Publications - The Century Foundation

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Commentary Higher Education

How Gutting the U.S. Department of Education Would Hurt Students and Their Families

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GOROMONZI, ZIMBABWE - JANUARY 11: A grinding mill installed at the Arcadia Lithium mine on January 11, 2022 in Goromonzi, Zimbabwe. Last month, the Chinese firm Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt said it would pay over $400 million for the hard-rock lithium mine, whose product is a key ingredient in rechargeable batteries used in electric vehicles. The world's transition to

Commentary Manufacturing

The Critical Minerals Imperative: Competing in the Twenty-First-Century Resource Race

Report Century International

Century’s New Democracy Meter Shows America Took an Authoritarian Turn in 2025

Children play in Ali bin Abi Talib Mosque at sunset on Eid al-Adha in Yarmouk camp, Damascus, on June 6, 2025.

Commentary Century International

Syria’s Reconstruction Risks Cutting Out the Syrian People

Wide view of a children's classroom at the school. Red, yellow and blue chairs arranged on the tables, white board and other school equipment.

Commentary Care Economy

Trump’s Child Care Funding Freeze in Five States Could Cost Families $400 Million

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Report Health Care

How States Can Make Health Care More Affordable By Lowering Hospital Prices

This conceptual still image features a handsaw poised to carve a circular outline around a traditional justice gavel, symbolizing external pressure on legal systems and the delicate balance of judicial power. The static composition emphasizes vulnerability, scrutiny, and the potential reshaping of law and order. Ideal for illustrating themes of justice reform, legal oversight, or institutional tension, this image provides ample negative space for editorial text, taglines, and branding, making it suitable for commercial and news-related legal content.

Commentary Economic Opportunity

How to Save Labor Law from Slaughter

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Report Economic Opportunity

Survey: The Affordability Crisis Is Here, and It’s Hitting the Working Class the Hardest

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Commentary Care Economy

Still Unaffordable: Child Care’s Rising Prices, Stretched Supply, and Staffing Shortages

Commentary Health Care

Why It Matters: Congress’s Last Chance to Prevent Health Premium Shocks in January

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Commentary Economics

’Tis the Season for Price Hikes: Popular Holiday Gifts Climb 26 Percent Under Trump

Report Century International

The Foreign Aid Wipeout: A Shadow Revolution in America’s Middle East Policy

Commentary Economic Opportunity

Eight Steps States Should Take to Get Workforce Pell Right for Students and Workers

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Commentary Higher Education

Congress’s College Accountability Statute Has Cracks. The 2023 Gainful Employment Rule Fills Them.

a black family gathers together to cook and eat a Thanksgiving meal.

Commentary Economic Opportunity

A Pricier Plate: Thanksgiving Costs Climb Nearly 10% This Year

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Commentary Unions & Organizing

The GOP Is Trying to Rebrand Its Anti-Worker Agenda. Don’t Believe Them.

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