NDN Hosts Barney Frank on Capitol Hill
One of Congress’s most powerful and well-regarded leaders - U.S. Rep. Barney Frank (MA-04), Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee will speak to the NDN community on the economy and the markets, and his work to advance legislation that addresses the economic downturn. To attend this much anticipated event, one of NDN’s Bernard Schwartz Forums on Economic Policy, please click here.
Rebuilding America's Infrastructure
NDN recently endorsed the Dodd-Hagel National Infrastructure Bank Act of 2007, legislation that will help foster critical investments in the nation's major infrastructure systems, which are deteriorating at an alarming rate. New investments are vital to ensuring continued economic growth, new job creation and the flow of goods, services, workers and ideas as NDN Fellow Michael Moynihan recently discussed.
NDN Endorses the Global Poverty Act
The Global Poverty Act would require the President to develop and implement a comprehensive strategy to further the U.S. foreign policy objective of cutting extreme poverty in half by 2015 and achieve the United Nation’s eight Millennium Development Goals. NDN calls on President Bush and Congress to enact the legislation this year. Read NDN’s letter endorsing the Global Poverty Act here.
The backlash against the Clinton FL and MI strategy
In his latest blog post, Simon further weighs in on the rhetoric of Senator Clinton and her campaign on the sanctioning of Florida and Michigan. He shows how the majority of superdelegates are from the other 48 states. They know the system, understand the role that Senator Clinton and her campaign played in creating it, and are showing little interest in Senator Clinton's campaign as a result. Read more.
Race and 21st century America
As we have written, redefining race is a prerequisite for any post-Southern Strategy progressive majority. Moving beyond an era of racial resentment is not just the right thing to do, but it is a necessity for progressives if they hope to build a durable governing majority in this much more racially diverse - and much more tolerant - America of the 21st century. Read more on our blog.
Video: Confronting the challenges facing the American economy
In his interview with NDN President Simon Rosenberg, Dr. Robert J. Shapiro, Chair of NDN's Globalization Initiative and author of a forthcoming book, Futurecast, addresses the three main challenges facing the economy today: the continuing struggle of the middle class amid increased economic globalization; the impending recession; and the financial crisis. The video and transcript are available here.
Shai Agassi changes transportation as we know it
NDN hosted a day-long gathering at the Capital Hilton in Washington DC where a fantastic group of speakers discussed new powers like China, India and Brazil; the global economy and a new generation of Americans here at home; and the awareness of the challenge of climate change. Watch this video of Shai Agassi, CEO and Founder of Project Better Place as an example.
Introducing the Green Project
NDN is excited to announce the launch of a new initiative - the Green Project (working title) - that will seek to develop a legislative, regulatory and advocacy framework to address climate change, end energy dependency, and accelerate the development of green technologies to promote economic growth. NDN Fellow Michael Moynihan will direct the initiative, which you can keep up with on our blog.
Hispanics heavily trending Democratic
The findings of our latest study confirm trends in the Hispanic community that we saw emerge in 2006 – Hispanics are trending very Democratic and voting in much higher numbers. They also continue to prove that the anti-immigrant stance of the GOP has turned the Hispanic community against Republicans and has encouraged them to vote in unprecedented numbers. NDN’s report, Hispanics Rising, has more.
The 50-Year Strategy: A New Progressive Era
Looking beyond the 2008 elections, NDN's recent magazine article lays out a grand strategy for how today's Democrats could build a lasting electoral majority and today's progressives could seize the new media, build off new constituencies like Hispanics and the millennial generation, and solve the urgent governing challenges of our times. Read the article on our website or at Mother Jones.
Improve your Advocacy, Embrace New Tools '08
The New Tools campaign helps progressives adapt to the explosion of new technologies and new media, which are transforming the way we interact with politics. At a time when decisions critical to the future of our nation are being made, the New Politics Institute (an affiliate of NDN) has built upon the success of its first campaign with this iteration, which explores even more ways to add new voices to the process.
Order your copy of Futurecast today
NDN is pleased to announce the release of a new book by Dr. Rob Shapiro, Chair of our Globalization Initiative, entitled Futurecast: How Superpowers, Populations, and Globalization Will Change the Way You Live and Work. In the coming months, NDN will launch a series of events to mark the release of this important new book. In the meantime, learn more about Futurecast on our website.
