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What Parents of Young Kids Want: Insights from the 2026 National Parent Survey

What Parents of Young Kids Want: Insights from the 2026 National Parent Survey

New America Celebrates 2026 Pulitzer Prizes

New America Celebrates 2026 Pulitzer Prizes

The Care Disconnect: Americans Misjudge Care Realities, But Know Families Need Help

The Care Disconnect: Americans Misjudge Care Realities, But Know Families Need Help

A Model for Associational Party Building

A Model for Associational Party Building
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Redrawing School Boundaries for Fairer Funding

Redrawing School Boundaries for Fairer Funding

Reframing Fusion Voting as a Practical, Powerful Reform Strategy

Reframing Fusion Voting as a Practical, Powerful Reform Strategy

Harnessing Terrorism Data to Reshape U.S. National Security Policy

Harnessing Terrorism Data to Reshape U.S. National Security Policy

Establishing a National Housing Loss Rate

Establishing a National Housing Loss Rate
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The New America Fellows Program supports thinkers, creators, and storytellers whose work shapes public conversation on the defining issues of our time.
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Protecting Pregnant and Parenting Students: New State Policy Tools

Protecting Pregnant and Parenting Students: New State Policy Tools

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The Great Refusal

The Great Refusal

September 28, 2026
Higher Education After Trump

Higher Education After Trump
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Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us

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Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us

Rachel Aviv explores the fragile line between diagnosis and identity, showing how mental‑illness narratives can define—or trap—the self.

Sep 13, 2022

Rachel Aviv on Writing About Sensitive Topics and Character-driven Reporting

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Rachel Aviv on Writing About Sensitive Topics and Character-driven Reporting

New America 2019 Fellow Rachel Aviv spoke about mental health and psychiatric drugs.

May 1, 2019

The Challenge of Going Off Psychiatric Drugs

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The Challenge of Going Off Psychiatric Drugs

Rachel Aviv wrote for the New Yorker about what happens when people stop their antidepressant drug regiments.

Apr 1, 2019

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