Without Fear: Black Women and the Making of Human Rights
Join author and New America Fellow Keisha N. Blain for a discussion of their book exploring Black women’s commitment to human rights.
Virtual
12PM – 1PM EDT
Explainer: The FAMILY Act of 2025
Key parameters in the FAMILY Act, a comprehensive paid leave bill, would help to provide the financial stability people need.
Gen Z Doesn’t Need ‘Severance’—They Need Shared Spaces for Work and Care
Gen Z wants real work-life balance. Georgia Norton explores how co-located work and child care could be the key to making it possible.
Head Start for America’s Children Act of 2025 Proposes Fully Funding the 60-Year-Old Program
New bill offers support for student parents, the early childhood workforce, and more
OTI Files Comments to Inform the USF Working Group
Comments to inform federal universal service policy and plans for reforming the Universal Service Fund.
Privacy, Power, and Protection: Why Weakening Encryption Hurts Women and Gender Minorities
Lawmakers must consider the gendered implications of undermining encryption.
Public Comments on the Commission for Public Higher Education’s Draft Standards
CPHE should strengthen and clarify its draft standards.
Wars of Deception are Becoming the Norm. America Isn’t Ready
New America’s Peter W. Singer examines the role of deception in modern war.
Which Congressional Districts Would Lose the Most K–12 Funding Under the Trump and House Education Budgets?
2026 budget proposals from Trump and House Republicans would substantially cut K-12 funding, especially in rural and low-income areas.
