Paid Leave in 2025: Three Crucial Battlegrounds for Working People and Families
Vicki Shabo offers a peek at what’s ahead for paid leave in 2025, highlighting three key areas to watch in an unpredictable year.
Pursuing Paid Family and Medical Leave
The Better Life Lab’s one-stop shop for testimonies, op-eds, explainers, and other resources related to paid family and medical leave.
Senator Reintroduces $5 Billion Program to Require Major Changes to Internet Connections: ‘Now Is the Time’
Prem Trivedi on a new bill aiming to protect phone and internet connections during natural disasters.
Trump’s Ambition to Retake the Panama Canal Could Have a Heavy Cost
New America VP and ASU Professor of Practice Peter Bergen examines Trump’s threats to take the Panama Canal.
Tested: A Surprising History of Women’s Sports
Join New America Fellows and ASU’s Sports @ Humanities Institute for a conversation about the podcast, Tested.
Virtual
12PM – 1PM EDT
Building on Momentum: New America Chicago’s Impact for 2024 & Future Priorities
A look at New America Chicago’s accomplishments and impact in 2024 as well as plans for the future.
Conversation in Colorado
Two leaders share how Denver’s long-time investment in early childhood education helped catalyze a statewide transformation.
How Trump’s Push for ‘America First’ Puts America Last
Heela Rasool-Ayub critiques Donald Trump’s hasty “America First” approach and outlines the way that it hurts U.S. global standing.
Amanda Janoo
Family Economic Security Fellow, New Practice Lab
Fellows Emily Kassie and Julian Brave NoiseCat’s Sugarcane Receives Oscar Nomination for Best Documentary Feature
Sugarcane, directed by Fellows Emily Kassie & Julian Brave NoiseCat, earns an Oscar nomination, and highlights Native resilience & history.