transformation of affordable housing.

Generating Heat Around Making Home Energy Affordable: Current Challenges and Proposed Solutions

A Race Against the Clock: Report from Melissa Lazarín explores the value of expanded learning time for English language learners.

Transitioning to a New U.S. International Economic Policy: Report from Richard Samans outlines a "Global Deal" to revive and broaden the benefits of economic growth.