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One Child: The Story of China's Most Radical Experiment

In a conversation with CNN chief political correspondent Jim Sciutto, New America Fellow Mei Fong talks about her book, "One Child: The Story of China's Most Radical Experiment," which explores the human impact of the one-child policy, and what implications China's longest-running social experiment will have on its future.

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One Child: The Story of China's Most Radical Experiment

EVENT January 07, 2016 12:15 PM– 01:45 PM

Thursday January 07, 2016

12:15 PM – 01:45 PM


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In a conversation with CNN chief political correspondent Jim Sciutto, New America Fellow Mei Fong talks about her book, "One Child: The Story of China's Most Radical Experiment," which explores the human impact of the one-child policy, and what implications China's longest-running social experiment will have on its future.

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GUANTANAMO BAY: YEAR 14

EVENT January 11, 2016 03:00 PM– 04:45 PM

Monday January 11, 2016

03:00 PM – 04:45 PM


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On January 22, 2009, just days after becoming president, Barack Obama issued Executive Order 13492, ordering the closure of the detention facilities at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Now in the last year of his presidency, 107 detainees remain. January 11th marks the 14th anniversary of the prison’s creation. New America is pleased to welcome Dr. Karen Greenberg, Director of the Center on National Security at Fordham University and author of The Least Worst Place: Guantanamo’s First 100 Days, Thomas B. Wilner, a lawyer with Shearman & Sterling LLP, who was the Counsel of Record to Guantanamo detainees in the two U.S. Supreme Court decisions that established their right to habeas corpus and in the case that established their right to counsel and Andy Worthington, a journalist and the author of The Guantanamo Files: The Stories of the 774 Detainees in America's Illegal Prison, for a discussion about what can or can’t be done in the next year, and whether President Obama’s promise will ever be fulfilled.

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The Road to Gigabit Wi-Fi

EVENT January 12, 2016 12:00 PM– 02:00 PM

Tuesday January 12, 2016

12:00 PM – 02:00 PM


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Wi-Fi already carries more than 60% of all mobile device data traffic, making wireless Internet access far more available, fast and affordable. But as unlicensed bands grow more congested and users demand more high-bandwidth apps, such as video chat and streaming, opening large tracts of unlicensed spectrum 5.9 GHz is key to creating the “wider pipe” required for gigabit Wi-Fi networks.Keynoting this event, a bipartisan duo of FCC Commissioners – Jessica Rosenworcel and Michael O’Rielly – will talk about the importance and prospects of sharing the band. High-tech equipment companies Qualcomm and Cisco will describe their competing proposals. And New America’s Open Technology Institute will release and describe a major report that recommends a ‘win-win’ resolution.

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article | January 01, 2016 | New America CA
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press release | December 18, 2015 | Open Technology Institute

OTI Deeply Disappointed about Passage of Dangerous Cybersecurity Bill

Hopeful it clears way for more productive debate around cybersecurity

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congress passed cybersecurity information sharing legislation after over five years of debate. While New America’s Open Technology Institute (OTI) believes that information sharing can be helpful in some instances, we strongly opposed the Cybersecurity Act of 2015 (formerly called CISA), and other bills like it, because they threatened privacy and civil liberties and could actually undermine cybersecurity.

in the news | December 18, 2015 | Education Policy

Playing the Aid Game

Stephen Burd is a policy analyst with New America who has studied student aid extensively. He and other critics of non-need-based aid say the pressures experienced at Madison are being felt throughout higher education, causing more and more universities to increase their merit aid spending and furthering a seemingly endless ...