The Quiet Dismantling of Head Start: How the Trump Administration Is Using Regulation to Reshape a Program It Can’t Eliminate
The forthcoming proposed rule seems designed to hollow out the program from within.
The AI Race Is a Clash of Mythologies
The US-China AI race is usually framed as a contest of compute and capabilities. The deeper divergence is mythological: America’s frontier logic versus China’s rejuvenation narrative. When these two scripts collide in a crisis, neither side’s AI will behave as its designers presumed — and neither side is built to recognize the other’s restraint.
Mitch McConnell’s Absence from the US Senate Reignites Debate About Age Limits
Oscar Pocasangre was quoted in ABC News Australia on America’s gerontocratic political class.
Why Marriage Isn’t Dying—It’s Getting Harder to Do Right
Marriage isn’t disappearing—it’s getting harder. Historian Stephanie Coontz joins New America’s Better Life Lab to explore why fairness and gender equality, not just commitment, define the future of marriage.
The Next Generation of Voters
Join to understand the systems that reinforce America’s gerontocracy, the structural reforms that could change them, and what young voters actually want out of US politics.
Virtual
6PM – 7PM EDT
‘AI University’ Is Losing Its Accreditation. It Shouldn’t Get It Back.
Maestro College, which used an AI chatbot in lieu of real instructors, is set to have its accreditation revoked after a New America investigation.
Why Is It So Hard for the U.S. to Win Wars?
New America and ASU’s Peter Bergen discusses insights from his forthcoming book “All the Presidents’ Wars” on NPR.
The City of Raleigh’s First Civic Assembly
Join for a discussion of the civic assembly process, and how the city of Raleigh recently facilitated it’s first assembly, which resulted in two dozen proposals all unanimously received by the City Council.
Virtual
1PM – 2PM EDT