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November 06, 2014
The New New Germany
In 1989, Germany missed a key opportunity to redefine its role in the world – and now it's paying a price for that omission.
Upcoming Events
Lessons in Dissent
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November 06, 2014
6:30 pm– 8:30 pm
Thursday November 06, 2014
6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
[u'New America NYC', u'199 Lafayette Street Suite 3B', u'New York, NY 10012']
Lessons in Dissent follows two key youngsters, Joshua Wong and Ma Jai, as they engage in political activism, particularly around the 2012 Hong Kong government’s attempt to institute the Moral and National Education curriculum, an initiative that set off massive protests decrying its ideological intent.
More about the eventNew Media in the Israeli Landscape
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November 06, 2014
9:30 am– 11:00 am
Thursday November 06, 2014
9:30 am – 11:00 am
The media landscape in Israel is shifting, thanks to the emergence of independent digital magazines. Join us this morning at New America for a discussion of these changes co-sponsored by Just Vision and the Foundation for Middle East Peace. Click here to find out more and RSVP; join the conversation online using #EyesOnIsraeliMedia and following @NewAmerica.
More about the eventWar Dogs
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November 06, 2014
12:15 pm– 1:45 pm
Thursday November 06, 2014
12:15 pm – 1:45 pm
Courageous, devoted, and fiercely loyal, military working dogs are truly man’s best friend on the battlefield.
More about the eventNews Organizations and Digital Security: Solutions to Surveillance Post-Snowden
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November 07, 2014
9:00 am– 5:00 pm
Friday November 07, 2014
9:00 am – 5:00 pm
[u'Newseum', u'555 Pennsylvania Ave NW', u'Washington, DC 20001']
After the surveillance disclosures by Edward Snowden in 2013, government officials and other public figures in Europe and elsewhere have been proposing changes that qualify as attempts to gain “technological sovereignty”.
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Books
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The Teacher Wars
A History of America's Most Embattled Profession
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No Good Men Among the Living
America, the Taliban, and the War through Afghan Eyes
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The Assets Perspective
The Rise of Asset Building and its Impact on Social Policy
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The Bright Continent
Breaking Rules and Making Change in Modern Africa
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Overwhelmed
Work, Love, and Play When No One Has the Time
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Now I Know Who My Comrades Are
Voices from the Internet Underground
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The Meat Racket
The Secret Takeover of America's Food Business
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The Up Side of Down
Why Failing Well Is the Key to Success
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The Loudest Voice in the Room
How the Brilliant, Bombastic Roger Ailes Built Fox News--and Divided a Country
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Five Days at Memorial
Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
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The Smartest Kids in the World
And How They Got That Way
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The Pioneer Detectives
Did a distant spacecraft prove Einstein and Newton wrong?
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Beautiful Souls
The Courage and Conscience of Ordinary People in Extraordinary Times
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On Internet Freedom
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Talibanistan
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The Insurgents
David Petraeus and the Plot to Change the American Way of War
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The Generals: American Military Command from World War II to Today
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Manhunt
The Ten-Year Search for Bin Laden--from 9/11 to Abbottabad
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Twilight of the Elites
America After Meritocracy
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Private Empire
ExxonMobil and American Power
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Land of Promise
An Economic History of the United States
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The Richer Sex
How the New Majority of Female Breadwinners Is Transforming Sex, Love and Family
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The Escape Artists
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Consent of the Networked
The Worldwide Struggle For Internet Freedom
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Manana Forever?
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Will the Last Reporter Please Turn Out the Lights
The Collapse of Journalism and What Can Be Done to Fix It
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Pakistan: A Hard Country
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Getting Better
Why Global Development Is Succeeding — And How We Can Improve the World Even More
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Fighting for Darfur
Public Action and the Struggle to Stop Genocide
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Taxing the Poor
Doing Damage to the Truly Disadvantaged
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The Net Delusion
The Dark Side of Internet Freedom
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The Longest War
The Enduring Conflict Between America and al-Qaeda
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The Net Delusion
The Dark Side of Internet Freedom
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Audience Evolution
New Technologies and the Transformation of Media Audiences
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The Master Switch
The Rise and Fall of Information Empires
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The Tenth Parallel
Dispatches from the Fault Line Between Christianity and Islam
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California Crackup
How Reform Broke the Golden State and How We Can Fix It
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The Icarus Syndrome
A History of American Hubris
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Beyond the Echo Chamber
How a Networked Progressive media Can Reshape American Politics
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Cornered
The New Monopoly Capitalism and the Economics of Destruction
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The Evolution of God
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The Hawk and the Dove
Paul Nitze, George Kennan, and the History of the Cold War
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The House at the End of the Road
The Story of Three Generations of an Interracial Family in the American South
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To Live or to Perish Forever
Two Tumultuous Years in Pakistan
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The Next Progressive Era
A Blueprint for Broad Prosperity
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A Tolerable Anarchy
Rebels, Reactionaries, and the Making of American Freedom
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Grand New Party
How Republicans Can Win the Working Class and Save the American Dream
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The Bin Ladens
An Arabian Family In the American Century
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The Second World
Empires and Influence in the New Global Order
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The True Patriot
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Mongrels, Bastards, Orphans, and Vagabonds
Mexican Immigration and the Future of Race in America
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Overtreated
Why Too Much Medicine is Making Us Sicker and Poorer
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Best Care Anywhere
Why VA Health Care is Better Than Yours
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Oil on the Brain
Adventures from the Pump to the Pipeline
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Ethical Realism
A Vision for America’s Role in the World
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The Osama bin Laden I Know
An Oral History of al Qaeda's Leader
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End of the Line
The Rise and Coming Fall of the Global Corporation
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Speak Softly and Carry A Big Stick
How Local TV Broadcasters Exert Political Power
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