The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Second, it was very much exacerbated by strong government fiscal and monetary policy actions, especially the record low mortgage interest rates that also generated a massive refinancing boom. This resulted in the government taking them over in September 2008 and injecting $187B of taxpayer money to keep them solvent.

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Partnership for Public Service

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

To mark Black History Month, I spoke with Tyra Dent, president of the African American Federal Executive Association, a nonprofit organization founded in 2002 that is dedicated to preparing and supporting African Americans for advancement into and within the senior ranks of the federal government.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Whitson, former chief astronaut at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), completed her first mission to space in 2002—with an extended stay aboard the International Space Station. She completed her second mission in 2007, as the first female commander of the International Space Station, on Expedition 16.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 21, 2024

A problem on Market East and in Philadelphia, they said, is the city government only contemplates the future in response to developers’ wishes. There is no public funding to commit to another project.” People at the forum said the discussion needed to move off an arena-or-nothing dynamic.

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