Media Nation
As media bias becomes a campaign platform and “alternative facts” force a new press standard, is journalism as we know it going extinct?
In-Person
6:30PM – 8:30PM EDT
Interface
140 W 30th Street, New York, NY 10001
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.
Jihad: A Story of the Others
A new film examines how generations of young people across Europe have fallen prey to transnational jihadist movements.
In-Person
6:30PM – 8:30PM EDT
Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute, New York University
20 Cooper Square, 7th Floor Commons, New York, NY 10003
Lifting the Torch for Multilingual Students
A new report dives into New York’s redesign of policies supporting the education of its shifting multilingual populations.
In-Person
6:30PM – 8:30PM EDT
Interface
140 W 30th Street, New York, New York 10001
WATCH: The Attention Merchants
A new book by Tim Wu documents how the capture and resale of human attention has grown into the defining industry of our time.
In-Person
7PM – 8:45PM EDT
Civic Hall
118 W 22nd Street, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10011
The Bad Kids
A new film depicts how empathy and life skills, more than academics, give at-risk students command of their own futures.
In-Person
6:30PM – 8:30PM EDT
Tumblr
35 E 21st Street, New York, NY 10010
Capital and the Common Good
Innovative finance is fusing monetary value and social value to better tackle the world’s most pressing challenges.
In-Person
7PM – 8:45PM EDT
Civic Hall
118 W 22nd Street, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10011
The Master Plan
A new book by Brian Fishman takes on the Islamic State’s full history – and the contradictions that may ultimately tear it apart.
In-Person
7PM – 8:45PM EDT
Civic Hall
118 W 22nd Street, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10011
Do Not Resist
Over the past 25 years, the United States has seen a disturbing militarization of its sworn law enforcement officers.
In-Person
6PM – 8PM EDT
Civic Hall
156 Fifth Avenue, Second Floor, New York, NY 10010
TERROR
A new VICE series investigates the impacts of the world’s deadliest terrorist organizations from the inside out.
In-Person
6:30PM – 8:30PM EDT
Civic Hall
156 Fifth Avenue, Second Floor, New York, NY 10010
Democracy Restored
On the evening following Election Day, join K. Sabeel Rahman to discuss how to transform the “New Gilded Age” into a more inclusive economy.
In-Person
6:30PM – 8:30PM EDT
Civic Hall
156 Fifth Avenue, Second Floor, New York, NY 10010