Resource: New America Foundation

New America Foundation is a nonprofit, nonpartisan (some suggest post-partisan is a more accurate term) thinktank based in Washington D.C. with a satelite campus in Sacramento, CA.  The organization invests in new thinkers and new approaches to solving today’s most pressing issues.

I first came across New America due to my facination with this organization’s President and CEO, Steve Coll, after reading his epic detailing of the CIA’s Afghan operations in Ghost Wars.  I will almost certainly discuss this book in future posts, but in the meantime, I highly recommend visiting New America’s web site, which includes their Big Ideas discussing national policies for the common good, issue-specific programs, and their event schedule of speakers from all over the political landscape.

Many organizations are committed to helping America make marked improvements in its domestic and international policies, but New America Foundation is one group that you will want to check in with on a regular basis. 

 I have included a video of Ron Suskind (author of The Price of Loyalty, The One Percent Doctrine, and most recently, The Way of the World)  giving an impressive talk at a recent New America event.  All of these events are typically available online in both audio and video formats.

- Matt

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