Founded as the Co-operative League in 1919 by the progressive business leader Edward Filene, and later renamed to the Twentieth Century Fund, TCF is one of the oldest public policy research institutes in the country. As we left behind the twentieth century, we entered into the early 2000s with the same mission but a new name: The Century Foundation.
Over the foundation’s long history, we have been at the forefront of positive change in some of the most critical areas of domestic and foreign policy. Today, TCF continues this legacy by researching issues that range from pursuing fairness and opportunity in education; protecting workers and further strengthening the social safety net; encouraging democracy and ensuring personal rights in the tech age; and promoting stability and prosperity abroad.
CF experts come from academia, journalism, and public service—all with a shared commitment to advancing progressive ideas that benefit the public good. Through our evidence-based research and policy analysis, we seek to inform citizens, guide policymakers, and reshape what government does for the better.
Publications:
- Roundtable: Keeping the Peace in the Nile Basin December 14, 2020
- The Turkish Future of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood August 17, 2020
- Roundtable: Middle East Strained by COVID-19, But Not Transformed June 9, 2020
- Christians and Other Religious Minorities in the Middle East June 6, 2019
- Secular-Islamist Teamwork: Questions for Rabab El Mahdi May 9, 2019
- Excluded and Unequal May 9, 2019
- Innovative Arab Media and the New Outlines of Citizenship May 7, 2019
- The Crisis of LGBTQ Communities in Egypt: Questions for Ahmed El Hady May 2, 2019
- The Social Justice Blind Spots in the New Arab Constitutions April 30, 2019
- Creating a Constituency for Secularism: Questions for Lama Abu-Odeh April 23, 2019
- The Retreat from Universalism in the Middle East and the World April 10, 2019
- How the World Should Respond to Egypt’s Authoritarian Resurgence March 22, 2018
- The Politics of Egyptian Fine Art: Giving a Voice to the People May 16, 2017
- Speech Bubbles: Comics and Political Cartoons in Sisi’s Egypt May 2, 2017
- Egypt’s Human Rights Movement Repression, Resistance, and Co-optation April 17, 2017
- The Ultras Ahlawy Football, Violence, and the Quest for Justice April 11, 2017
- Explaining Absence: The Failure of Egypt’s Liberals March 21, 2017
- New Neighborhood Power Informal Popular Committees and Changing Local Governance in Egypt February 14, 2017
- Egyptian National Security as Told by the Nile August 4, 2016
- In Wake of EgyptAir Crash, What Can We Expect? May 25, 2016
- Five Years after Tahrir Square January 26, 2016
- Egypt Adrift Five Years After the Uprising January 24, 2016
- Egypt’s Next Phase: Sustainable Instability July 1, 2015
- Economic Reforms in Egypt Are Not Enough March 12, 2015
- Deaths of Egyptian Soccer Fans Raises Questions February 11, 2015