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  • article | October 23, 2014

    What is in Resistance?

    E.K.
    The people, the army, the Resistance. Lebanon’s longstanding formula, where “resistance” is a euphemism for the Shiite political party and militia ...
  • article | October 23, 2014

    The Parent Trap

    Nanette Fondas
    The Daddy Bonus. The Mommy Penalty. We’ve seen a lot of news recently about how the pay gap between men and women is sometimes tied to parenthood. ...
  • podcast | October 23, 2014

    The Weekly Wonk: History Is Happening Now

    New America
    In this episode, Slaughter talks with historian Khalil Muhammad, director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture at the New York Pub...
  • article | October 16, 2014

    The Euro-Apprentice

    Tamar Jacoby
    At last, unemployment is easing. But the latest low rate – hovering below 6 percent –obscures a deeper, longer-term problem: “skills mismatches” in...
  • article | October 16, 2014

    Gaza’s Unseen Casualties

    Brian K. Barber
    New America Fellow Brian Barber describes what you need to know about the Gaza Strip that you can’t see in photographs and don’t hear enough about ...
  • article | October 16, 2014

    The New Extremist Incubator

    E.K.
    Being a foot soldier in the Lebanese Armed Forces surely ranks high on the list of unenviable professions. Aside from trying to maintain calm along...
  • article | October 16, 2014

    The Kobani Domino Effect

    Michael Soussan
    The fate of the embattled Syrian town of Kobani, located right on the border with Turkey, has become intertwined with Kurdish movement for independ...
  • article | October 16, 2014

    Syrian Women Know How to Defeat ISIS

    Kristin Williams Michelle Barsa
    To the Islamic State, Syrian women are slaves. To much of the rest of the world, they are victims. It’s time we expose their real identity: an unta...
  • article | October 16, 2014

    Compete to Connect

    If you live in an American city, chances are you're getting a raw deal -- paying more for broadband, and yet getting slower service, than your urba...
  • article | October 16, 2014

    Building a Democropolis

    New America
    Frustration with state governments is a common feeling these days. Meanwhile, cities forging ahead, using digital technologies to transform citizen...
  • article | October 09, 2014

    The Half-Baked War

    New America
    No battle plan survives first contact with the enemy. After more than two weeks of bombing ISIL, what re-adjustments is the President making now th...
  • article | October 09, 2014

    The Danger in Political Melodrama

    Elisabeth Anker
    Cue the script: Dark music builds and a familiar villain—perhaps Scandal’s _Daddy Pope or _Batman’s Joker—sneaks into our sights, lurking. We know ...
  • press release | October 09, 2014

    New America Welcomes David J. Kilcullen and Peter W. Singer

    Kilcullen announced as ASU Future of War Senior Fellow; Singer to serve as Strategist and Senior Fellow

    New America
    Washington, DC — New America announced that David J. Kilcullen will be an Arizona State University Future of War Senior Fellow, and that Peter W. S...