Innovation

Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor

Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor

Virginia Eubanks investigates the impacts of data mining, policy algorithms, and predictive risk models on poor and working-class people.

Jan 23, 2018

Virginia Eubanks

Bringing Drama (and Literacy) to Early STEM—and Vice Versa

In Short

Bringing Drama (and Literacy) to Early STEM—and Vice Versa

The moments of intense drama that children experience when they test out a new design are the engines that drive STEM practices.

Sep 26, 2017

Lisa Guernsey

The Powerhouse: Inside the Invention of a Battery to Save the World

Book / In Depth

The Powerhouse: Inside the Invention of a Battery to Save the World

A worldwide race is on to perfect the next engine of economic growth, the advanced lithium-ion battery. Can the U.S. win?

Feb 5, 2015

Steve LeVine

The Great Race: The Global Quest for the Car of the Future

Book / In Depth

The Great Race: The Global Quest for the Car of the Future

The Great Race recounts the story of a century-long battle between automakers for market share, profit, and technological dominance.

Jan 20, 2015

Levi Tillemann

The Bright Continent: Breaking Rules and Making Change in Modern Africa

Book / In Depth

The Bright Continent: Breaking Rules and Making Change in Modern Africa

The Bright Continent calls for a necessary shift in our thinking about Africa.

Mar 4, 2014

Dayo Olopade

The Up Side of Down: Why Failing Well Is the Key to Success

Book / In Depth

The Up Side of Down: Why Failing Well Is the Key to Success

If you want to succeed in business and in life you have to learn how to harness the power of failure.

Feb 11, 2014

Megan McArdle

The Pioneer Detectives: Did a Distant Spacecraft Prove Einstein and Newton Wrong?

Book / In Depth

The Pioneer Detectives: Did a Distant Spacecraft Prove Einstein and Newton Wrong?

Konstantin Kakaes gives us a scientific police procedural, tracking the steps of those who sought to unravel the “Pioneer Anomaly.”

Jul 15, 2013

Konstantin Kakaes

To Save Everything, Click Here: The Folly of Technological Solutionism

Book / In Depth

To Save Everything, Click Here: The Folly of Technological Solutionism

To Save Everything, Click Here warns against a world of seamless efficiency.

Mar 5, 2013

Evgeny Morozov

Social Entrepreneurship for the 21st Century

Book / In Depth

Social Entrepreneurship for the 21st Century

Social Entrepreneurship for the 21st Century provides the knowledge and tools you need to be a responsibly engaged investor and citizen.

Jan 18, 2013

Georgia Levenson Keohane

Welcome to New America, redesigned for what’s next.

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Real Skills, Real Income: Why Youth Apprenticeship Is Resonating Now

Future-Proofing U.S. Nuclear Policy: Forecasting Outcomes of the Nuclear-Armed Sea-Launched Cruise Missile

Debunking Myths on Student Parent Data Collection

The App Store Accountability Act Poses Serious Concerns for Privacy, Security, and Free Expression

Redrawing School Boundaries for Fairer Funding

Reframing Fusion Voting as a Practical, Powerful Reform Strategy

Harnessing Terrorism Data to Reshape U.S. National Security Policy

Establishing a National Housing Loss Rate

New America Fellows

Making Child Care Work for Student Parents

Drinking Water Data for the Nation: Version 1.0 Release Webinar

The Understated Value of Regional Intermediaries for Workforce and Economic Development

The Charleston Regional Youth Apprenticeship Model

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Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor

Bringing Drama (and Literacy) to Early STEM—and Vice Versa

The Powerhouse: Inside the Invention of a Battery to Save the World

The Great Race: The Global Quest for the Car of the Future

The Bright Continent: Breaking Rules and Making Change in Modern Africa

The Up Side of Down: Why Failing Well Is the Key to Success

The Pioneer Detectives: Did a Distant Spacecraft Prove Einstein and Newton Wrong?

To Save Everything, Click Here: The Folly of Technological Solutionism

Social Entrepreneurship for the 21st Century