Items tagged ‘new-america’

  • article | September 18, 2014

    The Surprising Truth About the UN

    Michael Soussan
    Each September since 1945 has delivered a delightfully awkward few days when world leaders – some of whose armies have bludgeoned each other all ye...
  • article | September 18, 2014

    Protecting What’s Best About the Internet

    On September 10th, the spinning wheel of death appeared on a large number of websites in the United States. But the disruption wasn’t caused by an ...
  • article | September 18, 2014

    Who Pays for Prestige?

    We must get to the top. For nearly two decades, that’s been one of Northeastern University’s main goals – to ascend the infamous U.S. News & World ...
  • article | September 18, 2014

    Planning for Pre-K Perfection

    New America
    During his campaign for mayor, Bill de Blasio promised universal access to Pre-K students across New York City. Just eight months after taking offi...
  • article | September 18, 2014

    Oh, the HumanIT

    If we learned anything from the movie _The Social Network, _it’s that the moment when Mark Zuckerberg included a “relationship status” on profile p...
  • article | September 12, 2014

    Welcome to a New America

    Today, we’re launching a new website, along with our new logo and mission statement. We have spent a year thinking about who we are, what we do bes...
  • podcast | September 10, 2014

    The Weekly Wonk: Our Exotic Poverty Problem

    New America
    Why are some Americans choosing to fight malaria in Malawi over meth in Minnesota? In other words: why do we tend to romanticize development work a...
  • book | April 29, 2014 |

    No Good Men Among the Living

    America, the Taliban, and the War through Afghan Eyes

    Told through the lives of three Afghans, the stunning tale of how the United States had triumph in sight in Afghanistan—and then brought the Taliba...
  • article | January 04, 2014

    Big Ideas for a New America

    New America
    What if, upon graduating from high school, every young person was given an opportunity to complete a service year with other young people? Stan McC...

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