Sunday 22 November 2009

ON THE AGENDA

Will Too Much Debt Fuel A Double-Dip Recession?

Francie Grace
Nov 20, 2009

That was the question raised by President Obama during an interview in China (one of our biggest creditors), as cartoonists seized the opportunity to comment on America's looming national debt. "It is important," said Mr.

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Will a Delay on the Climate Treaty be Time Well-Spent?

Scott Bittle
Nov 16, 2009

World leaders flatly admitted this weekend what everyone pretty much knew: there won't be a major deal on climate change at the big conference in Copenhagen next month. Instead, leaders will try to keep the process going, in hopes of coming up with a deal next year.

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Allison Rizzolo

Editorial Assistant

Allison researches facts and public opinion for the Citizen's Survival Kit and our issue guides on public policy problems and proposed solutions to those problems. She also works with our staff on content for FacingUp.org, our budget deficit and national debt web site, and PlanetForward.org, our web site where citizens and experts brainstorm together on energy issues.

Allison began her professional life as a teacher at a charter school in Fall River, Mass., and went on to teach Spanish at a high school in Attleboro, Mass., where she helped to develop the curriculum for her subject area and served as moderator of the school's Political Society.

A graduate of Tufts University with a longtime interest in public policy, Allison then began pursuing a career in that field and prior to joining Public Agenda, was an intern at Public Affairs Publishing in New York.