New America Events This Month

Although the U.S. once led the world in Internet deployment and innovation, our nation continues to plummet in international rankings in terms of broadband adoption, speeds and costs. As a result, there is growing support for an affirmative national broadband policy to promote more affordable and ubiquitous access to high-bandwidth connectivity. Since 2001, the e-NC Authority of North Carolina has been at the forefront of state efforts to promote availability and adoption of broadband, particularly in… more

Like it or not, security is a partisan issue. But in his discussion June 23 at the New America Foundation, Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) outlined a post-partisan "purple state"-style strategy for reform in intelligence and information gathering, buttressed by withdrawal from Iraq. Sen. Feingold focused first on Iraq, arguing that the biggest policy mistake after 9/11 was not actually taking on Al Qaeda directly. "Instead," Feingold said, "we have conflated Al Qaeda with Iraq, and launched a… more