Building a Climate Mobility Movement
Welcoming America founder David Lubell on ‘ecosystem acceleration’: using immigration movement-building lessons to fast-track climate migration infrastructure in US cities.
The Great Refusal
This event has been postponed and will be rescheduled at a later date.
In-Person
A Blueprint for Student-Led Civic Engagement
Hollie Russon Gilman and Sarah Jacob spoke with Austin Community College’s Center for Government and Civic Service about how students are gaining skills through civic engagement.
StudyNPlay: Preserving Parent-Child Connection While Supporting Persistence
Supervised play fosters parent-child connection while giving parents time to study and connect to resources to support college persistence.
Building the Foundation for Deliberation in Akron
In Akron, Ohio, residents came together to deliberate on the topic of housing through a civic assembly.
Peter Bergen: “Many, Many Months to Go” in Iran War
On CNN, Peter Bergen discusses the reasons the Iran war has resisted resolution, and may continue to do so.
Molly Martin Promoted to Vice President of Development & Strategy at New America
New America is pleased to announce the promotion of Molly G. Martin to Vice President of Development & Strategy.
Can the Energy Crisis Finally Unite Us?
The energy transition benefits everyone. The narrative should reflect that.
Q&A with Economist Jessica H. Brown About Accurately Measuring Child Care Access and Demand
Jessica H. Brown, an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of South Carolina, tests whether areas designed as child care deserts actually predict whether parents there are having difficulty finding an open slot, and finds that two alternative measures that account for local demand perform substantially better. To learn more about the paper, I interviewed Jessica via email. Read below to find out more about the difficulty of measuring child care demand, alternative methods for measuring child care access, and the policy implications of accurately measuring where child care needs are the greatest.
Count What Matters: Building Data Infrastructure for Early Childhood Systems
This resource is designed for state and local policymakers, agency leaders and staff, and advocates working to strengthen early childhood data systems.