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'Lean In' Debate Rages In DC | Washington Examiner

May 19, 2013

... became clear there would be no consensus regarding Sandberg's advice to women, either, on a panel that also included the Atlantic senior editor Hanna Rosin, the New Atlantis senior editor Christine Rosen, and IWF Executive Director Sabrina Schaeffer.

Anne-Marie Slaughter Headed Back To DC, Still Doesn't 'Have It All' | Washington Examiner

April 7, 2013

Anne-Marie Slaughter is a wife, mother, and on Sept. 1 becomes president of D.C.-based think tank New America Foundation, a leadership role she says allows her to "combine doing work and family and foreign policy all in one place." But she wants to ...

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John Stossel: To Government, Every Penny Is Sacred | Washington Examiner

February 19, 2013

"I am sympathetic to people wanting to shove their kids out the door," joked Katherine Mangu-Ward, "but Head Start, our pilot program for universal preschool, has a not-great record. We spend $8 billion to get very, very little in terms of results ...

After New Attacks, Obama Faces Questions On Drone Strikes | The Washington Examiner

January 3, 2013

Since becoming commander in chief, Obama has signed off on approximately 300 drone strikes in Pakistan alone, more than six times the amount approved by President George W. Bush, according to the New America Foundation, a Washington think tank.

Millennial Group Taking Over H Street Ne For Inaugural Fun | Washington Examiner

January 1, 2013

Besides the Millennial Trains Project, the No Kings Collective, a local arts cooperative, and the New America Foundation, a nonpartisan think tank, have gotten involved to bring in diverse programming. For example, on Jan. 18, the space will host an ...

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Examiner Editorial: To Believe Obama Is To Forget The Last Four Years | The Washington Examiner

October 1, 2012

And never mind that Maya MacGuineas, president of the bipartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, has called Obama's debt plan a "gimmick." Or that the actual budget that Obama submitted to Congress adds $4 trillion to the debt in just the ...

More Middle-Class Families Look To College Consultants | The Washington Examiner

September 29, 2012

Amy Laitinen, deputy director for higher education at the New America Foundation, said this kind of consulting "is another example of wealth buying you opportunities." Laitinen says she doesn't fault parents, who are simply trying to do the best by ...

DC Outpaces Nation in Pre-K Quality, Funding | The Washington Examiner

April 10, 2012

Lisa Guernsey, director of the New America Foundation's Early Education Initiative, said the recession hit preschool programs harder than K-12 because preschool is less established as state policy. "Pre-K wasn't built into a stable funding stream in ...

As Women Seek Office, The 'First Dude' Role Evolves | The Washington Examiner

March 21, 2012

In her new book “The Richer Sex: How the New Majority of Female Breadwinners Is Transforming Sex, Love and Family,” author Liza Mundy draws attention to a reverse in traditional gender roles as more men “marry up” to be with women who are more educated ...

The Case for Raising the Debt Limit | Washington Examiner

July 27, 2011

As the Atlantic's Megan McArdle has noted, this would leave a whole lot out, including border patrol and funding for federal prisons, among many other government functions that conservatives favor. And remember, it won't be conservatives who will be ...

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