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What Mitt Romney Should Be Saying to Women Voters This Mother's Day

  • By
  • David Gray,
  • New America Foundation
May 11, 2012 |

Mitt Romney knows he has to do better in attracting women voters. After controversial comments by GOP leaders about contraception and Planned Parenthood during the heat of the primary season, polls show that Mr. Romney’s standing among women has been impacted and that he trails President Obama in critical swing states with female voters by a 2 to 1 margin (according to a a recent USA Today/Gallup survey).

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New Leadership at the Administration of Children and Families

  • By
  • David Gray
November 17, 2011

Last month Joan Lombardi, a nationally-recognized early childhood researcher, retired from the Administration of Children and Families (ACF), the section of the federal Department of Health and Human Services that deals with Head Start and child care programs. Lombardi had served as deputy assistant secretary and inter-departmental liaison for early childhood development since 2009.

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Innovation: Doing More with Less | CNN

August 3, 2011

Journalist Dayo Olopade tells Inside Africa that advanced economies can learn from Africa's innovative spirit.

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Studies Highlight Troubles Low-Wage Workers Face, the Effects on Their Children | The Washington Independent

July 11, 2011

Those out-of-school variations were highlighted during a discussion at the New America Foundation last week. The particular struggles of low-wage hourly workers were examined, demystifying some of the quotidian challenges families of low-income ...

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Dads Work More — Not Less — Than Other Men, Survey Finds | USA TODAY

June 30, 2011

"People are working in different ways," says David Gray, director of the Workforce and Family Program at the New America Foundation, a Washington-based think tank. "I do a lot of work in the evenings," says Gray, the father of four under age 5, ...

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Policy Periscope: Child Care and Jerry Brown 2.0

  • By
  • Kate Karpilow,
  • New America Foundation
May 31, 2011 |

“Everybody is exhausted just trying to hang on to what exists, with attacks from every direction.”

That’s a quote from a leading child care advocate in California . . . a very tired advocate.

After months of budget battles, California’s child care system was ultimately pared down with a sharp scalpel, as were most health and social service programs.

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Counties Need More Support to Boost CalFresh Participation

  • By
  • Kate Karpilow,
  • New America Foundation
February 28, 2011 |

Here’s a fact that should command the attention of every policymaker in California: Nearly 5 billion dollars in federal funding is lost each year when California families eligible for food stamps aren’t enrolled in the program.

Funny how a state unemployment rate stuck at 12 percent-plus since August 2009 can turn a bureaucratic issue like “program participation rates” into a strategic discussion about economic stimulus.

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Jeffrey Leonard on "The Colbert Report" | Comedy Central

February 18, 2011

New America board member Jeffrey Leonard appeared on the Feb. 17 "Colbert Report" to discuss his recent Washington Monthly article on the way large corporations are effectively demanding free loans from small businesses. A clip of the interview is available below.

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Half of Welfare Cases Now Kids

  • By
  • Kate Karpilow,
  • New America Foundation
February 9, 2011 |

California’s welfare system, known as CalWORKs, is designed as a time-limited cash assistance and welfare-to-work program to help recipients get trained and employed. Self-sufficiency is the buzz word.

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Harar, Home of Haile Selassie and the Hyena Man

  • By
  • Eliza Griswold,
  • New America Foundation
December 17, 2010 |

The trip's worst day coincides with my 37th birthday. In the open-air market outside the walls of a 16th-century Islamic town called Harar, I slip, fall, and scrape my left leg. Among the scrap metal heaps and Quran vendors, my knee starts to bleed, and I begin to cry. It's the mildest of scratches, but the sting and surprise is enough to make the dammed-up tears of a lonely trip fall. I scramble to find my cheap, knockoff sunglasses in my bag. I hate wearing sunglasses. In my embarrassment, I'm glad for them now.

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