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Editorial: Failed leadership on both sides of the Hudson on Port Authority reform
Speaking to the Wall Street Journal, Princeton University political scientist and historian Julian Zelizer said of the similarly inclined Christie ...
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Historians as Public Figures
Panelists talked about the various ways historians are seen as public figures. They recounted their own experiences and discussed the changes in ho...
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Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)
A Background Primer
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) are institutions of higher learning established prior to 1964 with the education of black Amer...
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Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs)
A Background Primer
Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs): A Background Primer In the early 1980s, a series of congressional hearings on Latino access to higher educati...
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Depiction of Lyndon B. Johnson in ‘Selma’ Raises Hackles
“The debate isn’t just about L.B.J., but about how American politics works,” said Professor Zelizer, who teaches history at Princeton. “Is it a mat...
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Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms review – illuminating the plight of the Middle East’s minorities
There have been good studies of individual parts of the process, but Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms, Russell’s brilliant and constantly engaging accou...
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The 2014 Open Internet Roller Coaster
Net neutrality” became a household term in 2014. In the past 12 months, net neutrality has gone from a wonky tech policy issue to a topic of nation...
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Voters agree: A free and open Internet is crucial to our economic future
Just as the transformation of the nation from an agricultural to industrial society changed the concerns of voters, so the new transformations of o...
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Why Hillary Clinton needs an Elizabeth Warren challenge
If Warren forces Clinton to confront these issues and to articulate a stronger response to the economic issues of our days -- creating countervaili...
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West Asia's lost minorities: Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms
In his lively new book, Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms, Gerard Russell chronicles the emergence and survival of religious minorities like the Yazidis ...
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Tracking the Sony cyber attack
The New America Foundation's Tara Maller discusses if the skepticism that North Korea was behind the Sony hack is misplaced.
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What really scares terrorists
But a stronger emphasis on progress towards gender equality would help clarify the importance this issue holds for the United States, and perhaps i...
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'The Interview' grosses more than $1 million on Christmas
After being released on YouTube, Google Play and other streaming services Thursday, Sony is reporting that “The Interview” grossed more than $1 mil...
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Rabia Chaudry, Adnan Syed Family Friend, Opens Up About 'Serial' Finale
*"If there had been a major smoking gun, that would've been dispositive one way or another. I would've known it by now," said Rabia Chaudry. *
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6th J-20 Stealth Fighter Rolls Out, More to soon follow
*Coming less than three weeks after the fifth prototype, "2013", first flew on November 29, 2014, the rapid production of J-20 stealth fighters sug...
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Cloud year in review 2014: Price wars, renewable energy, legal concerns, outages
According to the nonpartisan New America Foundation, "a number of American companies have reported declining sales in overseas markets, loss of cus...
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Why Shouldn't Ed Reformers Like Arne Duncan Protest Police Violence?
So why are reformers like Duncan and Packnett taking heat for their support and leadership of the protest movement? Surely they are better than fol...
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OTI joins Public Knowledge in Reply to Opposition filing opposing Comcast-Time Warner Cable merger
The Open Technology Institute at the New America Foundation joined Public Knowledge in submitting reply to opposition to petition to deny comments ...
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The Asset Building Program's Favorites of 2014
New America and the Assets team are going offline to celebrate the holidays. We’ll be back the first full week in January. This is a great time for...
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After Winning, Then What?
An Inside Look at Four Winners of Federal Early Education Grant Competitions
Over the last six years competitive grants have played a large role in triggering changes in the early education space, which has been a growing pr...
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Jeb Bush can win it all
The announcement of an exploratory committee has generated instant excitement because many Republicans feel that the former governor stands a very ...
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Lawsuits could change affirmative action policies in higher education
CCTV America interviewed Yascha Mounk, a PhD candidate in Harvard University’s Government Department, about the effectiveness of affirmative action...