Opening Doors (and Accounts) at Tax Time
Michal Grinstein-Weiss and Jane Oliphant argue that filing taxes should be a time for opportunity and access, not anguish.
Paid Leave Leapfrogging
Join the World Bank Group’s Women, Business and the Law and New America for a conversation on global lessons and laws for paid family leave.
In-Person
New America
740 15th St NW #900, Washington, D.C. 20005
The Economics of Power
Increasing economic inequality is not just about changes in the workforce. K. Sabeel Rahman explains why it is also about a shift in the ba
The Wider Message of Robo ScarJo
Bad news for those who thought a creepy celebrity-look-alike robot wouldn’t have wide-ranging legal and ethical implications.
This Is Sweden Calling
Read what one Swede thinks of her country’s new number (international rates do not apply).
Warning: Respectability Politics May Be Hazardous to Your Health
Veronica Womack writes about a belief that might literally be making Black Americans sick.
Where Are the Girls?
And why, asks Jane Greenway Carr, aren’t more in positions of political and pecuniary power?
A Conversation with the Next Candidates for the UN Secretary General
The post of United Nations Secretary-General is said to be the world’s most impossible job. But it is also one of the most important.
In-Person
Civic Hall
156 Fifth Avenue, Second Floor, New York, NY 10010
Digital Victory! Email Privacy Act Moves Forward with Historic Committee Vote
Today the House Judiciary Committee unanimously approved H.R. 699, The Email Privacy Act, and sent it to the House floor for consideration.
Federal Source Code Policy engages Open Source Community
Last month, the White House proposed a Federal Source Code Policy, and invited public comment via Github and traditional channels. Although