After terrorists attacked the offices of Charlie Hebdo earlier this month, a group of European Union ministers executed a more covert attack on fre...

Last year was disastrous for the original moderate, secular, democratic goals of the Syrian revolution. As the Syrian civil war enters its fourth y...

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What’s in a moment? At the 1963 March on Washington and elsewhere, Martin Luther King, Jr spoke of “the fierce urgency of now,” the need for immedi...

After last week’s terror attacks in Paris, European leaders invoked the spirit of unity. Barely a week later, it has become painfully evident that ...

You’ve heard about Tiger Mothers. But do you know about Hero Mothers? Kyrgyzstan has a policy that designates women who have seven or more children...

In 1964, Bob Dylan, author of the early-1960s protest anthem “Blowin in the Wind” and one of the most celebrated political singers of his generatio...

Washington, DC — On Thursday, January 15, New America will host Secretary of Health and Human Services, Sylvia Mathews Burwell, for a public addres...

In the modern era killing those who purportedly have defamed Islam began with the Iranian Ayatollah Khomeini’s infamous fatwa—religious ruling—that...

Wednesday morning, two assailants armed with Kalashnikovs forced their way into the editorial offices of Charlie Hebdo, a French satirical magazine...

Have you ever been so heartbroken that you joined the conservative faction of a local mosque? Khalid did, because he felt he had no other way to co...

Does America need an Arab Spring? It’s a question that may seem absurd after the turmoil following the revolutions of 2011. Yet, it’s the question ...

What’s next for the Islamic State in 2015? Clandestine domination, and exploiting America’s huge regional blind spots. The Islamic State of Iraq an...

The huge drop in oil prices in 2014 might have come as a shock to you, unless you saw it coming. Germany's win in the World Cup probably came as le...

The more technology they accumulated, the more profoundly powerless they felt. That was the paradox Hahrie Han and Elizabeth McKenna discovered as ...

It was Sunday morning, and I was in church. Being Jewish, this is not how I typically spend my weekends, but attending Washington, DC’s Nineteenth ...

Rodrigo Neves wasn’t expecting a fight. After the city council of Niteroi, Brazil passed a new law earlier this month extending Brazil’s nationally...

Despite increases in access to education in Pakistan, the country still has the third highest out-of-school population in the world. And, with even...

Whether you’re Christmas shopping at the last minute or looking to ring in 2015 with a good book, New America’s got you covered with a cornucopia o...