Tax Reform Now the minority in both chambers of Congress, Democrats took offense this week, announcing a new plan to reduce economic inequality. Th...

The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center (NSCRC) recently re-published its report that looks into current college term enrollments for th...

Today, given that the central players in the Internet economy are middlemen – platforms that connect buyers and sellers – pricing laws will determi...

The Open Technology Institute’s most recent Cost of Connectivity report summarized its findings like this: “The data that we have collected in the ...

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Picture this: A four-year-old is in a sandbox, running sand and pebbles through a sieve. An adult is at his side, asking him to describe the speed ...

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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...

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If you want to be mourned by millions of marchers and eulogized by dozens of reverential world leaders, apparently you need to be Charlie Hebdo — a...

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Nigerian villages destroyed, hundreds killed

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Yesterday, the President released a fact sheet outlining bold steps to improve the competitive landscape for broadband access in the United States....

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

I hope that readers enjoy this story and that the history encourages them to think about the ways in which citizens--rather than a new president or...