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The Impact of COVID-19 on State Higher Education Budgets

The Impact of COVID-19 on State Higher Education Budgets

This tracker explores survey responses from state agencies and systems about cuts made to their budgets due to COVID-19.

Feb 18, 2021

Sophie Nguyen, Rachel Fishman, Dustin Weeden, Tom Harnisch

How to Revive the FCC’s Lifeline Program

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How to Revive the FCC’s Lifeline Program

Here is OTI’s blueprint for the FCC’s Lifeline program’s recovery & growth under new leadership.

Feb 16, 2021

Amir Nasr, Claire Park, Joshua Stager

Ranked-Choice Voting, Runoff, and Democracy

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Ranked-Choice Voting, Runoff, and Democracy

In 2020, RCV modestly encouraged openness to new candidates and ideological moderation—but its impact on voter satisfaction is more complex.

Feb 11, 2021

Joseph Cerrone, Cynthia McClintock

A Portrait of Caring Black Men

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A Portrait of Caring Black Men

Feb 4, 2021

Jahdziah St. Julien

Professional Caregiving Men find Meaning and Pride in their Work, But Face Stigma

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Professional Caregiving Men find Meaning and Pride in their Work, But Face Stigma

This report is part of the Better Life Lab’s Men and Care project and explores the experiences of professional caregiving men.

Feb 4, 2021

Brigid Schulte, Emily Hallgren, Roselyn Miller Champion

Providing Care Changes Men

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Providing Care Changes Men

Feb 4, 2021

Brigid Schulte

Displaced in the Sun Belt

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Displaced in the Sun Belt

Mapping housing loss—via evictions and foreclosures—across the U.S. South.

Feb 2, 2021

Tim Robustelli, Yuliya Panfil, Emily Yelverton, Sabiha Zainulbhai, Mallory Sheff, Caitlin Augustin

Halfway Home: Race, Punishment, and the Afterlife of Mass Incarceration

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Halfway Home: Race, Punishment, and the Afterlife of Mass Incarceration

Reuben Jonathan Miller reveals how life after incarceration becomes its own form of prison—exposing the hidden cost of freedom in America.

Feb 2, 2021

Reuben Jonathan Miller

Defining Endless Wars

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Defining Endless Wars

David Sterman presents a framework for defining and analyzing endless wars with an eye towards ending them.

Jan 26, 2021

David Sterman

Design Principles for Financial Aid Offers

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Design Principles for Financial Aid Offers

This report showcases an effort to redesign financial aid offers and offers examples of how financial aid offers should be structured.

Jan 20, 2021

Rachel Fishman, Sophie Nguyen

Welcome to New America, redesigned for what’s next.

Education & Work

Democratic Futures

Global Security

Technology & Democracy

Thriving Families

Real Skills, Real Income: Why Youth Apprenticeship Is Resonating Now

Future-Proofing U.S. Nuclear Policy: Forecasting Outcomes of the Nuclear-Armed Sea-Launched Cruise Missile

Debunking Myths on Student Parent Data Collection

The App Store Accountability Act Poses Serious Concerns for Privacy, Security, and Free Expression

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

Making Child Care Work for Student Parents

Drinking Water Data for the Nation: Version 1.0 Release Webinar

The Understated Value of Regional Intermediaries for Workforce and Economic Development

The Charleston Regional Youth Apprenticeship Model

Two Homeland Attacks Rattle Americans Amid War with Iran

China’s Agentic AI Controversy

Funding the ADA’s Promise

English Learners Need More Federal Support to Succeed, Not Less

Israel Plans New Foothold on the Red Sea to Fight the Houthis

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The Impact of COVID-19 on State Higher Education Budgets

How to Revive the FCC’s Lifeline Program

Ranked-Choice Voting, Runoff, and Democracy

A Portrait of Caring Black Men

Professional Caregiving Men find Meaning and Pride in their Work, But Face Stigma

Providing Care Changes Men

Displaced in the Sun Belt

Halfway Home: Race, Punishment, and the Afterlife of Mass Incarceration

Defining Endless Wars

Design Principles for Financial Aid Offers