New America experts in the news: 🇺🇸 New America's @drtedj.bsky.social discusses what's next for America on @npr.org's 1A https://bit.ly/4pJcI6O 🗣️ @politicalreform.newamerica.org's @oscarp.bsky.social suggests ways to reform America’s gerontocracy for @news.abc.net.au https://ab.co/4pDuo3w

Ballot initiatives can be expensive. But cost alone is a poor measure of democratic value. New America's @maresastrano.bsky.social and @oscarp.bsky.social examine what initiatives cost and what they deliver. 🗳️ https://go.newamerica.org/direct-democracy-cost-access-value-5

Alys Cohen of the National Consumer Law Center warns that Home Equity Investment loans can carry harmful terms that put cash- and credit-constrained homeowners at risk of financial ruin. 🏚️ https://go.newamerica.org/home-equity-investment-loans-5

What does America's 250-year history look like through the experience of disabled Americans? @carriegill.bsky.social of @educationwork.newamerica.org explores disability history, progress, and what’s at stake today. 🇺🇸 https://go.newamerica.org/disability-in-the-united-states-at-250-5

New America experts in the news: 🎙️ New America's Peter Bergen discusses the political/strategic failures of America's recent wars and shares insights from his forthcoming book on @npr.org's All Things Considered https://n.pr/4hz2tzP

Despite Trump’s dismissive commentary, the ROAD to Housing Act could ease the affordability crisis by expanding access to low-cost homes. 🏡 @sabihaz.bsky.social discusses the biggest federal housing bill in a generation: https://go.newamerica.org/road-to-housing-act-affordability-crisis-5

🎉 We are pleased to announce the promotion of @mollygmartin.bsky.social to VP of Development & Strategy. Martin will fundraise for, design, implement, and measure various strategic opportunities that advance New America’s mission. 🔗 https://go.newamerica.org/molly-martin-vp-development-strategy-5

Communities nationwide are investing in young children. Now comes the hard part: implementation. The Early Care & Education Implementation Working Group helps local leaders share what works and learn from one another. 👥 https://go.newamerica.org/implementation-working-group-5

U.S. #AI strategy is a sprint to dominate the #frontier, while Chinese AI strategy is a tool for #nationalrejuvenation. What happens when these irreconcilable #nationalmythologies clash in #crisis? Read my thoughts from my latest piece at @newamerica.org. tinyurl.com/9f68kpxe

The AI Race Is a Clash of Mythologies

The US-China AI race isn't just about compute and models. Competing national mythologies are what make a crisis escalate.

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Rebecca Gale of New America's Better Life Lab explores how Vermont achieved one of the nation's most ambitious child care reforms through Act 76, establishing a near-universal child care system backed by sustainable public investment. 📖 https://go.newamerica.org/vermont-needed-child-care-5

@educationwork.newamerica.org Future of Work has teamed up w/ non-profit newsroom Work Shift to launch a reporting fellowship to support place-based, in-depth journalism on the future of work for mid-career storytellers. 📅 Apply: 7/24 https://go.newamerica.org/future-of-work-reporting-fellowship-5

Can an AI chatbot replace college? @educationwork.newamerica.org's @jbeowulf.bsky.social investigates Maestro College and uncovers troubling questions about oversight, financial aid, and student protections. 📚 Read the report: https://go.newamerica.org/the-ai-college-5

The global conversation about #AI has been dominated by the U.S. and China. @GordonLaForge explores how middle powers can forge a “third path”—defining the norms, standards, and institutions that will govern this tech for decades. https://www.newamerica.org/insights/shaping-ai-from-the-middle/

Shaping AI from the Middle

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New America’s first Shangri La Series dialogue, which convened 21 researchers, technologists, and leaders from 10 countries to answer the question: What is a third path for AI? 🔗 Insights: https://www.newamerica.org/insights/the-shangri-la-series-ai-for-middle-powers/

The Shangri-La Series: AI for Middle Powers

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My new post for @newamerica.org on a kindergarten movement to bring back play (via play-based learning) started by parents in Charlotte-Mecklenberg. www.newamerica.org/insights/cha...

Catch @newamerica.org’s Peter Bergen discussing our forthcoming book “All the Presidents’ Wars” and insights on the failures of recent U.S. wars and strategy on NPR. www.npr.org/2026/07/15/n...

New America in the news: 🏠 @educationwork.newamerica.org report by Richard Davis Jr. & @ngraetz.bsky.social f/t in @insidehighered.com https://bit.ly/3TuQ5H1 📝 Peter W. Singer pens a fictitious memo from POV of a People's Liberation Army analyst for @defenseone.bsky.social https://bit.ly/4bfmzLy

Upcoming at New America 📅 7/14 The Future of the Foreign Affairs Workforce: Rebuilding Public Service 📅 7/22 The ROAD to Small-Dollar Homeownership 📅 #NewAmericaEvents https://go.newamerica.org/new-america-events-5

How do we make AI work in the real world? Building on our inaugural Shangri-La Series, Akash Kapur and Gillian Rosenberg examine AI adoption across the Global South. 🔗 Read the report: https://www.newamerica.org/insights/closing-the-adoption-gap/

Closing the Adoption Gap: How AI Is Being Built in the Global South

Relying on detailed empirical evidence, this report moves beyond technical capability to better understand what actually inhibits and promotes AI adoption in the Global South.

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NPL's Tara Dawson McGuinness and Alyson Silkowski have developed a family-centered child care plan built around what parents told us matters most—time and money. 🔗 @notus.com highlights the proposal, now part of the Project 2029 agenda: https://www.notus.org/2028-election/democrats-project-2029

How should the U.S. prepare for the 2027 World Radiocommunication Conference? A new Wireless Future report identifies five priorities for the U.S. delegation as countries negotiate the spectrum rules that will shape global connectivity. 🌐 https://go.newamerica.org/wrc-27-priorities-and-positions-5

As America nears its semiquincentennial, presidential historian & Us@250 Fellow @alexiscoe.bsky.social reflects on the nation's 250th anniversary in the foreword to Miles to Go: Stories of Us at 250. 🇺🇸 Explore the collection: https://go.newamerica.org/miles-to-go-stories-of-us250-1

What do the latest federal student loan changes mean for borrowers? @educationwork.newamerica.org's Olivia Sawyer shares 3 key takeaways on the student loan policies that took effect on July 1 under last year's One Big Beautiful Bill Act. 🎓 https://go.newamerica.org/student-loan-changes-trump-1

Miles to Go: Stories of Us at 250 is a digital collection that features the voices of our Us@250 Fellows, local journalists covering American civic life in the lead-up to America’s 250th anniversary. 🇺🇸 Check out the full essay collection: https://go.newamerica.org/miles-to-go-stories-of-us250-5

📆 TODAY 6/30 @ 2p ET Outdated regulations threaten U.S. leadership in satellite broadband. Join New America and ICLE to discuss how next year's World Radiocommunication Conference can help shape the future of satellite innovation. 🔗 RSVP: https://go.newamerica.org/global-spectrum-u-s-leadership-5

📆 6/30 @ 2p ET Outdated regulations threaten U.S. leadership in satellite broadband. Join New America & ICLE to discuss how next year's World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-27) can help shape the future of satellite innovation. 🔗 RSVP: https://go.newamerica.org/global-spectrum-u-s-leadership-5

Many Americans say they don't know how care works, what it costs, or who pays for it. Better Life Lab's @brigidschulte.bsky.social and @ehaspel.bsky.social offer important insights into this care disconnect and why it matters for policy. 🔗 https://go.newamerica.org/the-care-disconnect-5

How can policy decisions shape students' learning environments and academic outcomes? @lesvillegs.bsky.social of @educationwork.newamerica.org breaks down a recent study published by @brown.edu @a@annenberginstitute.bsky.social 🎒 https://go.newamerica.org/student-outcomes-immigration-enforcement-5

Partnership to Advance Youth Apprenticeship (PAYA), a project of @educationwork.newamerica.org Center on Education & Labor, explores the opportunities youth apprenticeship creates and what it will take to expand its reach & impact. 🔗 Read the report: https://go.newamerica.org/connected-thriving-5

Have you had your money or personal information stolen by a scammer? If so, New America Chicago, a policy innovation lab and local hub of New America, wants to hear from you. 📝 Survey open through July 4, 2026: https://go.newamerica.org/NAChi-Consumer-Protect