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Why We Should Keep an Eye on Saudi Arabia

This piece was originally published in New America’s digital magazine, The New America Weekly. Sign up to get it delivered to your inbox each Thursday here, and follow @New America on Twitter.Douglas Ollivant is a...

By Douglas Ollivant / New America

Should Cities Pay Criminals to Not Commit Crimes?

A mentorship program that helps men most at risk offers an example

By Monica Potts / New America

Taking Aim at Student Debt

We need a long-term solution that tackles both education and wealth inequality in today's society

By P.R. Lockhart / New America

Drones Can Be Used To Enforce Property Rights

Drones have become a revolutionary tool in the defense of property rights of disenfranchised people

By Rebekah Ausbrook / New America

A Way to Move Past Implicit Bias

Bias may tell us more than we thought about inequality, violence, and the need to embrace humanity

By Vishnu Sridharan / New America

Banks Are Right To Be Afraid of the FinTech Boom

FinTech offers users an array of financial services that were once almost exclusively the business of banks

By Patricia Hart / New America

What It Means When Marriage Is a Contract

The Supreme Court's landmark decision on same-sex marriage has put the issue of love and contracts front and center

By Jane Greenway Carr / New America

Why the Rhetoric of the Past Is Still Present

An age-old stereotype has returned

By Salamishah Tillet / New America

How the Sharing Economy Is Hurting Millennials

Millennials are having to cope with an economy that is not delivering high-quality jobs

By Reid Cramer / New America

How to Break the Millennial Debt Spiral

'We need to go beyond financial knowledge'

By P.R. Lockhart / New America

Don’t Blame the Oil Rigs for Unrest in East China Sea

The risk of regional 'resource wars' has been overstated

By Emily Meierding / New America

Who Is the Freelance Economy Hurting?

The freelance economy is troubling given the unbending and unforgiving realities of today’s economic environment

By Charles D. Ellison / New America

How To Get Everyone on a Bike

How women are changing the world of transportation

By Elizabeth Weingarten / New America

The Next Irish Revolution: Same-Sex Marriage

Very-Catholic Ireland may beat the somewhat-secular United States to the finish line on same-sex marriage

By M. V. Lee Badgett / New America

Fighting Climate Change Will Take Economic Innovation, Too

The local community is key to a successful outcome

By Tyler S. Bugg / New America

What Comcast’s Failed Merger Tells Us About Corporate Lobbying

The question is why anyone thought they had any chance of making this deal happen in the first place

By Lee Drutman / New America

How To Negotiate the Problem of Women and Men Negotiating

Could banning salary negotiations for new employees reduce gender bias in the workplace?

By Nanette Fondas / New America

GDP Is a Bad Measure of Our Economy—Here's a Better One

GDP growth is being challenged by a new holistic set of variables and shows the U.S. lags behind in crucial areas

By Georgia Levenson Keohane / New America

Maybe We Should Negotiate With Terrorists

How should the United States act during hostage situations?

By Jane Greenway Carr / New America

Bridging the Civilian-Military Divide With Stories

Stories can bridge the civil-military divide

By Jenny Lu Mallamo / New America
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