Calamity asCatalyst

New America’s experts look back on 12 months of crisis, and to the change needed ahead

NA 2020

Feature Content

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Introduction from New America CEO Anne-Marie Slaughter

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Paul E. Butler, New America’s President and Chief Transformation Officer

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The Work Within: Racial Equity Transformation at New America

by Melody Frierson

Stories of Change

COVID-19 and Climate Change: Living in a Natural Experiment

by Sharon Burke

Two Perspectives on the Offline Consequences of Online Disinformation

by Spandana Singh and Lisa Guernsey

The Broadband Crisis Nobody is Doing Anything About

by Claire Park

Getting Stimulus Checks in the Hands That Need Them Most

by Elizabeth Garlow and Meegan Dugan Bassett

War at Home: The Rising Threat of Domestic Political Violence

by Alex Stark and Heather Hurlburt

One Year Later, What We’ve Learned from Online Learning

by Experts from the Education Policy Program

The Pandemic Culture Shift: Paid Leave in the Spotlight

by Roselyn Miller

Housing Stability was Deemed Critical in 2020—Let’s Keep it That Way

by Tim Robustelli

Dialing Up the Volume on Economic and Racial Justice Efforts During the Pandemic

by Molly Martin and Autumn McDonald