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When it comes to racial inequality and criminal justice, how do we transition from moments of protest into a robust movement for change? This event--the first in a series of conversations on race in America held in collaboration with Howard University--will engage this troubling but critical question.
What’s an even bigger idea than the Internet itself? A universal Internet. In the latest in New America’s Big Ideas series on CNN.com, Alan Davidson and Danielle Kehl say we now have what it takes to make it happen in the next decade.
We can make planet-wide, always-on, high-speed(ish) Internet communications a reality for everyone.
Lenore Skenazy says that Nationwide missed the point on a very big stage with its Super Bowl ad, which aims to stir up fear-mongering against parents.
President Obama's 2016 budget proposal has some big wins, some major fails, and some unanswered questions. New America's experts weigh in.
2015 should be the year we keep talking about and take action when it comes to race, according to Perry Bacon Jr.
Looking to the past offers important lessons about how to construct energy policy in the present - especially in Pittsburgh, says scholar Joel Tarr.
Just because big data and evidence-based policy are the dominant ideas of our moment doesn’t make them the best way to see the big picture, says Konstantin Kakaes. In the latest in New America’s Big Ideas series on CNN.com, he explains why big data can mislead us.
High-stakes testing has failed as a stand-alone measure of performance for students, teachers, schools, and districts, according to Kamenetz, but the question of useful alternatives is complicated and without an easy answer. The Test, for instance, documents the growing movement of parents who "opt out" of testing
Having a baby shouldn't put Americans at risk of discrimination by employers, says Latifa Lyles of the Department of Labor.
We need to restructure the abortion debate to reflect the lived experience of women and a pluralistic, rather than a partisan, approach to policy.
Anya Kamenetz's new book The Test argues for Team Unicorn: old-school testing combined with 21st-century innovations.
It's great that President Obama is talking about broadband, but we need to be talking about community networks as a solution to infrastructure problems.
Poverty has more of a role in terrorism than some experts may believe.
Andres Martinez and Daniel Kurtz-Phelan say that a North American passport will codify the shared identity among the United States, Mexico, and Canada.
The United States, Mexico, and Canada have a shared destiny, say Andres Martinez and Daniel Kurtz-Phelan. In the latest in New America’s Big Ideas series on CNN.com, they explain why a North American passport may be our ticket to the future.
A North American passport would reflect the unique relationship and shared interests among our nations. In the face of growing competition from rising powers elsewhere in the world, simply taking our geography for granted and focusing our attention elsewhere is no longer a viable option.
Future Tense editor Torie Bosch recaps a recent discussion at New America on the future of climate change and new approaches to solving the problem.
At a recent conference, expert panelists examine the grim landscape of how to make progress with efforts to end the conflict in Syria.
Lindsey Tepe and Danielle Kehl outline what Obama didn't say about education and technology in the State of the Union and why it matters.
Heather Hurlburt, former senior staff member in the Clinton Administration, weighs in on Obama's 2015 State of the Union.