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At New America, our work spans across five issue areas—each essential to building a nation and a world where everyone can thrive.
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Real Skills, Real Income: Why Youth Apprenticeship Is Resonating Now

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

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

Debunking Myths on Student Parent Data Collection

Debunking Myths on Student Parent Data Collection

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

The App Store Accountability Act Poses Serious Concerns for Privacy, Security, and Free Expression
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For over 25 years, New America’s insights and policy solutions have helped usher in sweeping, long-term change. Discover how we have turned bold ideas into real-world impact.

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Redrawing School Boundaries for Fairer Funding

Redrawing School Boundaries for Fairer Funding

Reframing Fusion Voting as a Practical, Powerful Reform Strategy

Reframing Fusion Voting as a Practical, Powerful Reform Strategy

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

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

Establishing a National Housing Loss Rate

Establishing a National Housing Loss Rate
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New America Fellows

The New America Fellows Program supports thinkers, creators, and storytellers whose work shapes public conversation on the defining issues of our time.
Us@250 Fellowship

Learning Sciences Exchange (LSX) Fellowship

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Making Child Care Work for Student Parents

Making Child Care Work for Student Parents

Drinking Water Data for the Nation: Version 1.0 Release Webinar

Drinking Water Data for the Nation: Version 1.0 Release Webinar

The Understated Value of Regional Intermediaries for Workforce and Economic Development

The Understated Value of Regional Intermediaries for Workforce and Economic Development

The Charleston Regional Youth Apprenticeship Model

The Charleston Regional Youth Apprenticeship Model
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Racial Equity

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Indiana Avenue: The Ethnic Cleansing of Black Indianapolis

Madame Walker Building

Indiana Avenue: The Ethnic Cleansing of Black Indianapolis

A bustling center of commerce, art and homes, the Indiana Avenue area in Indianapolis was a destination for Midwestern Black Americans.

Feb 4, 2020

Wildstyle Paschall

Rebuilding Democratic Infrastructure

Citizens Protesting

Report / In Depth

Rebuilding Democratic Infrastructure

This report tackles a critical set of questions for the long-term future of American democracy through an infrastructural approach.

Dec 5, 2019

K. Sabeel Rahman, Hollie Russon Gilman

Craft in Commercial Space: Monmade & Fallingwater

Fallingwater Exhibition

Craft in Commercial Space: Monmade & Fallingwater

Nov 26, 2019

Count Me In: Engaging Students as Trusted Messengers

Census kids teacher

Count Me In: Engaging Students as Trusted Messengers

Census curricula help youth and families be the authors of their own stories

Oct 16, 2019

Felon: Poems

Felon: Poems

Book / In Depth

Felon: Poems

Challenging the complexities of language, Betts animates what it means to be a “felon.”

Oct 15, 2019

Reginald Dwayne Betts

Self-Portrait in Black and White: Unlearning Race

Self Portrait in Black and White.jpg

Book / In Depth

Self-Portrait in Black and White: Unlearning Race

Thomas Chatterton Williams questions the fixity of racial identity as he traces his multigenerational journey of unlearning race.

Oct 15, 2019

Thomas Chatterton Williams

Why I’m Raising My Hand to Support Census 2020

Why I’m Raising My Hand to Support Census 2020

How this census is different and what we can all do to help

Sep 17, 2019

Libby Reder

Address Canvassers: Coming Soon to A Community Near You?

TippaPatt tech photo

Address Canvassers: Coming Soon to A Community Near You?

This map shows whether you might see census employees in your neighborhood this fall

Aug 26, 2019

Maria Filippelli

Inclusive growth in Indianapolis…will we mess it up?

Inclusive growth in Indianapolis…will we mess it up?

IUPUI-New America Public Problem-Solver Abbey Chambers asks if we’re really being inclusive in our inclusive growth?

Aug 9, 2019

Abbey Chambers

A Complete Count for Census 2020 Still Requires Action

Census word cloud

A Complete Count for Census 2020 Still Requires Action

A blog series about what Californians are doing to support the 2020 Census

Jul 19, 2019

Rachel Alexander

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