Entrapment or Necessary Tool
Informants and undercover officers are a central part of American counter-terrorism strategy, but do they go too far?
In-Person
New America
1899 L Street NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC 20036
Hurd on the Hill, Hacking Jeeps & the Wall of Sheep
Rep. Will Hurd tells us why he’s disappointed OPM never apologized when his personal info fell into the hands of hackers.
New America Appoints Brigid Schulte as New Breadwinning and Caregiving Director
New America is delighted to announce the appointment of Brigid Schulte as the new director of our Breadwinning and Caregiving program.
Safer Cities
New America, in partnership with UN-Habitat, the importance of universal access to safe public spaces in every city and for every citizen.
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Wollman Hall, The New School
65 West 11th Street, Room B500, New York, NY 10003
Does Anxiety—Or Its Politics—Have a Gender?
Reproductive rights. Equal pay. A strong posture against terrorism? Jane Carr examines whether and why anxiety over national security is a w
How Minnesota Is Addressing Third-Grade Literacy Well Before Third-Grade
Abbie Lieberman explores how far one state has gone in improving early literacy–and how far all fifty still have to go.
Moving Beyond Rape as a Weapon of War in Democratic Republic of the Congo
In Democratic Republic of the Congo, rape isn’t restricted to the battlefield, and Alexa Hassink and Gary Barker argue that we need to stop
Quick Question. Why Are We Still Staring into Putin’s Eyes?
We’re not mind readers. Emily Tamkin argues we need to stop pretending that we can read Putin’s.
The Next Ahmed
Mass and social media alike have exploded with stories about Texan student Ahmed Mohamed. Tammy Johnson writes that the headlines are missin