New ideas and new alliances--especially and most recently, The
Poverty Forum--offer hope and a fresh blueprint for bi-partisan action to combat
poverty amidst a deepening recession which threatens to push millions of
Americans into, or further into, poverty. Other new ideas, new reports, and new
alliances have emerged as well. The recently
enacted recovery package includes significant help for struggling families, but
does it go far enough? What other
policies must we consider? And what are
the politics of reducing poverty and expanding opportunity… more
America's society is -- and always has been -- completely dependent "on both the quantity and quality of other people's children," say Phillip Longman and David Gray, who study work and family issues at the New America Foundation think tank. ...
The problem is this -- America's "social contract" has gotten wildly out of balance, says Phillip Longman, senior fellow at the New America Foundation think tank...
The next generation is already "highly encumbered by poverty, family
break-up, a rising national debt," Mr. Longman and David Gray write in
their November report, "A Family-Based Social Contract."
When I worked in brand management at Procter & Gamble in the 1990s,
we learned about the importance of connecting to one's customer. Over
the past five years, the Republican Party has lost touch with its
voting customers and its brand is in need of repair.
Poll after poll throughout the 2008 election cycle showed that on
the issues that mattered most to Americans, voters favored Democrats
over Republicans.
On January 27, 2009, the New
America Foundation hosted a panel of GOP thinkers and
policymakers to discuss the current status of the Republican Party, the lessons
of its defeat in the 2008 election and the challenges it faces in the years
ahead. Featured speaker Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Senior Policy
Advisor to McCain for President and former Director of the Congressional Budget
Office, was followed by responses from New America
"In a more competitive market where products are increasing in quality," said Gray, who now works at the New America Foundation, a Washington-based think ...
David Gray, former Labor Department acting assistant secretary for policy, said one thing is certain to emerge from the retooling of the worldwide financial system – greater global challenges to America’s economic dominance. ... Outside Article
On December 5, 2008, the New America Foundation’s Next
Social Contract Initiative hosted a three panel discussion about the future of
social policy after the economic downturn. David
Gray, Director of the Workforce and Family Program at New
America, opened the event with preliminary remarks. Karen Kornbluh,
formerly of the New America Foundation, policy director in the office of
Senator Barack Obama and the primary author of the 2008 Democratic Party
Platform, delivered the keynote address. She was followed by a series of
NEW AMERICA FOUNDATION HOLDS A CONFERENCE
ON SOCIAL POLICY AFTER THE ECONOMIC PROBLEMS
DECEMBER 5, 2008
SPEAKERS: MICHAEL CALABRESE,
VICE PRESIDENT, NEW AMERICA FOUNDATION
LEN NICHOLS, DIRECTOR,
HEALTH POLICY PROGRAM, NEW AMERICA FOUNDATION
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Americans instinctively revere the family as an institution that helps facilitate all other aspects of life. The family fosters attachments across generations, provides a nurturing environment in which to raise children, and is a means of transmitting values from one generation to the next. It is the foundation upon which our social contract has been built.
