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Which upcoming New America event should you attend next? Tell us which one you got in the comments and we'll tell you more about it! 😉 You can also head to our website for more info: https://go.newamerica.org/events-5

A recent report from New America’s Technology & Democracy issue area documents how practitioners across the Global South are developing their own approaches to AI adoption. 🧑‍💻 https://go.newamerica.org/closing-the-adoption-gap-5

Millions in rural and Tribal communities get broadband through CBRS spectrum. A proposal before the FCC to raise power limits 320-fold could put that access at risk. —@michaelcalabrese.bsky.social, @techanddemocracy.newamerica.org 📡 More: https://go.newamerica.org/the-indispensable-spectrum-5

Through @educationwork.newamerica.org build4good initiative, students work with nonprofit partners and experienced mentors on high-impact tech projects while exploring careers in public interest technology and social impact. 💻 Explore build4good: https://go.newamerica.org/build4good-resource-5

Vermont’s Act 76 created a near-universal child care system. Now, other states and cities are pursuing similar efforts. New America’s Better Life Lab and Let’s Grow Kids Action Network have six toolkits to help. 🧰 https://go.newamerica.org/vermont-child-care-toolkits-5

Gig work offers flexibility. But for workers in Chicago's North Lawndale, it too often means no safety net, no recourse when pay is withheld, and no community. New America's CivicSpace asks: why should gig workers have to choose? ⏳ https://go.newamerica.org/gig-workers-security-5

Rebuilding American democracy will require stronger channels between government and the public. A new report from New America’s Reconstructing Democracy Project offers recommendations for making public participation meaningful. 🗳️ https://go.newamerica.org/public-participation-policymaking-5

Reading together is a low-barrier, high-reward way for families to connect. Sarah Gilliland explores how public libraries and book donation programs like Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library can make reading more accessible. 📚 Read The Thread: https://go.newamerica.org/parent-library-card-5

Policy expert Richard Davis Jr. breaks down what our research w/ @evictionlab.bsky.social at @princeton.edu indicates about housing insecurity among parenting students. 🏫 Learn more about @educationwork.newamerica.org's Student Parent Initiative: http://go.newamerica.org/student-parent-initiative-5

At this year’s Future Security Forum, policymakers, journalists, military leaders, & scholars considered what America’s post-9/11 wars have taught us. Have those lessons been applied to strengthen global security? 🔐 Key takeaways from the event: https://go.newamerica.org/25-years-after-9-11-5

The world has changed, but how we teach geopolitics hasn’t kept pace. Gordon LaForge, Co-Director of New America's Power, People, and Planet Initiative, offers us a fresh syllabus for understanding global politics and power today. 🍎 https://go.newamerica.org/international-politics-books-2026-5

Stable housing is critical to #StudentParent success, but too many face the threat of eviction. 🔐🎓🔐 Here, our policy expert Richard Davis Jr. breaks down what our research with the @evictionlab.bsky.social indicates about housing insecurity among this student population. #StudentParentMonth

Great virtual event tomorrow for those interested in #disabilityrights, #votingrights, and democratic health/civic participation, organized by my @newamerica.org colleague @carriegill.bsky.social and ft @leedrutman.bsky.social @seemiaroll.bsky.social @thetattooedjew.com @sydneysaubestre.bsky.social

Upcoming at New America 📅 9/30 Policy Advocacy for Nonprofit Leaders in Chicago 📅 9/30 Book Talk | How We See It 📅 #NewAmericaEvents https://go.newamerica.org/new-america-events-5

Multilateralism is under strain, but the challenge may lie less in international cooperation than in the institutions that govern it. Heela Rasool-Ayub examines what comes next. 🌐 The Future of Multilateralism Is Up for Grabs → https://go.newamerica.org/multilateralism-is-up-for-grabs-5

What does the ROAD to Housing Act get right, and where does it fall short? Four housing experts weigh in on rental affordability, Housing Choice Vouchers, public housing, and homelessness in the latest edition of The Rooftop. 🏡 https://go.newamerica.org/road-to-housing-affordability-stability-5

Chinese technology expert and New America Senior Fellow @sammsacks.bsky.social recently spoke with @npr.org's All Things Considered about U.S.-China talks on AI, including informal “Track Two” dialogues that have revealed shared concerns about AI risks. 🎙️ Read the full article: https://n.pr/4yLTIYA

In a recent report for New America’s New Practice Lab, Keara Cormier-Hill considers how a more expansive understanding of safety can better reflect the full scope of families’ concerns and daily realities. 🔒 Read the publication: https://go.newamerica.org/safe-people-places-services-5

In a new report for New America’s Better Life Lab, @brigidschulte.bsky.social and @ehaspel.bsky.social consider how better understanding the realities of care may be a critical first step toward building effective policy solutions. 📊 Learn more: https://go.newamerica.org/the-care-disconnect-5

Future Security Forum | Panel: The View From America's Partners “The contestation between the U.S. and China is probably the single dominant security dimension to the rest of our lives and that will be existential one way or another.” —Brig. Ian Langford, Security & Defence PLuS

Future Security Forum | @senpeterwelch.govpeeps.us (D-VT) shares his thoughts during the panel "Endless War? A View from Congress". ⏯️ Tune in virtually: https://go.newamerica.org/future-security-forum-26-virtual

📚 Today is publication day for New America's @amyjnelsonphd.bsky.social, Director of New America's Future Security Scenarios Lab! Amy is also leading the panel "How Should We Assess the Threat of WMD Terrorism" at this year's Future Security Forum. ⏯️ Join us: go.newamerica.org/future-secur...

Caitlan Coleman, former Haqqani Network hostage and New America intern, considers the additional work that must be done to support hostages and their families after they return home. ⏯️ Join us virtually: https://go.newamerica.org/future-security-forum-26-virtual

Future Security Forum | Peter W. Singer provides a quick explainer on the institutional memory trap. 💬 PANEL: What Are the Lessons of the Past 25 Years of Warfare? ⏯️ Tune in: https://go.newamerica.org/future-security-forum-26-virtual

The 12th Annual Future Security Forum is well underway! Thank you to our partners Arizona State University, Global SOF Foundation, @secdefenceplus.bsky.social, The McCain Institute, and Small Wars Journal. ⏯️ Tune in virtually: https://go.newamerica.org/future-security-forum-26-virtual

📣 New America is seeking a visionary, creative, and highly organized digital leader to serve as Digital Director within its Central Communications team. Apply today: https://newamerica.applytojob.com/apply/AcJpJASoMF/

Terner Center Managing Director Ben Metcalf writes for @futurelandhousing.bsky.social's blog about a key ROAD to Housing Act provision to reduce duplication of Housing Choice Voucher inspections, and the ROAD Act as a template for future Congressional reforms. www.newamerica.org/insights/the...

🏆 Congratulations to Saket Soni, 2026 New America (ASU Future Security) Fellow, on recently being named a TIME Trailblazer! Learn more: https://time.com/collection/time-trailblazers/2026/saket-soni/

New America experts Peter Bergen and @amyjnelsonphd.bsky.social will speak at this year's Future Security Forum on Sept. 15, and both are publishing new books this month. 📚 "All the Presidents' Wars" (9/8) 📚 "The Arms Control Paradox" (9/15) 🔗 RSVP: https://go.newamerica.org/fsf-9-11-anniversary-5

This year we selected 14 talented New America Fellows to unpack some of the most pressing issues of our time. 🎊 Meet this year's cohort: https://go.newamerica.org/2027-new-america-fellows-5

🌟 Fellowship Opportunity 🌟 @educationwork.newamerica.org & Work Shift are offering funding and editorial support to 10 mid-career storytellers covering how the future of work is reshaping workers and local economies. 📅 Apply by Sept. 4! https://go.newamerica.org/future-work-reporting-fellowship-5

Community colleges are more than classrooms—they're anchors in their communities, with real potential to become hubs for civic engagement. 🎓 New America's Political Reform program breaks down how: https://go.newamerica.org/community-colleges-american-democracy-5

In 2023, Vermont became the first state to make child care a legal right for families. It doesn't have to be the last. Rebecca Gale traces the nearly two-decade effort behind Act 76 and what it means for the rest of the country. 🚼 https://go.newamerica.org/vermont-needed-child-care-5

Matt Hoffman, fellow at Renaissance Philanthropy and co-founder of the National Housing Supply Summit, makes the case for a systems-level approach to investing in the entire housing production value chain. 🏗️ https://go.newamerica.org/housing-abundance-5

🎊 We're thrilled to announce the Class of 2027 New America Fellows! We selected 14 talented Fellows from hundreds of applicants to examine some of the biggest issues of our time. ▶️ Meet this year's cohort: https://go.newamerica.org/2027-new-america-fellows-5

The U.S. has one of the widest age gaps between legislators and the people they represent in the world. New America's Oscar Pocasangre breaks down America's gerontocracy means for democracy. 🗞️ Read the @protectdemocracy.org + New America report: https://go.newamerica.org/age-divide-gerontocracy-5

New America experts in the news: 🗳️ Proportional representation research from @politicalreform.newamerica.org featured in @npr.org. https://n.pr/4wIIZN9 🤖 @shalinjyotishi.bsky.social discusses how to build an AI-ready workforce for the World Economic Forum. https://bit.ly/4wEOtZm

New America experts in the news: 🖋️ New America Chicago Director Meegan Dugan Adell pens an opinion piece for @crainschicago.bsky.social. https://bit.ly/4goaHbL 🎙️ John Boerstler speaks with the New Practice Lab's Amira Choueiki Boland. https://bit.ly/4xfQfkP

Akash Kapur and Gillian Rosenberg make the case that new approaches to AI adoption in the Global South have created a distinct model of development built for, and from, the communities that need it most. 🧑‍💻 https://go.newamerica.org/closing-the-adoption-gap-4

What if one of the biggest things standing between families and a good life isn’t money, but time? Next Wednesday, @newamerica.org hosts Annie Lowrey to discuss her new book, The Time Tax, and how bureaucracy and paperwork steal precious hours from Americans. 🧵

It was a treat co-hosting the Advanced Manufacturing Communities Collaborative #ManufacturingMomentums summit at @newamerica.org this week! Excellent sessions on the manufacturing sector's industrial competitiveness + keynote remarks from former DoD Secretary Leon Panetta!

Join us September 15 for the 12th Annual Future Security Forum, marking 25 years since 9/11. Experts will reflect on America's post-9/11 wars and what a quarter century of counterterrorism has taught us. 🔗 Space is limited. Register today. https://go.newamerica.org/fsf-9-11-anniversary-5

Upcoming at New America 📅 8/21 Learning from a 1939 Library Protest 📅 8/26 Book Talk | The Time Tax: How the Government Wastes Our Time—and How to Fix It 📅 8/31 Insights to Action 📅 9/10 Book Talk | Seasons of Fury 📅 #NewAmericaEvents https://go.newamerica.org/new-america-events-5

The numbers are in for the Class of 2027 New America Fellows applicant pool! 📊 Read our new Who Applied report: https://go.newamerica.org/who-applied-2027-5

Join us September 15 for the 12th Annual #FutureSecurityForum, marking 25 years since 9/11. Experts will reflect on America’s post-9/11 wars and what a quarter century of counterterrorism has taught us. 📅 Space is limited. Register today: https://go.newamerica.org/fsf-9-11-anniversary-5

Sarah Forland considers the Texas App Store Accountability Act and explains why requiring app stores to verify users' ages could create new privacy and security risks that place an unreasonable burden on internet users across the state. 🔒 https://go.newamerica.org/texas-app-store-age-verification-5

Michael Bohn of Studio One Eleven makes the case for office to housing conversions as a strategy to chip away at soaring downtown vacancy rates and the affordable housing crunch. 🏢 https://go.newamerica.org/office-to-housing-conversions-5

Entrepreneur Robbie Leer, co-Founder of TurboPermit, argues that AI-supported permitting is an under-leveraged solution to housing shortages. ⏱️ https://go.newamerica.org/real-time-housing-permits-5

How can lawmakers strengthen protections for children while preserving privacy and free expression? @premmtrivedi.bsky.social outlines meaningful actions Congress can take to help keep kids safe online. 📱 https://go.newamerica.org/privacy-and-protecting-kids-online-5

📢 SAVE THE DATE On September 15, Arizona State University and New America will host the 12th Annual Future Security Forum: 25 Years After September 11, Lessons From America’s Post-9/11 Wars. 📅 Space is limited: https://go.newamerica.org/fsf-9-11-anniversary-5