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Commentary Economic Opportunity

## Fueling Debt: How Rising Utility Costs Are Overwhelming American Families
# A new Century Foundation-Protect Borrowers analysis shows that Americans can’t keep up with surging energy prices—bills that are pushing millions of families deeper into debt and hardship.

November 17, 2025By Julie Margetta Morgan, Mike Pierce and Eduard Nilaj

Report Economic Opportunity

## How States Can Lead the Way for Workers: A State Playbook

November 10, 2025By Rachel West and Julie Su

Report Higher Education

## A Better Hundred Billion: Improving State and Institutional College Financial Aid

November 6, 2025By Peter Granville, Denise A. Smith and Jaime Ramirez-Mendoza

Commentary Health Care

### Allowing ACA Tax Credits to Expire Would Mean the Biggest Premium Price Hike in History

October 8, 2025By Jeanne Lambrew

Report English Learners

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

November 12, 2025By Dr. Conor P. Williams, Dr. Maggie Marcus and Dr. Monique Escobedo

Commentary Care Economy

### Free Child Care Would Help Families Afford a Better Life

October 21, 2025By Julie Kashen

Report Economic Opportunity

### Trump’s Assault on Independent Agencies Endangers Us All

October 22, 2025By Lauren McFerran and Celine McNicholas

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## The Hidden Costs of Trump’s Economy: Skipped Meals, Rising Debt, and the Impossible Choices Facing American Families

July 31, 2025 — Julie Margetta Morgan and Rachel West

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## Why American Higher Education Needs An Overhaul

December 3, 2025 — New York

Report Century International

## The Horn of Africa Needs an End to the Gulf’s Proxy Wars. Cooperation Is Key.

November 17, 2025 — By Anna Jacobs

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Commentary Economic Opportunity

## Fueling Debt: How Rising Utility Costs Are Overwhelming American Families

November 17, 2025 — By Julie Margetta Morgan, Mike Pierce and Eduard Nilaj

Report English Learners

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

November 12, 2025 — By Dr. Conor P. Williams, Dr. Maggie Marcus and Dr. Monique Escobedo

Commentary Unions & Organizing

## What Labor Leaders and Policymakers Can Learn from Georgia

November 12, 2025 — By Julie Su

Report Economic Opportunity

## How States Can Lead the Way for Workers: A State Playbook

November 10, 2025 — By Rachel West and Julie Su

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