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February 17, 2010 The financial aftershocks being felt in Greece will show the EU what 'union' really means Steven HillFebruary 17, 2010URL: http://newamerica.net/node/29031 Over a year ago, the world...
View ArticleCan Obama Bypass Republicans on Health?
February 22, 2010 What the Founders Would Do? Steven HillFebruary 22, 2010URL: http://newamerica.net/node/29165 Yes, President Obama should push his health care package through the Senate via the...
View ArticleSen. Hancock and Asm. Eng Introduce IRV Special Elections Bills
Bills Would Allow Counties to Use Instant Runoff Voting for Special Elections February 23, 2010SACRAMENTO-Senator Loni Hancock (D-Oakland) and Assemblymember Mike Eng (D-Monterey Park) introduced SB...
View ArticleAuthor's Corner: Steven Hill | Capitol Weekly
February 25, 2010Passionate political author Steven Hill talks about his newest book “Europe’s Promise: Why the European Way Is the Best Hope in an Insecure Age.” Steven is the director of the...
View ArticleGreek Debt Crisis Tests EU Solidarity | Toronto Star
March 4, 2010"If you look at the history of the EU, it progresses through crisis," says Steven Hill, author of Europe's Promise: Why the European Way is the Best Hope in...Feed: In the News...
View ArticleReturning the Senate to Majority Rule
March 18, 2010Steven HillMarch 18, 2010URL: http://newamerica.net/node/29393 Standing at the edge of the health care precipice, President Barack Obama has reached a defining point in his presidency....
View ArticleA More United Europe
March 22, 2010Steven HillMarch 22, 2010URL: http://newamerica.net/node/29753 Greece's debt situation has pundits taking out their crystal balls trying to divine the future not only of Greece, but also...
View ArticleFrom Hope to Change | The Economist
March 25, 2010In a new book, Steven Hill of the New America Foundation extols the European social contract of higher taxes for better government services. ...Feed: In the News ItemsOriginal article
View ArticleMedianotes: Debunking the Myth of Europe's Failing Economy | The Oakland Tribune
March 25, 2010Author Steven Hill's "Europe's Promise: Why the European Way Is the Best Hope for an Insecure Age" rebuffs many of the distortions we've heard for years about Europe's supposedly broken...
View ArticleInspiration Across the Pond
March-April 2010 From its social model to its eco-policies, Europe has much to teach the US – but it must recognise that Barack Obama cannot deliver what it hoped he would Steven HillMarch 29,...
View ArticleEurope Tax Model Delivers Much More
April 15, 2010Steven HillApril 15, 2010URL: http://newamerica.net/node/30589 Most Americans seem to regard April 15 – the day income tax returns are due to the Internal Revenue Service – as a...
View ArticleWhat the Doomsayers Haven’t Been Telling You About Greece
April 15, 2010Steven HillApril 15, 2010URL: http://newamerica.net/node/31682 The recent battle over healthcare reform in the United States, in which the Obama administration was barely able to pass...
View ArticleLandmark Federal Case Upholds Ranked Choice Voting
Election method also known as Instant Runoff Voting April 19, 2010In a landmark opinion issued late on Friday, Federal District Court Judge Richard Seeborg upheld the constitutionality of San...
View ArticleEurope's Answer to Wall Street
April 21, 2010Steven HillApril 21, 2010URL: http://newamerica.net/node/30951 A year and a half after an economic earthquake shook the world, the so-called experts are still trying to figure out what...
View ArticleBlanket Test In California | Stateline.org
April 24, 2010Of 98 state House races in Washington in 2008, only five were won by four percentage points or less, and of 26 state Senate races, only two were won by a margin that narrow. “That's a...
View ArticleAuthor Steven Hill: Health Is More Than Just Healthcare | KALW News
April 29, 2010Steven Hill is the director of the Political Reform Program at the New America Foundation, and he’s author of “Europe’s Promise: Why the European Way is the Best Hope for an Insecure...
View ArticleEurope's Blame Game | Forbes
May 11, 2010Steven Hill, author of Europe's Promise, has said Europe's "social capitalist policies represent best practices in handling most of the challenges modern ...Feed: In the News ItemsOriginal...
View ArticleGreek Crisis Leads to Positive Steps
May 14, 2010Steven HillMay 14, 2010URL: http://newamerica.net/node/31739 Contrary to what the doomsayers have been saying, Greece's debt crisis may turn out to be one of the best things to happen to...
View ArticleBuilding a Balanced Supreme Court
May 17, 2010 Changing the Rules to Prevent Partisan Domination on the Bench Steven HillMay 17, 2010URL: http://newamerica.net/node/31835 Oftentimes, American-style partisanship results in Republicans...
View ArticleInstant Runoff: An Option for Political Reform | Capitol Weekly
May 20, 2010At a recent meeting in Oakland sponsored by The New America Foundation, the topic of How to Campaign using IRV or Ranked Choice Voting was debated. ...For more information on IRV or Ranked...
View ArticleTerm Limits Would Promote Balance on Court
May 25, 2010Steven HillMay 25, 2010URL: http://newamerica.net/node/32210 President Barack Obama’s nomination of Elena Kagan to the court will kick off the usual bloodletting across the partisan...
View ArticleSecure Retirement for All Americans
Guaranteeing the American Dream with Expanded Social Security August 16, 2010Steven HillFor more and more Americans, the dream of a secure retirement has become increasingly threatened. The Great...
View ArticleOp-Independent: What's Wrong With European Socialism? | Wicked Local
February 4, 2012Steven Hill, who heads the political reform program at the New America Foundation, a liberal Washington think tank, has just published a book: Europe's Promise. Why the European Way is...
View ArticleExpanded Social Security
A Plan to Increase Retirement Security for All Americans April 3, 2013Michael LindJoshua FreedmanSteven Hill Robert Hiltonsmith, Demos Click here to download the full paper as a PDF.Executive...
View ArticleWhy We Need to Expand Social Security, Not Cut It | The Nation
April 11, 2013In a sensible proposal released by the New America Foundation, Michael Lind, Steven Hill, Robert Hiltonsmith and Joshua Freedman call for adding a supplement to Social Security that would...
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