Author: The Opportunity Agenda

Looking Back on the Past Year► Reflecting on the Last Decade ► Outlook on the Next Year► Expectations for the Coming Decade► This month’s Public Opinion Monthly examines people’s feelings on...

Although official unemployment in New York City is 10.1 percent, a closer looks reveals an underlying complexity to the story.  Rates of unemployment vary greatly across the city.  Last month, the Fiscal Policy...

This week’s Immigration Blog Roundup will cover key players in immigration reform, policy news, and more… In his inauguration speech last Friday, Mayor Bloomberg pledged to promote immigration reform in 2010:...

The end of a year – and especially the end of a decade – warrants both retrospective reflection and predictions of what is to come.  Currently there seems to be much consensus, especially around the 2000s as a...

In 2010: 1. I will inspire. I am one of the most charismatic orators of our generation, but as president, I’ve moved away from that critical element of my leadership. While my speech to the Muslim world in Cairo and...