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Power and Governance in the Age of AI

Experts weigh in on how to think about artificial intelligence and what it will take to ensure global stability, equity, and public benefit.

Mar 14, 2024

Gordon LaForge, Allison Stanger, Sarah Myers West, Stephanie Forrest, Nazli Choucri

Unleashing Worker Power: Building Good Jobs Beyond the Traditional Workforce System

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Unleashing Worker Power: Building Good Jobs Beyond the Traditional Workforce System

This report shares how to build a workforce development system that centers workers and raises the quality of jobs for all.

Mar 11, 2024

Emily Andrews, Breanna Betts, Laura Dresser, India Heckstall, Peter Rickman, Teófilo Reyes, Deborah Schwartz, Prabhu Sigamani

Predictive Analytics for Security and Development: Technical Notes from the New America-Igarapé Institute Global Task Force

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Predictive Analytics for Security and Development: Technical Notes from the New America-Igarapé Institute Global Task Force

Technical notes from the Global Task Force on Predictive Analytics for Security and Development.

Mar 5, 2024

Gordon LaForge

Crossing the Line: Segregation and Resource Inequality Between America’s School Districts

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Crossing the Line: Segregation and Resource Inequality Between America’s School Districts

In America, it’s common for children living just one mile apart to experience different educational outcomes. Why? Historical segregation.

Feb 29, 2024

Zahava Stadler, Jordan Abbott

Questioning the Promise of Employer-Sponsored Child Care Benefits

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Questioning the Promise of Employer-Sponsored Child Care Benefits

More companies are offering child care benefits backed by governmental incentives, but the trend needs serious reconsideration.

Feb 22, 2024

Elliot Haspel

Targeting the Wagner Group: How the U.S. Can Strengthen Sanctions Against Russia

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Targeting the Wagner Group: How the U.S. Can Strengthen Sanctions Against Russia

How the United States sanctioned the Wagner Group—and how to keep up the pressure.

Feb 22, 2024

Ben Dalton, Candace Rondeaux, Merle Weidt

Language City: The Fight to Preserve Endangered Mother Tongues in New York

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Language City: The Fight to Preserve Endangered Mother Tongues in New York

Mapping endangered tongues across New York, Ross Perlin unveils how language loss uncovers the city’s hidden human stories.

Feb 20, 2024

Ross Perlin

Responsible Artificial Intelligence Efforts in the Global South: A Global Futures Bulletin from the Igarapé Institute and New America

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Responsible Artificial Intelligence Efforts in the Global South: A Global Futures Bulletin from the Igarapé Institute and New America

A review of the emerging responsible AI landscape and what it means for the Majority World.

Feb 15, 2024

Gordon LaForge, Robert Muggah, Gabriella Seiler

Pennies on the Dollar: The Use of Subminimum Wage for Disabled Workers across the United States

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Pennies on the Dollar: The Use of Subminimum Wage for Disabled Workers across the United States

This report examines the policies across the U.S. that drive the use or elimination of subminimum wage.

Feb 14, 2024

Lillie Heigl, Kimberly Knackstedt, Elena Silva

Family Thriving: How Social Policy Can Promote Greater Connection

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Family Thriving: How Social Policy Can Promote Greater Connection

How real families’ thriving is impacted by their support networks, and how future social policy can promote more connection.

Feb 13, 2024

Jessica Weeden, Erica Meade, Sarah Gilliland

Community College Bachelor’s Degrees in Texas

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Community College Bachelor’s Degrees in Texas

This report explores the demographic characteristics of Texas students in community college bachelor’s programs.

Feb 12, 2024

Ivy Love, Elizabeth Meza, Sarah N. Kipkorir

Can Ukraine Transform Post-Crisis Property Compensation and Reconstruction?

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Can Ukraine Transform Post-Crisis Property Compensation and Reconstruction?

Diia could inspire innovative govtech practices and effective post-crisis reconstruction and recovery systems in Ukraine and beyond.

Feb 7, 2024

Yuliya Panfil, Alberto Rodríguez, Allison Price, Tim Robustelli

Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis

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Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis

Weaving immigrant lives and decades of policy, Jonathan Blitzer traces how the U.S.–Central America entanglement created the border crisis.

Jan 30, 2024

Jonathan Blitzer

Indirect Swarming and Its Threat to Democracies

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Indirect Swarming and Its Threat to Democracies

Online harassment called “indirect swarming” threatens democracy and people’s safety. Platforms should use a new method to combat the issue.

Jan 29, 2024

Eirliani Abdul Rahman

The Impact Hub Field Guide: A New Tool from New America and the Chandler Institute of Governance

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The Impact Hub Field Guide: A New Tool from New America and the Chandler Institute of Governance

A new tool from New America and the Chandler Institute of Governance for building diverse institutions to tackle global challenges.

Jan 23, 2024

Gordon LaForge, Charlie Euchner

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Reframing Fusion Voting as a Practical, Powerful Reform Strategy

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Power and Governance in the Age of AI

Unleashing Worker Power: Building Good Jobs Beyond the Traditional Workforce System

Predictive Analytics for Security and Development: Technical Notes from the New America-Igarapé Institute Global Task Force

Crossing the Line: Segregation and Resource Inequality Between America’s School Districts

Questioning the Promise of Employer-Sponsored Child Care Benefits

Targeting the Wagner Group: How the U.S. Can Strengthen Sanctions Against Russia

Language City: The Fight to Preserve Endangered Mother Tongues in New York

Responsible Artificial Intelligence Efforts in the Global South: A Global Futures Bulletin from the Igarapé Institute and New America

Pennies on the Dollar: The Use of Subminimum Wage for Disabled Workers across the United States

Family Thriving: How Social Policy Can Promote Greater Connection

Community College Bachelor’s Degrees in Texas

Can Ukraine Transform Post-Crisis Property Compensation and Reconstruction?

Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis

Indirect Swarming and Its Threat to Democracies

The Impact Hub Field Guide: A New Tool from New America and the Chandler Institute of Governance