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🎊 We are excited to announce the launch of “Democracy Deciphered,” a New America original podcast dedicated to unraveling the rich history of democratic governance. In the immediate aftermath of the 2024 Presidential Election, Maresa Strano and Mark Schmitt of New America's political reform program share their insights on the results. 🎧 Listen to Episode 1 #DemocracyDeciphered: https://lnkd.in/eFZYRyMS

Early childhood programs designed by the families they serve and the educators who make them possible will be stronger as a result. In a new brief from New America's New Practice Lab, Emmy Liss, Josh Wallack, and Sarah Gilliland highlight the impact of participatory planning in early childhood education. 🎒 https://lnkd.in/eQe38UQV

How do we tackle the lack of high-quality, accessible child care and its impact on working-class parents? Rebecca Gale of New America's Better Life Lab discusses a two-generation approach to break the cycles of poverty and political disengagement that have persisted in East Dayton, Ohio. 📚 https://lnkd.in/ep9dVXCk

As 2024 comes to a close, join us as we look back on the New America Fellows’ achievements. Read our Year in Review now. https://lnkd.in/e6ij9Fs3

Electors are meeting today in each state to cast their votes for president as part of the complicated electoral college system. With Harvard Prof. Alex Keyssar, we explain how the electoral college works, discuss its history, and consider possibilities for reform on the New America podcast Democracy Deciphered. Check it out here 🎙️ https://lnkd.in/edy-2udu

How can we create an AI ecosystem that better serves the public? Prem M. Trivedi and Nat Meysenburg of New America's Open Technology Institute share how greater openness in the AI model ecosystem is key to upholding democratic values, serving the public interest, and promoting innovation. 🌐 https://lnkd.in/ey8r6ci4

Generative AI tools like ChatGPT have spurred discussions on responsibility, ethics, and regulation. #ShareTheMicInCyber Fellow Gabrielle Hibbert proposes a preliminary universal design labeling system that informs users of the appropriate uses, potential harms, and available data protections for generative AI tools. 💻 https://lnkd.in/eErzgR4Q

#COP29's outcomes were lackluster, but there are still opportunities to increase ambition in the lead up to #COP30 in Brazil. Check out my latest briefing in World Politics Review with Heela Rasool-Ayub on what a justice centered #EnergyTransition needs to include. Wealthy nations have a responsibility to do much more on #ClimateFinance, #TechTransfers, and #CriticalResources. Leaning into our recent New America Planetary Politics report, we unpack how #COP29 illustrated inequities in power, wealth, and impact. But COP29 isn't the end of #ClimateAction. More in our briefing for World Politics Review:

As we await news of who else might receive a presidential pardon, I am anxious to hear whether Chris Turner, Russell Overton, Timothy Catlett, Charles Turner, Cliff Yarborough, and Levy Rouse will be among those named. These are six men who are the subject of the award-winning podcast, The Alley, which tells the story of how they were wrongly convicted of and imprisoned for a 1980s murder in an alley at 8th and H Street in Washington, DC that they did not commit. (The evidence of their innocence is laid out painstakingly in each episode of the podcast and in books and newspaper articles.) Their lives were stopped in their tracks and now, after serving unjust prison time, they are cut off from job opportunities because of this conviction on their records. For more on this case, you can listed to the New America podcast here (https://lnkd.in/eeggSj6q) and join the campaign for their pardons at https://lnkd.in/eA4rJUmJ #8thandHJustice

Want to know what New America's Education and Work team has been up to this year, including the Future of Work and Innovation Economy group? Check out the re-cap below (comments section)! Reflecting on 2024: The Work and Wins That Drove Us