A Common Repayment Strategy: Small Savings and Big Consequences
Many borrowers believe that paying down student debt with higher interest rates is the best option.
A Poor Way of Measuring Poverty
Millions of Americans live in poverty. Rachel Black and Patricia Hart argue that we need to rethink what that means.
Baseball, Hot Dogs, and Presidential Debates
Mom and pop shops. Apple pie. Ellis Island. Sixteen adults standing on stage yelling at each other. Presidential debates are quintessential
Choosing College
Recent survey research from New America and Public Agenda better understand the expectations and concerns of today’s students.
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Christmas in September for Higher Ed Accountability
Last week, the White House release the College Scorecard website, making graduate earnings and debt outcomes publicly available. Experts gat
College Decisions Survey Part V: Searching for the Right College
This is the final brief in a five part series analyzing what students know about college financing.
How a Small New Hampshire Library Fought Government Fearmongering
April Glaser and Alison Macrina share how the patrons of a small-town library in New Hampshire are taking a stand for Internet privacy and i
How Turkey Returned to the Brink
In June, there were talks of a Turkish coalition government. Now the country is besieged by violence and headed to snap elections. Istanbul-
New America congratulates PNPI on establishment of 501(c)(3)
New America wishes to congratulate Postsecondary National Policy Institute executive director MaryEllen McGuire on the successful establishm
OTI Applauds FCC Action on Internet Outages
We applaud the [FCC] for focusing its attention on submarine cables, an opaque part of the Internet’s architecture that needs greater oversi
Sink or Swim: the Case for Passports for the World’s Refugees
There is past precedent for the production of passports for refugees by an international body, and now, writes Michael Soussan, is the time
This is What Democracy Sounds Like
OTI’s Laurenellen McCann on a new program that is trying to engage all American voters, whatever their native languages.
Tough on Criminal Justice Reform
The era of “tough on crime” has given way to transpartisan criminal justice reform. Devan Kreisberg on how it came to be, and whether it’s h
Women’s Decision 2016 (Part 1)
Join New America’s for a conversation about how anxiety may shape the electoral landscape.
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