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Ill-Gotten Gains: Predatory Lending and the Racial Wealth Gap in Chicago

Ill-Gotten Gains: Predatory Lending and the Racial Wealth Gap in Chicago

Predatory lenders have stripped billions of dollars from communities of color, but policymakers can do more to support wealth-building.

Mar 7, 2022

Spencer Cowan, Meegan Dugan Adell, Kathie Kane-Willis, Hala Kourtu, Vanessa Rangel

Building Trust: Election Administration and the Role of Higher Education

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Building Trust: Election Administration and the Role of Higher Education

Hollie Russon Gilman co-authored a Columbia World Projects report on how universities can restore trust in elections.

Feb 22, 2022

Hollie Russon Gilman

Equity and Racial Justice: Where Do They Fit in a National Security Strategy?

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Equity and Racial Justice: Where Do They Fit in a National Security Strategy?

Eight essays exploring what a U.S. national security strategy focused on racial equity and justice could look like at home and abroad.

Feb 22, 2022

Heather Hurlburt, Shalonda Spencer, Sneha Nair, Elana Aquino, Shannon Paige, Sundaa Bridgett-Jones, Mari Faines, Nola Haynes, Amaney Jamal, Theodore Johnson, Pratima Narayan, Esq., Pratima T. Narayan

Youth Apprenticeship Quality Assessment Tool

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Youth Apprenticeship Quality Assessment Tool

This four-step protocol aims to help youth apprenticeship leaders improve policies, procedures, and practices in support of learner success.

Feb 9, 2022

Lul Tesfai

Support for Ranked-Choice Voting across Race and Partisanship

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Support for Ranked-Choice Voting across Race and Partisanship

A large survey experiment tests how voters evaluate ranked-choice voting after reading how it works and arguments for and against it.

Feb 3, 2022

Joseph Anthony, David C. Kimball, Jack Santucci, Jamil Scott

For-Profit Colleges and the Myth of Institutional Equity

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For-Profit Colleges and the Myth of Institutional Equity

For years, for-profit colleges have maintained they must be regulated just the same as other colleges. It’s actually a faux equity campaign.

Feb 2, 2022

David Whitman

The Public Workforce Development System and Gig Workers

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The Public Workforce Development System and Gig Workers

Kelsey Berkowitz explores how the workforce development system can better help gig workers achieve their long-term career goals.

Jan 31, 2022

Kelsey Berkowitz

Funding Non-Degree Workforce Programs at Community Colleges

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Funding Non-Degree Workforce Programs at Community Colleges

Findings from New America and Non-Profit Finance Fund’s study of financing approaches for non-degree workforce programs.

Jan 26, 2022

Dana Archer-Rosenthal

Informal Evictions: Measuring Displacement Outside the Courtroom

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Informal Evictions: Measuring Displacement Outside the Courtroom

This brief discusses informal evictions and their measurement challenges, including where to start.

Jan 20, 2022

Sabiha Zainulbhai, Nora Daly

Employer Training Survey 2021

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Employer Training Survey 2021

This survey explores employer-provided training in the US, motivations for training, and the pandemic’s effects on these programs.

Jan 19, 2022

Michael Prebil

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

The Third Gulf War Is Bringing the AI Cloud Back Down to Earth

New America, Reimagined: Built for What’s Next

New America Announces Its New Mission and Vision, Reveals New Logo and Website

AI Risks Creating a ‘Demand Machine’ for Governments, Report Warns

Testimony on “Preparing for the Future: America’s Community Colleges”

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Ill-Gotten Gains: Predatory Lending and the Racial Wealth Gap in Chicago

Building Trust: Election Administration and the Role of Higher Education

Equity and Racial Justice: Where Do They Fit in a National Security Strategy?

Youth Apprenticeship Quality Assessment Tool

Support for Ranked-Choice Voting across Race and Partisanship

For-Profit Colleges and the Myth of Institutional Equity

The Public Workforce Development System and Gig Workers

Funding Non-Degree Workforce Programs at Community Colleges

Informal Evictions: Measuring Displacement Outside the Courtroom

Employer Training Survey 2021