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Petition the Copyright Office for Your Digital Rights
Tell the Copyright Office you want the right to repair and modify the electronics you own
When you bought your car, did you ask whether copyright law would prevent you from bringing it to your local (non-dealer) repair shop to get it fix... -
Supplemental Brief on Legal Authority for Mobile Net Neutrality
Click here to read the full document New America’s Open Technology Institute (“OTI”) has filed extensive comments, reply comments and ex parte fili... - article | January 26, 2015
Rethink Borders
Why We Need a North American Passport
New AmericaBorders are perhaps the biggest and most contentious issue when it comes to trade, immigration, diplomacy, and innovation. Twenty years after NAFTA... -
Education Should Strengthen Oversight of Schools and Accreditors
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The U.S. Government Accountability Office recently released a report showing that colleges and universities with lower academic outcomes were no mo... -
Net Neutrality’s Achilles Heel
Interconnection abuse could break the Internet -- but the FCC can stop it
Last week, elected officials, tech companies, and consumer advocates gathered on Capitol Hill for hearings on a controversial bill that would put a... -
Apply to be a 2016 New America Fellow
New AmericaNew America’s Fellows Program invests in thinkers — academics, journalists, independent scholars, and public policy analysts — who offer fresh and ... -
Asset Building News Week, January 19 – January 23
The State of the Union President Obama used his sixth State of the Union address to direct the nation’s attention to the widening wealth-gap betwee... -
Objects in Motion Stay in Motion – Or Do They?
Jay Pelosky2015 has started off right where 2014 ended – with a tricky state of affairs for those in the investing business. Trends have extended – good for t... - article | January 22, 2015
On Pragmatism and Climate Change
Sometimes it seems like climate change discussions are stuck in the ’90s. We’re still having many of the same debates: Is it real? Are our children... - article | January 22, 2015
Examining the Crisis in Syria
Courtney SchusterAlmost four years after what began as a demonstration against President Bashir al Assad in Daraa in March 2011, Syria is still in crisis. Victimize... - article | January 22, 2015
State of the Union: Disconnect-ED?
The post-State of the Union punditry often focuses on what the President said — and what he plans to do. We hear a lot less about what he didn’t sa... - article | January 22, 2015
The State of the Union as Netflix
In the week leading up to this year’s State of the Union, the question of whether the speech and its rituals still matter seemed to get almost as m... - article | January 22, 2015
The World-Wide Muzzle and What to Do About it
After terrorists attacked the offices of Charlie Hebdo earlier this month, a group of European Union ministers executed a more covert attack on fre... - article | January 22, 2015
Why Rebels Have Failed in Syria
Loubna MrieLast year was disastrous for the original moderate, secular, democratic goals of the Syrian revolution. As the Syrian civil war enters its fourth y... -
Increasing the Free Flow of Information to Cuba under U.S. Sanctions
New authorizations will increase access to personal communications and telecommunications services
On December 17, President Barack Obama made a historic announcement: after maintaining a restrictive trade embargo on Cuba for more than 50 years, ... -
Savings Demand Assessment Blog Series Launch: YouthSave Boosts Youth Financial Participation
Lissa JohnsonA recent report dispels the myth that kids can’t save. In fact, younger youth (those under 13) save more than older youth. Parents also play an imp... -
Predominantly Black Institutions (PBIs)
A Background Primer
New AmericaIncorporated in the Higher Education Act in 2008, Predominantly Black Institutions (PBIs) are defined as institutions that: Serve at least 1,000 un... - article | January 20, 2015 | Asset Building
America Needs a Real Second-Chance Economy
New AmericaAmong the millions of currently jobless Americans, an astonishing percentage qualify as “long-term unemployed,” which means they have been out of w... -
Asset Building News Week, January 12 - January 16
Tax Reform Now the minority in both chambers of Congress, Democrats took offense this week, announcing a new plan to reduce economic inequality. Th... -
Current Term Enrollment Estimates: Fall 2014
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Nicholas BrockThe National Student Clearinghouse Research Center (NSCRC) recently re-published its report that looks into current college term enrollments for th... - article | January 15, 2015
Does the Man Make the Moment
Georgia KeohaneWhat’s in a moment? At the 1963 March on Washington and elsewhere, Martin Luther King, Jr spoke of “the fierce urgency of now,” the need for immedi... - article | January 15, 2015
Fighting Terrorists With Our Ideals Intact
Yascha MounkAfter last week’s terror attacks in Paris, European leaders invoked the spirit of unity. Barely a week later, it has become painfully evident that ...