Programs at New America

New America^® regularly launches multi-year, issue-specific Policy Programs to bring innovative, cutting-edge policy solutions to the fore of the national debate. These programs combine ongoing research and publications with working groups, conferences and high-profile public events.

In the process, New America convenes many of the nation's brightest minds -- from across the political spectrum -- to work collaboratively on some of the most complex dilemmas of our time.

Please use the icons below -- or the navigation at the top of each page in this section -- to learn more about our various Policy Programs, the Bernard L. Schwartz Fellows Program, and New America's growing presence in California.

Bernard L. Schwartz Fellows Program Each year, New America® awards up to 35 fellowships to individuals who have powerful ideas for moving public thinking into new terrain. The program supports both established policy thinkers, and those who have exceptional potential but are not yet well established. All come to New America to pursue solutions-oriented research and writing projects of their own design.		American Strategy Program The purpose of the American Strategy Program is to promote a new internationalism that adapts our best foreign policy traditions to the 21st century, combining tough-minded realism about America’s interests in the world with pragmatic idealism about the kind of world order best suited to America’s democratic way of life.
Asset Building Program The Asset Building Program advances innovative policies -- such as a “Homestead Act” for the 21st century that would provide every American child financial assets from birth -- to significantly expand economic opportunity, thereby giving all Americans a personal stake in the overall success of our economy.		Climate Policy Program New America’s Climate Policy Program focuses on designing and implementing a national response to climate change by aggregating the action of state and local governments. By combining their efforts, we can make the United States a leader in solving the defining issue of our time.
CRFB Deficit spending is once again the norm in Washington, the national debt is growing, and no progress has been made in reforming the nation’s underfunded entitlement programs. The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget is a bipartisan organization -- whose membership includes most of the previous heads of OMB and CBO -- committed to educating the public and members of Congress about the budget process and fiscal responsibility.		Economic Growth Program The United States could help drive a new era of rising global prosperity, yet inadequate investments in public infrastructure and an unsustainable level of consumer debt, undermine our ability to promote sustainable economic growth. The purpose of the Economic Growth Program is to develop an integrated strategy and a set of specific policy proposals to overcome these problems and promote widespread growth and prosperity.
Education Policy Program New America’s Education Policy Program focuses on modernizing our systems of school finance, teaching and learning, and college financial aid. The program proposes comprehensive changes to education policy from pre-kindergarten to graduate school.		Fiscal Policy Program The purpose of the Fiscal Policy Program is to reframe the national debate through concrete reform proposals that pave the way for a tax system that better reflects American values and a budget that better serves our most important national priorities.
Global Middle Class Program Building a large and sustainable global middle class is the key to both international political stability and world economic growth in the decades ahead. By undertaking a series of region-specific studies, the Global Middle Class Program identifies and promotes the main elements of a new international economic strategy that enables emerging economies to evolve into successful, middle-class societies.		Health Policy Program The Health Policy Program works to achieve fully portable health insurance to all Americans while raising the average quality of care and lowering the rate of cost growth. More specifically, the Program promotes a mandatory, citizen-based approach to health insurance that, combined with credible cost containment measures, can ensure universal coverage and enhance America’s long-term economic and social well-being.
Political Reform Program Working at both the national level and in California, the Political Reform Program promotes innovative political reforms -- such as instant runoff voting, proportional representation and free air time -- designed to re-engage and empower the alienated majority of the American electorate.		Wireless Future Program The American people collectively own the most valuable resource of the emerging information economy: the airwaves. The purpose of the Wireless Future Program is to promote fair and efficient use of the airwaves in order to unlock the full potential of the emerging wireless era for all Americans.
Workforce and Family Program Evolving family structures and the demands of the highly competitive global marketplace have put unprecedented pressures on American workers, their families and their employers. The Workforce and Family Program develops and promotes innovative, market-oriented solutions to help Americans succeed in their work and family commitments.