New America in the News: 2009

New America staff and fellows appear regularly on radio and television, and are frequently quoted in media outlets of all types. A selection of that coverage is available below.

Analysis Compares Competing Health System Reform Plans | American Medical News

February 1, 2009
... said Len Nichols, PhD, an economist and director of the Health Policy Program at the New America Foundation, a nonpartisan policy institute. ...
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Cash on Delivery | Boston Globe

February 1, 2009
"One of the lessons of the current crisis is that there are limits on what we can borrow," says Ray Boshara, director of the Asset Building program at the ...
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Obama Stimulus Package Could Mean Funds for Hoggard, Laney | Wilmington Star News

January 31, 2009
That could mean more than $9 million for New Hanover County schools over the next two years, according to the New America Foundation, which analyzed data ...
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Breaking Down Stimulus Bill's Opposition | CBS News

January 30, 2009
... it's unfortunately an opportunity for a lot of things to get slipped in," said Maya MacGuineas of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. ...
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Google Shines Light on ISP Throttling | InternetNews.com

January 29, 2009
Here at the New America Foundation, a Washington think tank that is collaborating in the project, Cerf and other participants demoed the M-Lab Web site, ...
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Stimulus Plan Could Add $1 Billion to Georgia Schools | The Atlanta Journal Constitution

January 29, 2009
28, according to an analysis conducted by New America Foundation, a nonpartisan research group. Georgia has about 1.6 million public schools students. ...
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Gang Slayings Soar in Mexico | CBS

January 29, 2009
In light of the surge in gang slayings, Jorge Castañeda comments on what the Obama administration can do to prevent Mexico from becoming a failed state Link to video
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More Troops in Aghanistan Could Destabilize Pakistan | Worldfocus on American Public Television

January 29, 2009
Parag Khanna, a senior research fellow at the New America Foundation and author of “The Second World: How Emerging Powers are Redefining global Competition ...
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Stimulus Aids Poconos Schools | Pocono Record

January 29, 2009
Spending on education nationwide represents $68 billion of the package, according to the New America Foundation. The money is for modernizing and building ...
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Obama Administration Is Urged to Change Federal Education Policy | Chronicle of Higher Education

January 29, 2009
The most recent such report was issued today by the New America Foundation, which labels itself ideologically centrist. Titled “Bridging the Gap: How to ...
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Google Targets Throttling with New Net Measurement Tools | CBC

January 28, 2009
Google has collaborated with a variety of academics, as well as the PlanetLab consortium and the New America Foundation on M-Lab.
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Google Out to Expose Internet Traffic Chokers | Agence France-Presse

January 28, 2009
Google worked with New America Foundation's Open Technology Initiative, the PlanetLab Consortium, and academic researchers to create an online Measurement ...
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Google, Others Launch M-Lab to Track Network Openness | Ars Technica

January 28, 2009
Current research projects simply have a "massive shortcoming in data collection and analysis," Sascha Meinrath of New America explained to Ars. According to ...
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Google, Partners Release Net Neutrality Tools | PC World

January 28, 2009
The set of tools will allow broadband customers to measure their providers' performance, said Michael Calabrese, director of the Wireless Future Program at ...
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Google Sets Up Online Broadband Testing Lab | The Associated Press

January 28, 2009
Its partners are the New America Foundation, a nonpartisan think tank, and the PlanetLab Consortium, which runs network experiments for researchers but ...
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Google and Universities Offer Tool to Detect Net Filtering, Blocking | CNET News

January 28, 2009
Sascha Meinrath, research director of the New America Foundation's Wireless Future Program, said his organization's role in M-Lab is to translate the data ...
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Google Begins Effort to Find Internet Blockers | USA Today

January 28, 2009
"The goal is to let consumers see what's under the hood of their Internet connection," said Sascha Meinrath, a wireless expert at the New America Foundation ...
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Google Aims To Expose Network Meddling | InformationWeek

January 28, 2009
Measurement Lab is backed by Google, the New America Foundation's Open Technology Institute, the PlanetLab Consortium, and other academic researchers. ...
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Google Fans Net Neutrality Flames With Web Measurement Lab | eWeek

January 28, 2009
... measurement tools, in conjunction with the New America Foundation's Open Technology Institute, the PlanetLab Consortium and academic researchers. ...
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Railroads Seek More Tax Breaks For Investment | CNNMoney.com

January 28, 2009
"This is an opportunity to do something truly dramatic," said Phillip Longman , a senior fellow at the New America Foundation. ...
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