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The Assets Perspective

The book presents a multi-dimensional exploration of how the concept of asset building has taken shape over the last two decades.

Mar 28, 2014

Reid Cramer

Overwhelmed: Work, Love, and Play When No One Has the Time

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Overwhelmed: Work, Love, and Play When No One Has the Time

Can working parents in America—or anywhere—ever find true leisure time?

Mar 11, 2014

Brigid Schulte

The Bright Continent: Breaking Rules and Making Change in Modern Africa

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The Bright Continent: Breaking Rules and Making Change in Modern Africa

The Bright Continent calls for a necessary shift in our thinking about Africa.

Mar 4, 2014

Dayo Olopade

The Meat Racket: The Secret Takeover of America’s Food Business

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The Meat Racket: The Secret Takeover of America’s Food Business

An investigative journalist takes you inside the corporate meat industry—a shocking, in-depth report every American should read.

Feb 18, 2014

Christopher Leonard

The Up Side of Down: Why Failing Well Is the Key to Success

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The Up Side of Down: Why Failing Well Is the Key to Success

If you want to succeed in business and in life you have to learn how to harness the power of failure.

Feb 11, 2014

Megan McArdle

The Loudest Voice in the Room: How the Brilliant, Bombastic Roger Ailes Built Fox News—and Divided a Country

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The Loudest Voice in the Room: How the Brilliant, Bombastic Roger Ailes Built Fox News—and Divided a Country

A deeply reported journey inside the secretive world of Fox News and the life of its combative, visionary founder.

Jan 14, 2014

Gabriel Sherman

The Upside of Down: Why the Rise of the Rest is Good for the West

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The Upside of Down: Why the Rise of the Rest is Good for the West

Charles Kenny offers a fresh and highly optimistic look at America’s future in a wealthier world.

Jan 7, 2014

Charles Kenny

Cybersecurity and Cyberwar

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Cybersecurity and Cyberwar

New York Times best-selling author P. W. Singer and noted cyber expert Allan Friedman team up to provide the kind of easy-to-read, yet…

Jan 3, 2014

Peter Warren Singer

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

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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

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

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

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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The Assets Perspective

Overwhelmed: Work, Love, and Play When No One Has the Time

The Bright Continent: Breaking Rules and Making Change in Modern Africa

The Meat Racket: The Secret Takeover of America’s Food Business

The Up Side of Down: Why Failing Well Is the Key to Success

The Loudest Voice in the Room: How the Brilliant, Bombastic Roger Ailes Built Fox News—and Divided a Country

The Upside of Down: Why the Rise of the Rest is Good for the West

Cybersecurity and Cyberwar

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

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