Puerto Rico’s Journey After the Storm
Cecilia Aldarondo opens up about her film Landfall, and the complex politics wrapped up in Puerto Rico’s recovery from Hurricane Maria.
New America Fellows
The New America Fellows Program supports thinkers, creators, and storytellers whose work shapes public conversation on the defining issues of our time. Each year, we select a diverse group of writers, journalists, filmmakers, and innovators who pursue ambitious investigative projects that bridge storytelling with research and lived experience.
Through unrestricted funding, a supportive community, and increased visibility, New America Fellows bring big, bold ideas to life—through books, films, longform articles, podcasts, and other creative nonfiction narrative forms.
Memory, Monuments, and Breaking Up with the Confederacy
CJ Hunt talks about his film, The Neutral Ground, the reckoning taking place over Confederate monuments, and Lost Cause propaganda.
American ISIS: “I Knew the Likely End of Our Relationship Would be His Death”
Creator Trevor Aaronson talks about his podcast “American ISIS,” on one man's winding road to radicalization.
Landfall
Cecilia Aldarondo captures Puerto Rico’s recovery from Hurricane María, tracing its twin storms of natural disaster and economic collapse.
The Neutral Ground
CJ Hunt explores how monument removals expose the legacy of the American Civil War and America’s enduring myth of the “Lost Cause.”
How US Abortion Politics Distorts Women’s Lives in Conflict Zones
Marcia Chatelain Wins Pulitzer Prize
Marcia Chatelain, 2017 Eric & Wendy Schmidt Fellow, was awarded the 2021 prize in history for her book
Why Don’t Homeless People Just Get Jobs? Many Already Have One. Or Two.
Brian Goldstone talks about his upcoming book on the growing population of the “working homeless.”
100 Years After the Tulsa Massacre, What Does Justice Look Like?
Yi-Ling Liu on Writing Human-Centered Narratives
New America 2021 Fellow Yi-Ling Liu spoke about her book, The Wall Dancers.