Black History Month Spotlight: Dr. Dorothy Height, a lifelong civil and women’s rights activist, began speaking against lynching in high school. Inspired by Mary McLeod Bethune, she worked with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and co-organized the 1963 March on Washington. #BlackHistoryMonth #Blacksky 🖤

check it out! Community colleges are pillars of the new America.

Shalin Jyotishi@shalinjyotishi.bsky.social · last yr.

🆕For @newamerica.org, Tiffany Thai on our #FutureofWork and Innovation Economy team is out with an article highlighting ways to improve #AI certificates at CCs - drawing on insights from students in these programs. @taylorswaak.bsky.social @paulfain.bsky.social www.newamerica.org/education-po...

I love this.

New America@newamerica.org · last yr.

The Kentucky Rural Urban Exchange is using art and storytelling to unite communities across divides. Hollie Russon Gilman and Sarah Jacob of New America's Political Reform program highlight successful co-governance in an ongoing series. 📜

Alongside @newamerica.org's Open Technology Institute‬ and other digital rights groups, we sent a letter to the Senate this week expressing concerns about a bill that would threaten the free speech rights of young people online. Surveillance and censorship are not the way to keep kids safe.

Senators Advance Bill to Ban Children Under 13 From Social Media

It’s the first legislative effort this Congress to protect children and teens online—a bipartisan goal of lawmakers for the past few years following claims that social media companies are endangering ...

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This is the kind of good news we need and can build on, one community at a time. Not enough, but something.

New America@newamerica.org · last yr.

The Kentucky Rural Urban Exchange is using art and storytelling to unite communities across divides. Hollie Russon Gilman and Sarah Jacob of New America's Political Reform program highlight successful co-governance in an ongoing series. 📜