The protests have never been about one incident. They've never been about one particular tragic death. These are protests against unceasing, unacco...

While they seem to come from different centuries, the makeshift IED of an insurgent and the cutting-edge aerial assets of the world’s largest milit...

And if there was a major cyber attack on U.S. critical infrastructure, "we would see that as the beginning of something, not the end of it. We woul...

Rising income inequality has been the subject of heated debate in 2014, and education is often proffered as a remedy. But do all American learners ...

Peter W. Singer, former director of the Center for 21st Century Security and Intelligence and the author of ”Cybersecurity and Cyberwar: What Every...

WASHINGTON, DC – The Asset Building Program at New America applauds the Illinois General Assembly's passage this week of the Illinois Secure Choice...

In October 2014, New America partnered with Young Invincibles and the Roosevelt Campus Network to convene a cross-cutting policy symposium called M...

Julian Zelizer,who teaches history and public affairs at Princeton University, said the trip also allows Christie to show himself as a statesman, a...

Can an employer fire a pregnant employee if he or she feels the worker cannot complete her job duties? The Supreme Court could soon rule on that. N...

*The New America Foundation recently hosted a daylong conference, headlined by Neal Stephenson, that sought to re-focus science fiction on providin...

Boston is not just trying one strategy or using one tool; rather it is creating an entire ecosystem for innovation to thrive. The recent passing of...

Among the advisers to the library for the program are, in addition to the mayor's office, Tim Wu, the Columbia Law professor and net neutrality adv...

Yesterday, a coalition of human rights organizations sent a strong message about the need to curb the uncontrolled export of surveillance technolog...

Around the mid-twentieth century, thanks to Social Security and the spread of company pensions programs, the idea that working life should end in a...

A congressional staffer is out of a job - after taking to Facebook to criticize the president's daughters - Princeton's Julian Zelizer on WTOP

Should this plan, or something similar that is acceptable to Democrats, actually beat the budget deadline of Dec. 11 and be signed by the president...

Watching the GOP discussion on immigration can give an idea of how hard Republicans might push in other areas, says Julian Zelizer, a professor at ...

While the year-end equity rally continues apace, it is time to look ahead into next year and assess the challenges and opportunities 2015 will brin...