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Ending China's Cyberattacks

by Ed Gerwin, Mieke Eoyang The Chinese government is using all the cybertools of the state to break into private sector companies and steal information and ideas for purely commercial advantage, so how does the international community convince China to give up its cyberattacks? More ►

Stick to Targeted and Discrete Policies

Square_thumb by Ryan Fitzpatrick Energy policy is difficult to move, in part because there’s really no such thing as a “must-pass” energy bill. Targeted and discrete policy initiatives will minimize the excuses to vote against clean energy interests that matter to folks back home. More ►

Thank Your Grandparents for Equality Surging in Polls

Square_thumb by Lanae Erickson Hatalsky This year might bring the first-ever statewide vote in favor of marriage for same-sex couples — and for that you have your grandmother to thank. More ►
Progressives have toiled for a century to build and perfect an adequate safety net. With passage of the Affordable Care Act in 2010, this mission is complete. Their challenge now is to maintain it as we approach the most consequential demographic aging in U.S. history.

Any serious approach to fixing the safety net must include a balance of measures that make the programs healthy and solvent—new revenue, modest reductions in benefits to some recipients, and a commitment to working-class people that we will not raise payroll taxes on them in the future.
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