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Educating English Learners During the Pandemic

Educating English Learners During the Pandemic

English learner’s educational experiences were upended due to COVID-19. Experts help illuminate bright spots and lingering equity issues.

Apr 13, 2022

Leslie Villegas, Amaya Garcia

The Bin Laden Papers

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The Bin Laden Papers

Apr 12, 2022

Nelly Lahoud

Incorporating Anti-Racist Principles into Preschool Classrooms

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Incorporating Anti-Racist Principles into Preschool Classrooms

How educators in Oakland Unified School District are working to disrupt patterns of racism and center and celebrate BIPOC children.

Apr 5, 2022

LaWanda Wesley, Sarah Jackson

America’s Endless Counterterrorism War in Yemen

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America’s Endless Counterterrorism War in Yemen

The endless war in Yemen is about the U.S. chasing the mirage that it can defeat AQAP, and we need a full policy platform to end it.

Apr 4, 2022

David Sterman

Evaluating the Effects of Ranked-Choice Voting

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Evaluating the Effects of Ranked-Choice Voting

This report presents the findings of 15 original studies on the effects of ranked-choice voting and related electoral reforms.

Mar 30, 2022

Lee Drutman, Maresa Strano

Community Perspectives on COVID-19 Recovery: A Report on 2021 Community Conversations

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Community Perspectives on COVID-19 Recovery: A Report on 2021 Community Conversations

Report about the lingering impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Black and Latinx Chicago communities and ideas for equitable recovery policy.

Mar 21, 2022

Dominica McBride, PhD, Gabriela Garcia, PhD, Lisa Sargent, Scott Christian, PhD

Designing Equitable and Effective Workplaces for a “Corona-normal” Future of Work

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Designing Equitable and Effective Workplaces for a “Corona-normal” Future of Work

A toolkit designed to help managers design equitable, high results cultures for the digital, hybrid, and essential work of the future.

Mar 17, 2022

Brigid Schulte

Ill-Gotten Gains: Predatory Lending and the Racial Wealth Gap in Chicago

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Ill-Gotten Gains: Predatory Lending and the Racial Wealth Gap in Chicago

Predatory lenders have stripped billions of dollars from communities of color, but policymakers can do more to support wealth-building.

Mar 7, 2022

Spencer Cowan, Meegan Dugan Adell, Kathie Kane-Willis, Hala Kourtu, Vanessa Rangel

Community College Baccalaureate Programs as an Equity Strategy: Student Access and Outcomes Data

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Community College Baccalaureate Programs as an Equity Strategy: Student Access and Outcomes Data

CCBs provide an important baccalaureate access point for adult students and that graduates have strong employment and wage outcomes.

Mar 3, 2022

Elizabeth Meza, Ivy Love

Building Trust: Election Administration and the Role of Higher Education

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Building Trust: Election Administration and the Role of Higher Education

Hollie Russon Gilman co-authored a Columbia World Projects report on how universities can restore trust in elections.

Feb 22, 2022

Hollie Russon Gilman

Equity and Racial Justice: Where Do They Fit in a National Security Strategy?

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Equity and Racial Justice: Where Do They Fit in a National Security Strategy?

Eight essays exploring what a U.S. national security strategy focused on racial equity and justice could look like at home and abroad.

Feb 22, 2022

Heather Hurlburt, Shalonda Spencer, Sneha Nair, Elana Aquino, Shannon Paige, Sundaa Bridgett-Jones, Mari Faines, Nola Haynes, Amaney Jamal, Theodore Johnson, Pratima Narayan, Esq.

The Representation of Social Groups in U.S. Education Materials and Why it Matters

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The Representation of Social Groups in U.S. Education Materials and Why it Matters

This brief highlights the disparities in representation of characters from different racial, ethnic, and gender groups in educational media.

Feb 16, 2022

Amanda LaTasha Armstrong

The Naked Don’t Fear the Water: A Journey Through the Refugee Underground

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The Naked Don’t Fear the Water: A Journey Through the Refugee Underground

Matthieu Aikins follows a friend’s daring refugee odyssey from Afghanistan to Europe, exposing the human heart of the migration crisis.

Feb 15, 2022

Matthieu Aikins

Youth Apprenticeship Quality Assessment Tool

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Youth Apprenticeship Quality Assessment Tool

This four-step protocol aims to help youth apprenticeship leaders improve policies, procedures, and practices in support of learner success.

Feb 9, 2022

Lul Tesfai

Support for Ranked-Choice Voting across Race and Partisanship

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Support for Ranked-Choice Voting across Race and Partisanship

A large survey experiment tests how voters evaluate ranked-choice voting after reading how it works and arguments for and against it.

Feb 3, 2022

Joseph Anthony, David C. Kimball, Jack Santucci, Jamil Scott

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Global Security

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Thriving Families

What Parents of Young Kids Want: Insights from the 2026 National Parent Survey

New America Celebrates 2026 Pulitzer Prizes

The Care Disconnect: Americans Misjudge Care Realities, But Know Families Need Help

A Model for Associational Party Building

Redrawing School Boundaries for Fairer Funding

Reframing Fusion Voting as a Practical, Powerful Reform Strategy

Harnessing Terrorism Data to Reshape U.S. National Security Policy

Establishing a National Housing Loss Rate

New America Fellows

Men and Care: Insights from the 2026 Survey and Real Stories from Caregiving Men

The East Wing

What is the Science of Dad Brain?

The Best Kind of American

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Educating English Learners During the Pandemic

The Bin Laden Papers

Incorporating Anti-Racist Principles into Preschool Classrooms

America’s Endless Counterterrorism War in Yemen

Evaluating the Effects of Ranked-Choice Voting

Community Perspectives on COVID-19 Recovery: A Report on 2021 Community Conversations

Designing Equitable and Effective Workplaces for a “Corona-normal” Future of Work

Ill-Gotten Gains: Predatory Lending and the Racial Wealth Gap in Chicago

Community College Baccalaureate Programs as an Equity Strategy: Student Access and Outcomes Data

Building Trust: Election Administration and the Role of Higher Education

Equity and Racial Justice: Where Do They Fit in a National Security Strategy?

The Representation of Social Groups in U.S. Education Materials and Why it Matters

The Naked Don’t Fear the Water: A Journey Through the Refugee Underground

Youth Apprenticeship Quality Assessment Tool

Support for Ranked-Choice Voting across Race and Partisanship