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Do D’s and R’s Matter More than X’s and Y’s?

Do D’s and R’s Matter More than X’s and Y’s?

A popular narrative says gender plays a starring role in candidates’ success. A new study suggests otherwise. Chayenne Polimédio explores.

Jun 30, 2016

Chayenne Polimédio

Can Transpartisan Coalitions Overcome Polarization?

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Can Transpartisan Coalitions Overcome Polarization?

We studied the successes and failures of an emerging approach to policy change.

May 16, 2016

Chayenne Polimédio, Heather Hurlburt

Parallel Play in the Education Sandbox

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Parallel Play in the Education Sandbox

A new report from New America peels back the curtain on how Common Core unexpectedly became a hot-button issue.

Jan 21, 2016

Jonathan Supovitz, Patrick McGuinn

ISIS in the West

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ISIS in the West

Our in-depth report examines the 4,500 Westerners drawn to join ISIS and other militant groups in Syria.

Nov 16, 2015

Peter Bergen, Courtney Schuster, David Sterman

Spreading the Gospel of Climate Change

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Spreading the Gospel of Climate Change

A new report examines the 2009-10 effort to leverage evangelical Christians to pass climate change legislation, and why it failed.

Nov 13, 2015

Lydia Bean, Steven M. Teles

The Sequester, the Pentagon, and the Little Campaign that Could

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The Sequester, the Pentagon, and the Little Campaign that Could

We examine the unlikely political coalition that helped secure a drop in defense spending steeper than any since the end of the Korean War.

Sep 29, 2015

John T. Bennett

How Conservatives Turned Against Mass Incarceration

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How Conservatives Turned Against Mass Incarceration

The first in a series of papers from the New Models of Policy Change Project examining the “strange bedfellows” of transpartisan coalitions.

Sep 15, 2015

Steven M. Teles, David Dagan

Reflections From the First Annual Conference on the Future of War

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Reflections From the First Annual Conference on the Future of War

February 24-25, 2015 New America and Arizona State University held the First Annual Future of War Conference.

Jul 8, 2015

Emily Schneider, Peter Bergen, David Sterman, Daniel Rothenberg

Ghost Fleet

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Ghost Fleet

What will World War III look like? P. W. Singer and August Cole answers this by smashing together technothriller with nonfiction.

Jul 2, 2015

Peter Warren Singer

Drone Wars

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Drone Wars

Drone Wars presents a series of essays by legal scholars, journalists, government officials, military analysts, social scientists, and…

Dec 15, 2014

Peter Bergen, Daniel Rothenberg

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Thriving Families

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

New America Celebrates 2026 Pulitzer Prizes

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

A Model for Associational Party Building

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

Ten Lives

Amy J. Nelson’s The Arms Control Paradox

Community Colleges as Cultivators of Civic Life

Assembling in the Age of AI

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Do D’s and R’s Matter More than X’s and Y’s?

Can Transpartisan Coalitions Overcome Polarization?

Parallel Play in the Education Sandbox

ISIS in the West

Spreading the Gospel of Climate Change

The Sequester, the Pentagon, and the Little Campaign that Could

How Conservatives Turned Against Mass Incarceration

Reflections From the First Annual Conference on the Future of War

Ghost Fleet

Drone Wars