NDN: Coming to an Op-Ed Page Near You

NDN is on a roll when it comes to showing up in some of the nation's top op-ed pages on some of the most important topics of the day.

Wrapping up the most recent leg of their tour for the new paperback edition of Millennal Makeover: MySpace, You Tube and the Future of American Politics, NDN Fellows Morley Winograd and Mike Hais had a strong showing with their cutting-edge work and commentary on the Millennial Generation, the largest and most progressive U.S. generation ever. 

To wit:

A New Generation Shapes a New Era, Politico, 4/6/09
...outside the Beltway, America’s demography is steadily and quietly changing in a way that will fundamentally reshape the country for decades to come. A new generation, the millennial generation (born between 1982 and 2003), is coming of age to make over or realign U.S. politics. 

The Republican Party ignores young 'millennials' at own peril, Los Angeles Times, 5/10/09
If the Republican Party thinks it has problems now, just wait. The party's incredibly poor performance among young voters in the 2008 election raises questions about the long-term competitiveness of the GOP. The "millennials" -- the generation of Americans born between 1982 and 2003 -- now identify as Democrats by a ratio of 2 to 1. They are the first in four generations to contain more self-perceived liberals than conservatives. 

Do you get the Millennial Generation? Christian Science Monitor, 5/15/09
MTV premièred in August 1981, seven months after Ronald Reagan was inaugurated as America's 40th president. It revolutionized TV and the music industry as much as Reagan changed the country's politics. And now, just as the election of Barack Obama to the presidency signaled the end of that political era and the beginning of another, MTV is belatedly shifting gears as well.

Simon has also been featured very prominently in the Huffington Post:

Making the Case: 7 Reasons Congress Should Pass Comprehensive Immigration Reform this Year, Huffington Post, 4/30/09
At NDN, we believe the answer to whether Congress can pass reform this year is "yes."

The Economic Conversation Enters a New Phase: Putting Consumers Front and Center Now, Huffington Post, 5/14/09
This is a welcome turn in the national economic conversation from the plight of big institutions and the financial system to what is perhaps the most important part of the story of the Great Recession still not adequately understood - the weakened state of the American consumer prior to the recent recession and financial collapse.

NDN Vice President for Hispanic Programs Andres Ramirez had an important op-ed in a special section of Roll Call on the 2010 Census and the growing power of Hispanic voters:

Ramirez: Hispanics Poised to Flex Muscle in Politics, Policy, Roll Call, 5/18/09 
In particular, Hispanics stand to gain substantially from the census as the U.S. Hispanic population continues its rapid rise. And it is projected that Hispanics will represent at least 16 percent of the American work force by 2014.

NDN has an important new addition to our team, Nelson Cunningham, Chair of our Latin America Policy Initiative. Cunningham kicked off his chairmanship with a strong essay in the Chicago Tribune:

Hearing 'friend' in Trinidad, Chicago Tribune, 4/22/09
as Hugo Chavez...“friended” President Barack Obama at the 34-nation Summit of the Americas last weekend in Trinidad, he handed him a book about 500 years of neo-colonialist exploitation of Latin America by Europe and the United States. But the gesture was clear, as was the broad grin on Chavez’s face as he shook Obama’s hand on the summit’s first day. So was Chavez’s announcement that he would send a new ambassador to Washington, seven months after pulling out his last envoy in the waning days of the Bush administration.

And last, but by no means least, NDN Green Project Director Michael Moynihan weighed on on grist.org about one of the hottest debates in Congress:

Cap and Market This Year, grist.org, 5/14/09
The question is what does the compromise on auctioning credits mean? In my view, it is secondary to the greater goal of moving a bill forward. Accordingly, the deal reached by Chairman Henry Waxman and Congressman Ed Markey with other Members should be hailed as a victory by everyone who cares about the climate.

Stay tuned for more great reads!