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Is al Qaeda outdoing the U.S. on truth telling?
Yet, in Yemen where the U.S. has been fighting a small, undeclared war for the past four years, we have now arrived at the ironic point where Ameri...
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Shopgirls
A women’s revolution has begun in Saudi Arabia, although it may not be immediately evident. This fall, only a few dozen women got behind the wheel ...
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Daddy Track
The Case for Paternity Leave
When Chris Renshaw told his co-workers that he was planning to take six weeks of paternity leave, they responded with overwhelming support. “It’s d...
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The Global Assets Project 2013 Recap is Out!
We are pleased to announce that New America's Global Assets Project has just released its latest newsletter, recapping the past year jam-packed wit...
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Lingerers in the Community College
A recentreport from the Community College Research Center examines data on first-time college students at nine community colleges including demogra...
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Export Controls and Open Source Software
The Open Technology Institute is currently engaged in a joint project on export controls with Privacy International and Digitale Gesellschaft. The ...
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There’s Something About Mary
"At least we don’t have office parties in strip clubs any more,” mused a college friend of mine over a recent end-of-year lunch. She entered a bank...
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It's All Relative
How NCLB Waivers Did—and Did Not—Transform School Accountability
After years of arguing against No Child Left Behind (NCLB), over forty states are now taking a different approach to improving their low-performing...
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Assets Podcast: In Poverty, No Privacy?
Most Americans consider the right to privacy a right of citizenship, but for families within the public benefits system, ceding extensive personal ...
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The Next Steps: Building a Reimagined System of Student Aid
A recentpaper from the Brooking’s Institution’s Brown Center on Education Policy reviews 15 reports issued out of the Gates Foundation funded Reima...
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Snapshot Report: Degree Attainment
According to a recentreport from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, attainment of science and engineering (S&E) degrees has increa...
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The Weekly Wonk: Karzai's Dangerous Game
Afghan President Hamid Karzai is refusing to sign the U.S. peace agreement that outlines the terms of our 2014 withdrawal. What's he thinking – and...
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Working Parents in High-Powered Jobs
One Spouse Must Make Career Sacrifices
Female breadwinning is a reliably inflammatory topic. Earlier this year, when the Pew Research Center published a study showing that mothers are no...
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Building a Mesh Networks in Rural Somaliland
I had heard about mesh networking before I arrived in Somaliland, but had never been in the position to actually build a mesh network. When I accep...
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The KEYSPOT Model: A Home Away From Home
This is the fourth of four blog posts about the Freedom Rings Partnership in Philadelphia and its KEYSPOT program, funded by the federal Broadband ...
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A Guide to the Wassenaar Arrangement
The Open Technology Institute is currently engaged in a joint project on export controls with Privacy International and Digitale Gesellschaft. The ...
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International Agreement Reached Controlling Export of Mass and Intrusive Surveillance Technology
The Open Technology Institute is currently engaged in a joint project on export controls with Privacy International and Digitale Gesellschaft. The ...
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International Body Moving to Restrict Export of Surveillance Systems Used to Commit Human Rights Abuses
The Open Technology Institute is currently engaged in a joint project on export controls with Privacy International and Digitale Gesellschaft. The ...
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Export Controls and the Implications for Security Research Tools
The Open Technology Institute is currently engaged in a joint project on export controls with Privacy International and Digitale Gesellschaft. The ...
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Asset-Oriented Rental Assistance
Next Generation Reforms for HUD’s Family Self-Sufficiency Program
Federally funded rental assistance programs in the U.S. address housing-related hardship for participants, but are unable to reach a majority of el...
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Comments on Citizens Broadband Service Public Notice
GN Docket No. 12-354
The New America Foundation's Open Technology Institute joined Public Knowledge in submitting comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC...