Hailey, Author at The Century Foundation

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Report Economic Opportunity

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

Commentary Health Care

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

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Commentary Economics

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Report Century International

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Commentary Higher Education

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

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Commentary Economic Opportunity

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Commentary Health Care

It’s Official: Americans Will Pay Much More for All Types of Health Coverage in 2026—Including Medicare

DAMASCUS, SYRIA - DECEMBER 21: Ahmed Muhammad Al-Nawa (L) is greeted by a neighbourhood friend after returning home from Lebanon to his family’s home in the village of Harran for the first time in 10-years on December 21, 2024 in Damascus, Syria. 36-year-old Ahmed, was imprisoned and tortured by the regime for a year and half in the Mezzah Military Prison in 2012-2013, after his release, his wife and daughter were displaced from their home in the village of Harran, Eastern Ghouta, Damascus, during the Assad regime’s siege of the region in 2014. They fled to Lebanon where they have been living in a tent in the Hosh Al-Hareem camp for the past 10-years. Ahmed’s mother Umm Marwan stayed behind in Syria due to a heart condition that stopped her from travelling. While living in Lebanon, Ahmed and his wife had four more children that were born in Lebanon and have never meet their grandmother, other relatives or seen the family home. After the fall of the regime Ahmed decided to return home bringing all his possessions from Lebanon and giving his mother the chance to meet her grandchildren face to face for the first time. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

Commentary Century International

Lebanon and Syria’s Detainee Dilemma

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Commentary Economic Opportunity

Fueling Debt: How Rising Utility Costs Are Overwhelming American Families

Report English Learners

What Families Want: New Data on Public Demand for Bilingual Education