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Bush Trifecta Lands on Obama: Gaza, Iraq and Afghanistan Imploding
Anand Gopal has argued convincingly that US troops left in Afghanistan got drawn into tribal feuds and destabilized the south and east of the count...
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The Costs of Big Data
The article itself, by education journalist Anya Kamenetz, describes Purdue's Course Signals, a kind of semiautomated system to alert students to w...
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The Next Class of New America Fellows
Washington, DC – New America is pleased to announce the appointment of the following 2015 Fellows who will join us on September 1, under the new le...
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How to Get Famous
Hao Wu - on his documentary film "The Road To Fame" about the dreams of young acting students at the prestigious acting school in Beijing.
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You Should Ditch Work to Go Watch Soccer, Say Productivity Experts
Christine Rosen, a fellow at the New America Foundation who studies our interactions with technology, pointed to the perils of multitasking.
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What Afghans Think About Bergdahl, the Taliban, and U.S. Intervention
Q&A with Author Anand Gopal Click here to view the full segment
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How Should The U.S. Leave Afghanistan?
As New America Fellow Anand Gopal recently wrote, "The categories we take as rigid and unchanging, such as 'terrorist', are in fact remarkably flui...
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Americans Have Never Had So Few Options in Deciding What Company Makes Their Meat
Americans, as it turns out, have actually never had so few options in deciding what company makes their meat. "The US meat industry is more consoli...
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12 Questions About Bowe Bergdahl, Answered
According to Anand Gopal, an expert on the Taliban at the New America Foundation, "of the five released Taliban," he writes, "only 2 have the poten...
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Tyson Foods Wins Hillshire, Eyes Breakfast Growth
Christopher Leonard, author of the recently released book “The Meat Racket: The Secret Takeover of America’s Food Business”, said the merger would ...
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What Does A Good Common Core Lesson Look Like?
In the Internet era, the best resources should be able to easily leap political boundaries and get into the hands of teachers across the country. B...
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China, U.S. Tensions Run High At Sea And Under The Sun
But OPEC has the chance to rise again, says Quartz's Steve LeVine. The International Energy Agency has put a 10-year deadline on America's fracking...
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Here's What We Know About The Taliban Fighters Obama Just Released From Gitmo
Anand Gopal, an expert on the Taliban at the New America Foundation, thinks some of them could pose a real threat. "Of the five released Taliban," ...
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What Americans Can Learn From Talking to the Taliban
Anand Gopal was close enough to feel the blast as the Taliban launched rocket-propelled grenades at a NATO fuel tanker in Wardak Province, Afghanis...
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How Obama Got Spies Behind Taliban Deal
Anand Gopal, a fellow at the New America Foundation, and the author of No Good Men Among the Living, a history of the Afghan conflict, agreed. “I a...
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How The Bergdahl Deal Went Down
Anand Gopal, a fellow at the New America Foundation, and the author of No Good Men Among the Living, a history of the Afghan conflict, agreed. “I a...
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Tyson Enters Bidding For Hillshire Brands With $6.1 Billion Offer
"Consumers already have limited choices in the meat aisle of the grocery store," said Christopher Leonard, a fellow at the New America Foundation a...
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No Good Men Among the Living
America, the Taliban, and the War through Afghan Eyes
Told through the lives of three Afghans, the stunning tale of how the United States had triumph in sight in Afghanistan—and then brought the Taliba...
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The Weekly Wonk: Our War with Teachers
Most of us can easily remember our favorite teachers. Yet as a whole, American society devalues the profession – eroding the enthusiasm of educator...
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The Bright Continent
Breaking Rules and Making Change in Modern Africa
Africa is a continent on the move. It’s often hard to notice, though—the Western focus on governance and foreign aid obscures the individual dynami...