The Story of WPFW and A Crisis in Grassroots Media
4:00 – 5:00 pm: The Story of WPFW and Pacifica Radio in Washington, D.C.
In-Person
4PM – 6PM EDT
New America
740 15th St NW #900, Washington, D.C. 20005
Events
New America is proud to serve as a gathering place for events—both online and in-person—to exchange ideas, spotlight new research, and engage with diverse perspectives. Every year, New America’s events bring together thousands of people across sectors and disciplines to help shape policy discussions and drive solutions to real-world challenges.
Present Shock: When Everything Happens Now
People spent the twentieth century obsessed with the future and in pursuit of networks that could provide instantaneous connec
In-Person
12:15PM – 1:30PM EDT
New America
740 15th St NW #900, Washington, D.C. 20005
Beyond Mainstream Media
Activists, artists and citizens from nearly all walks of life and perspectives have struggled to reach beyond the limitations
In-Person
4PM – 6PM EDT
New America
740 15th St NW #900, Washington, D.C. 20005
Immigration Reform: Bipartisanship’s Improbable Poster Child
Washington is broken, you may have heard, a victim of scorched-earth partisanship. Congress can’t get anything done because it
In-Person
12:15PM – 1:30PM EDT
New America
740 15th St NW #900, Washington, D.C. 20005
Online Radicalization: Myths and Realities
The Boston Marathon attacks thrust the issue of online radicalization to the front and center of the debate about homegrown violent extre
In-Person
12:15PM – 1:45PM EDT
New America
740 15th St NW #900, Washington, D.C. 20005
What’s Next for Pakistan’s New Government?
On May 11, Pakistanis turned out to the polls in record numbers to vote in a momentous election: the country’s first transition from one
In-Person
12:15PM – 1:45PM EDT
New America
740 15th St NW #900, Washington, D.C. 20005
Democratizing Wealth and a Sustainable Future
Never before have so many Americans been more frustrated with our economic system, more fearful that it is failing, or more open to fre
In-Person
12:15PM – 1:15PM EDT
New America
740 15th St NW #900, Washington, D.C. 20005
The Next Generation University
The seemingly incompatible needs for U.S. colleges and universities to expand access, increase completion, improve student learning and r
In-Person
10AM – 3:30PM EDT
New America
740 15th St NW #900, Washington, D.C. 20005
Jihad and Politics in North Africa
French intervention in Mali earlier this year quickly dislodged insurgents from their strongholds in the northern part of the country, bu
In-Person
12PM – 1:30PM EDT
New America
740 15th St NW #900, Washington, D.C. 20005