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How Complexity Thinking Can Help the World Navigate AI: A Paper from the Study Group on Complexity and International Relations

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How Complexity Thinking Can Help the World Navigate AI: A Paper from the Study Group on Complexity and International Relations

A new paper examines how complexity thinking can help make sense of advanced artificial intelligence.

Apr 29, 2024

Gordon LaForge, Anne-Marie Slaughter, Merle Weidt

Who Pays for Land Documents, and Why?

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Who Pays for Land Documents, and Why?

This research explores rural Tanzanian landholders’ willingness and ability to pay for land documentation.

Apr 26, 2024

Yuliya Panfil

Age Verification: The Complicated Effort to Protect Youth Online

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Age Verification: The Complicated Effort to Protect Youth Online

Rather than better protecting youth online, recent age verification mandates may complicate the rights, privacy, and security of all users.

Apr 23, 2024

Sarah Forland, Nat Meysenburg, Erika Solis

Climate Migration’s Impact on Housing Security in the United States

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Climate Migration’s Impact on Housing Security in the United States

As climate change pushes millions of Americans to move, receiving communities must expand access to housing, jobs, and public services.

Apr 16, 2024

Tim Robustelli, Helen Bonnyman, Yuliya Panfil

Unleashing Worker Power: Building Good Jobs Beyond the Traditional Workforce System

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Unleashing Worker Power: Building Good Jobs Beyond the Traditional Workforce System

This report shares how to build a workforce development system that centers workers and raises the quality of jobs for all.

Mar 11, 2024

Emily Andrews, Breanna Betts, Laura Dresser, India Heckstall, Peter Rickman, Teófilo Reyes, Deborah Schwartz, Prabhu Sigamani

Predictive Analytics for Security and Development: Technical Notes from the New America-Igarapé Institute Global Task Force

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Predictive Analytics for Security and Development: Technical Notes from the New America-Igarapé Institute Global Task Force

Technical notes from the Global Task Force on Predictive Analytics for Security and Development.

Mar 5, 2024

Gordon LaForge

Crossing the Line: Segregation and Resource Inequality Between America’s School Districts

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Crossing the Line: Segregation and Resource Inequality Between America’s School Districts

In America, it’s common for children living just one mile apart to experience different educational outcomes. Why? Historical segregation.

Feb 29, 2024

Zahava Stadler, Jordan Abbott

Questioning the Promise of Employer-Sponsored Child Care Benefits

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Questioning the Promise of Employer-Sponsored Child Care Benefits

More companies are offering child care benefits backed by governmental incentives, but the trend needs serious reconsideration.

Feb 22, 2024

Elliot Haspel

Responsible Artificial Intelligence Efforts in the Global South: A Global Futures Bulletin from the Igarapé Institute and New America

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Responsible Artificial Intelligence Efforts in the Global South: A Global Futures Bulletin from the Igarapé Institute and New America

A review of the emerging responsible AI landscape and what it means for the Majority World.

Feb 15, 2024

Gordon LaForge, Robert Muggah, Gabriella Seiler

Pennies on the Dollar: The Use of Subminimum Wage for Disabled Workers across the United States

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Pennies on the Dollar: The Use of Subminimum Wage for Disabled Workers across the United States

This report examines the policies across the U.S. that drive the use or elimination of subminimum wage.

Feb 14, 2024

Lillie Heigl, Kimberly Knackstedt, Elena Silva

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

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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

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”

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

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How Complexity Thinking Can Help the World Navigate AI: A Paper from the Study Group on Complexity and International Relations

Who Pays for Land Documents, and Why?

Age Verification: The Complicated Effort to Protect Youth Online

Climate Migration’s Impact on Housing Security in the United States

Unleashing Worker Power: Building Good Jobs Beyond the Traditional Workforce System

Predictive Analytics for Security and Development: Technical Notes from the New America-Igarapé Institute Global Task Force

Crossing the Line: Segregation and Resource Inequality Between America’s School Districts

Questioning the Promise of Employer-Sponsored Child Care Benefits

Responsible Artificial Intelligence Efforts in the Global South: A Global Futures Bulletin from the Igarapé Institute and New America

Pennies on the Dollar: The Use of Subminimum Wage for Disabled Workers across the United States