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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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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

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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

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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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