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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
The House’s Financial Aid “Confusion” Act
A House proposal claims to clarify college costs, but by avoiding a standardized financial aid offer it could leave students more confused.
Sinking Speedboats with a Supercarrier
New America’s Peter W. Singer examines the lopsided costs of and looming choice to escalate or end Operation Southern Spear.
Trump’s ‘garbage’ comment met with disappointment in Somalia
NPR cited New America’s data on U.S. strikes in Somalia.
10 Better Life Lab stories that influenced 2025’s family economic security and workplace equity debates
Europe Hesitated on Ukraine. Trump and Putin Moved In.
Europe’s wavering on whether—and how—to deploy frozen Russian assets for war reparations left a perilous gap, argues Candace Rondeaux.
A Ready-Made Model for Workforce Pell: Inside Lorain’s Fast Track Programs
Lorain Community College’s Fast Track programs offer a model for Workforce Pell: short, affordable, career-aligned pathways.
How Oak National Academy Is Transforming Classrooms with AI and OER
The United States can learn lessons from how Oak National Academy is transforming AI and OER in the U.K.
Tech for the People, by the People: Using AI to Solve Environmental Problems with JR Washebek
JR tells about what drew her to the nexus of AI, the environment, and society and what her hopes are for a future with AI.
The Us@250 Experience: Building a New American Future
Scholars, artists, and activists explore renewing American democracy through local storytelling and curiosity.