Culture

Telling the Story of Child Care

New reporting keeps the child care crisis, the narrative that care is vital infrastructure, and the need for solutions at the forefront.

Dec 5, 2023

Rebecca Gale

It’s Trans Awareness Week. Here’s how we can shift narratives in pursuit of true gender equity.

In Short

It’s Trans Awareness Week. Here’s how we can shift narratives in pursuit of true gender equity.

Nov 17, 2023

Jasmine Heyward

Adia Harvey Wingfield Is Investigating How “Gray Areas” Perpetuate Racism at Work—and Telling Us What We Can Do About It

In Short

Adia Harvey Wingfield Is Investigating How “Gray Areas” Perpetuate Racism at Work—and Telling Us What We Can Do About It

Nov 2, 2023

Brigid Schulte

Vicki Shabo Submits Letter for the Record to the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance

Testimony / In Short

Vicki Shabo Submits Letter for the Record to the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance

New America senior fellow urges Congress to adopt a national paid leave program as Senate Finance holds hearing.

Oct 25, 2023

Vicki Shabo

A Playbook to Transform How America Cares

Report / In Depth

A Playbook to Transform How America Cares

Tactics for how policymakers, care workers, consumers, activists, philanthropists, media, and business leaders can grow a “care movement.”

Oct 24, 2023

Katherine Goldstein

Funding For Domestic Violence Survivors Is A Care Issue That Should Be On Everyone’s Radar

In Short

Funding For Domestic Violence Survivors Is A Care Issue That Should Be On Everyone’s Radar

Oct 20, 2023

Jasmine Heyward

Re-Scripting Depictions of Abortion on Screen

In Depth

Re-Scripting Depictions of Abortion on Screen

How to tell stories about reproductive decisions in the age of widespread abortion bans and a profound lack of work-family supports.

Oct 19, 2023

Vicki Shabo, Steph Herold

A Nation of Paid Family Leave Have- and Have-Nots Characterizes the United States in 2023

In Short

A Nation of Paid Family Leave Have- and Have-Nots Characterizes the United States in 2023

Sep 21, 2023

Vicki Shabo

A Journey Towards Racial Equity: Advancing the Work at New America

Thread Equity Transformation Journey Collage Cover

The Thread

A Journey Towards Racial Equity: Advancing the Work at New America

New America’s Chief Transformation Officer Paul Butler on doing the work to transform New America for a new America.

Sep 18, 2023

Paul E. Butler

Experiment No. 36: The Chore Check-In

In Short

Experiment No. 36: The Chore Check-In

How much do you think you do? Take the quiz to find out if you and your partner are on the same page

Sep 7, 2023

Haley Swenson

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Telling the Story of Child Care

It’s Trans Awareness Week. Here’s how we can shift narratives in pursuit of true gender equity.

Adia Harvey Wingfield Is Investigating How “Gray Areas” Perpetuate Racism at Work—and Telling Us What We Can Do About It

Vicki Shabo Submits Letter for the Record to the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance

A Playbook to Transform How America Cares

Funding For Domestic Violence Survivors Is A Care Issue That Should Be On Everyone’s Radar

Re-Scripting Depictions of Abortion on Screen

A Nation of Paid Family Leave Have- and Have-Nots Characterizes the United States in 2023

A Journey Towards Racial Equity: Advancing the Work at New America

Experiment No. 36: The Chore Check-In