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Century Foundation

The Century Foundation is a progressive think tank headquartered in New York City with offices in Washington, D.C. It was founded as a nonprofit public policy research institution on the belief that the prosperity and security of the United States depends on a mix of effective government, open democracy, and free markets. Its staff, fellows, and authors produce books, reports, papers, pamphlets, and online publications. Wikipedia*

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Century Foundation has hosted 10 events in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first program was a 1999 Forum. The year with the highest average number of views per video was 2012 with an average of 674 views per video. Most appearances with Richard D. Kahlenberg (3), Richard Leone (2), Randi Weingarten (2).

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    Former Vice President Biden and Senator Gillibrand at Wage Summit

    Former Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) delivered remarks at the “Building a High Wage…

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    Race and College Admissions

    Panelists talked about affirmative action, the future of college diversity, and policy implications. The panel focused…

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    Peace in Afghanistan

    The co-chairs of the Century Foundation’s International Task Force on Afghanistan talked about the release of the group’s…

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    Tough Liberal

    Richard Kahlenberg talked about his book Tough Liberal: Albert Shanker and the Battles Over Schools, Unions, Race, and…

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