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Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital

Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital

Pulitzer Prize winner Sheri Fink’s landmark investigation of patient deaths at a New Orleans hospital ravaged by Hurricane Katrina.

Sep 10, 2013

Sheri Fink

Hope or Hype?

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Report / In Depth

Hope or Hype?

this paper examines whether mobile solutions offer the youth financial inclusion field immense hope, or just hype.

Sep 10, 2013

Julia Arnold, Jamie Zimmerman

Patent Assertion and Startup Innovation

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Patent Assertion and Startup Innovation

These findings offer a window into the experiences of venture capital investors and startup executives/managers with patents and assertions.

Sep 5, 2013

Colleen Chien

Beyond the Buzz: The Allure and Challenge of Using Mobile Phones to Increase Youth Financial Inclusion

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Beyond the Buzz: The Allure and Challenge of Using Mobile Phones to Increase Youth Financial Inclusion

This brief outlines the barriers and highlights the policy levers that could be tapped to promote financial inclusion amongst youth.

Sep 1, 2013

Vinay Rao, Elizabeth Carls, Lex Nowak, Julia Arnold

Savings Patterns and Performance in Colombia, Ghana, Kenya, and Nepal

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Savings Patterns and Performance in Colombia, Ghana, Kenya, and Nepal

This report presents first-year findings from a multiyear study on account uptake and saving patterns and performance in youth savings accou

Aug 23, 2013

Dialing Down Risks: Mobile Privacy and Information Security in Global Development Projects

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Dialing Down Risks: Mobile Privacy and Information Security in Global Development Projects

Mobile phones are raising pressing privacy and security issues that must be addressed by development practitioners and funders.

Aug 22, 2013

Hibah Hussain

The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way

Book / In Depth

The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way

A journalistic tour de force, The Smartest Kids in the World is a book about building resilience in a new world.

Aug 13, 2013

Amanda Ripley

Personal Savings and Tax Reform

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Personal Savings and Tax Reform

A case for reforming the tax system to encourage saving among those who otherwise could not afford to.

Jul 22, 2013

Elliot Schreur, Reid Cramer

The Pioneer Detectives: Did a Distant Spacecraft Prove Einstein and Newton Wrong?

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The Pioneer Detectives: Did a Distant Spacecraft Prove Einstein and Newton Wrong?

Konstantin Kakaes gives us a scientific police procedural, tracking the steps of those who sought to unravel the “Pioneer Anomaly.”

Jul 15, 2013

Konstantin Kakaes

Asset Limits in Public Assistance Programs

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Asset Limits in Public Assistance Programs

This policy statement argues that asset limits in public assistance programs undermine family’s pursuit of financial stability.

Jul 11, 2013

Rachel Black

Education & Work

Democratic Futures

Global Security

Technology & Democracy

Thriving Families

A Model for Associational Party Building

New America Celebrates 2026 Pulitzer Prizes

Workforce Pell: A State Playbook for Implementation

Virginia’s New Paid Leave Law Closes the Loop Between Implementation and Policy

Redrawing School Boundaries for Fairer Funding

Reframing Fusion Voting as a Practical, Powerful Reform Strategy

Harnessing Terrorism Data to Reshape U.S. National Security Policy

Establishing a National Housing Loss Rate

New America Fellows

Artificial Intelligence, Higher Education, and the Future of Knowledge

Strengthening Connections to Early Intervention Services Through Policy and Practice

Wired for Equity: Bridging the Disability Gap in Classrooms

The AI Agenda: Exploring the Trump Administration’s Approach to AI Literacy and Use

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Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital

Hope or Hype?

Patent Assertion and Startup Innovation

Beyond the Buzz: The Allure and Challenge of Using Mobile Phones to Increase Youth Financial Inclusion

Savings Patterns and Performance in Colombia, Ghana, Kenya, and Nepal

Dialing Down Risks: Mobile Privacy and Information Security in Global Development Projects

The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way

Personal Savings and Tax Reform

The Pioneer Detectives: Did a Distant Spacecraft Prove Einstein and Newton Wrong?

Asset Limits in Public Assistance Programs