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  <Name>About Us</Name>
  <Description>We pursue economic, racial, and gender equity in education, health care, and work, and promote U.S. foreign policy that fosters international cooperation, peace, and security.</Description>
  <OtherInformation>Submitter&apos;s Note:  This StratML rendition was compiled from the source by Claude.ai and edited in the form at https://stratml.us/forms/Claude/Part1.html</OtherInformation>
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      <Name>The Century Foundation</Name>
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      <Description>A nonprofit, progressive, independent public policy think tank founded in 1919
    by Edward A. Filene as the Co-operative League (later renamed the Twentieth Century Fund,
    then The Century Foundation in 1999). Headquartered in New York City with an office in
    Washington, D.C., TCF is one of the oldest public policy research institutes in the country.
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      <Description>A society that fosters opportunity, reduces inequality, and promotes security
    at home and abroad — one in which economic, racial, and gender equity prevail in education,
    health care, and work, and in which U.S. foreign policy fosters international cooperation,
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      <Description>To conduct research, develop solutions, and drive policy change to make
    people&apos;s lives better — pursuing economic, racial, and gender equity in education,
    health care, and work, and promoting U.S. foreign policy that fosters international
    cooperation, peace, and security.</Description>
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      <Description>Commitment to advancing economic, racial, and gender equity as the
    foundation for a just and inclusive society.</Description>
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      <Name>Evidence</Name>
      <Description>Rigorous, original research and analysis as the basis for credible,
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      <Description>Pursue fairness and opportunity in education, ensuring all people have
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    <PublicationDate>2026-04-30</PublicationDate>
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    <Submitter>
      <GivenName>Owen</GivenName>
      <Surname>Ambur</Surname>
      <EmailAddress>Owen.Ambur@verizon.net</EmailAddress>
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