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Artists Explore Immigration Reform Debate | U.S. News & World Report

April 16, 2013

Much of it is emerging organically, says Tamar Jacoby, the president and CEO of ImmigrationWorks USA. "What happens is all the different changes that lift a question up for politics to consider it also lifts it up for artists to weigh in on." Either ...

American Council On Education Approves 5 MOOCs For Course Credit | U.S. News University

February 8, 2013

"This could make it much easier for students to get credit for MOOCs, and they don't necessarily have to figure out the complicated, back-roads way of doing so," Amy Laitinen, deputy director for higher education at the New America Foundation, told the ...

Investing in Children Early Increases Access to Education | U.S. News & World Report

August 1, 2012

Earlier this year, the New America Foundation released "Creating a Financial Stake in College," a series of reports on the relationship between children's savings and improving college success.

 

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Supreme Court Rejects Obama Charge of Racism in Immigration Case | U.S. News & World Report

June 27, 2012

"The fight over who should make immigration law, Washington or the states, is far from over," said Tamar Jacoby, president of ImmigrationWorks USA. "Today's ruling—consistent with the mood in many states—is a stunning reversal of recent trends" which gave states more latitude in they way they dealt with immigration issues.

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Debate Club: Obama's Executive Order Is Good News, But Not the Solution

  • By
  • Tamar Jacoby,
  • New America Foundation
June 19, 2012 |
The Obama executive order is great news for many young "dreamers" and their families—great, great news. It will change a lot of lives in the short term, giving a generation of young people a measure of hope for the future.
 
If only it were as good as it seems—if only it were a real solution.
 
The problem: It's a short-term stopgap—it only postpones these young people's day of reckoning with U.S. immigration authorities. Any real, long-term solution still has to go through Congress—and it has to be bipartisan.

Debate Club: The U.S. Must Attract and Retain Global Talent to Stay Competitive

  • By
  • Tamar Jacoby,
  • New America Foundation
May 25, 2012 |

There aren't many issues in politics that are so obvious they shouldn't need debating. But attracting and retaining skilled knowledge workers is surely one of them. It's like motherhood and apple pie—a total no-brainer.

Social Security: Time to Panic? No. Time to Act? Yes. | U.S. News & World Report

April 24, 2012

There is considerable frustration over politicians' inability or unwillingness to address large problems like Social Security, Medicare and the rising national debt, says Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, a nonpartisan organization concerned with fiscal policy. "There's no excuse for the delay that's gone on for years," she says. "There's a clear warning of a danger to come. It's not that we couldn't fix the problem; it's that we're losing faith in our politicians to fix the problem."

Social Security: Time To Panic? No. Time To Act? Yes. | U.S. News & World Report

April 23, 2012

There is considerable frustration over politicians' inability or unwillingness to address large problems like Social Security, Medicare and the rising national debt, says Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, ...

Debate Club: The Supreme Court Shouldn't Be Making Immigration Policy

  • By
  • Tamar Jacoby,
  • New America Foundation
April 23, 2012 |

No, it's not constitutional, but Congress­--not the courts--should be making immigration policy

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