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The Policy Issue
Five Lessons From the Paid Leave Policy Trenches
Wednesday March 11, 2020 / By Vicki Shabo
From Featured , The Policy Issue
Vicki Shabo is a Senior Fellow for Paid Leave Policy and Strategy in New America’s Better Life Lab. How to design easy-to-use and accessible programs... Read More
Putting People Front and Center in Michigan
Wednesday March 11, 2020 / By Jeremy Gantz
From Featured , The Policy Issue
The state’s Children’s Services Agency is overhauling its outdated software system, Jeremy Gantz reports—and the effort promises to free... Read More
Delivery = Policy
Wednesday March 11, 2020 / By Meegan Dugan Bassett
From Featured , The Policy Issue
Meegan Dugan Bassett, Fellow, New America Chicago A brilliant policy isn’t worth much if people can’t figure out how to benefit from it. We need to see delivery... Read More
From Past Issues
Helping Governments Push Through the Pandemic
Thursday April 23, 2020 / By Jeremy Gantz
From COVID Resources , Featured
With the virus overwhelming many governments, technologists have jumped into action to build open source tools the public needs now. A new repository collects... Read More
Why Open Source Matters During the Pandemic
Wednesday April 22, 2020 / By Jeremy Gantz
From COVID Resources , Featured
A Q&A with Mark Lerner, who spearheaded the creation of New America’s new Pandemic Response Repository Earlier this month, after a frenzied few weeks... Read More
The Commons: COVID-19 2nd Edition
Thursday March 26, 2020 / By The Commons
From COVID Resources , Featured
Members of The Commons, If your inbox is anything like ours it is overflowing with other people’s ideas and inventions aimed at tracking and slowing... Read More
The Commons: COVID-19 Special Edition
Monday March 23, 2020 / By The Commons
From COVID Resources , Featured
Members of The Commons, The pandemic has dramatically changed our lives in little more than a week. Uncertainty reigns as we all grapple with new public... Read More
“Expect to take heat if you’re changing the status quo”
Wednesday February 19, 2020 / By The Commons
From The Leadership Issue
G.T. Bynum is the 40th mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma. In this Q&A, he shares lessons learned and advice for other innovators working on seemingly intractable... Read More
“We have an obligation to be stewards of our coworkers”
Wednesday February 19, 2020 / By The Commons
From The Leadership Issue
Ian Bassin is the executive director of Protect Democracy. In our Q&A, he explains how his team stays united and strong while working on some of the toughest... Read More