Jerry Irvine

The U.S. Department of Education announced today a settlement with student loan giant Nelnet regarding what the agency’s Inspector General has said are some $1.2 billion in improper taxpayer subsidy claims for a special class of student loans that the… more

(Sacramento, CA)— Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed legislation to improve the state’s anemic savings rate by giving Californians new opportunities to make the best use of their tax refunds. The bill, inspired by research from the New America Foundation and the Asset Policy Initiative of California, allows Californians to split their refunds into separate accounts (checking and savings, for example), takes effect in the 2007 tax period. The New America Foundation and the Asset Policy Initiative of California played a… more

WASHINGTON, DC (June 20, 2006) -- The New America Foundation is pleased to announce the addition of Flynt Leverett as a Senior Fellow and Director of the Geopolitics and Geoeconomics of Energy Security Project in New America's American Strategy Program. Dr. Leverett will continue his renowned research and writing on Middle Eastern affairs and will develop a comprehensive, solutions-based strategy to address the rapidly changing nature of the international energy industry.

"As America and the world grapple with an unprecedented… more

In his first book, Charles Pena, Senior Fellow at the Coalition for a Realistic Foreign Policy and Terrorism Analyst for MSNBC, re-examines the U.S. national security strategy, tackling key questions such as: What is the best way to restructure homeland security to prevent future attacks? How should the U.S. dismantle the al Qaeda terrorist network? Should this be a top priority? And how can we construct a foreign policy that will tamper down, rather than assist recruitment for, al Qaeda… more

Former Director, Communications

Jerry Irvine was Director of Communications for New America until April 2008, when he left to become Vice President of Communications at The Global Fund for Children. As Communications Director, Mr. Irvine was responsible for managing the organization’s communications strategy, including a comprehensive public relations effort focused on media… more

WASHINGTON, DC (December 13, 2005) – The New America Foundation launched an Early Childhood Initiative today, and released a policy paper calling for fundamental changes in U.S. early education, specifically aimed at expanding and improving services to children in pre-kindergarten through third grade (PK-3). “As Congress begins to consider reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act and the education and training demands of the global economy, maximizing the effectiveness of our early childhood education system takes on greater significance,” stated… more

On Wednesday March 15, 2006, the New America Foundation hosted a forum about where American and Iraqi public opinion on the war stands three years after hostilities began, and how it's changing. Co-chaired by Steven Kull, the principal investigator of a survey conducted by the Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA), and Anatol Lieven, Senior Research Fellow at the New America Foundation, and moderated by Jerry Irvine, New America's Director of Communications, the panel served to announce PIPA's findings and… more

WASHINGTON, DC (December 5, 2005) -- A proposal released today by the New America Foundation calls for dramatic structural change of the U.S. tax system. The innovative plan creates a tax system that is fairer and more efficient than the current system, while also meeting the new challenges and opportunities of a global economy. The plan calls for replacing the payroll tax with a progressive consumption tax; integrating corporate and individual taxes, while taxing all forms of income the same;… more