Instead of subjecting yourself to the SOTU, you can just not.
The news and replays and people’s hot takes on whatever lies come out of 47’s mouth will be there tomorrow, you can actually just have a calm and restful evening.
A family of four stands outside a house with a porch and greenery. A text box on the right displays "MAR 02" and below it reads: "A Quarter of U.S. Homes Cost Under $200,000. Why Can't Families Buy Them?" The bottom of the image notes the event is online at 1 pm ET and includes the New America website link.
The image is a promotional poster for an event titled "When Nuclear Danger Becomes Background Noise: A Conversation with W.J. ('Bill') Hennigan and Amy J. Nelson." It includes portraits of two individuals and a date marked as "Mar 04." The event is online at 12 pm ET, with the New America organization's website at the bottom.
Upcoming at New America
📅 3/2 A Quarter of U.S. Homes Cost Under $200,000. Why Can’t Families Buy Them?
📅 3/4 When Nuclear Danger Becomes Background Noise: A Conversation with @wjhenn.bsky.social and @amyjnelsonphd.bsky.social
📅 https://go.newamerica.org/new-america-events-5 #NewAmericaEvents
The American president is more insulated from accountability than a British royal.
Our political system provides the elite with immunity. It has to change.
AOC: “You are the Attorney General of the United States of America & you don't want to hold anyone of these pedophiles accountable — resign or be impeached"
![Jesse Jackson: Well, first of all, we had been freed without being made equal. There’s historical continuity between blacks being amassed in prison after 246 years of legal slavery. When there was a contest about it [in Dred Scott v. Sandford], the Supreme Court ruled that blacks had no rights. [After emancipation and the Civil War] those who had been slave masters became segregation masters. They took our freedom away from us; they began to lock up blacks by the thousands to do prison labor, farm labor—the whole range. They just put us back in slavery.
We finally, in 1954, broke the backbone—legally—of that system [with the Supreme Court’s Brown v. Board of Education decision], but we were never—there was never repair for damage done. Two hundred and forty-six years of slavery, then legal Jim Crow and [nearly] 5,000 lynchings without a conviction. And even today, discrimination by extension of that system has not completely ended.
So we had been fighting for repair. We fought against the barbarism for our freedom; now we’re fighting for our equality. We are the foundation of American society—not the bottom, the foundation. When the Declaration of Independence came, we had been enslaved for 157 years. We made cotton king. We are due a different kind of recognition.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4vkwol5raj4hnslvsqvmpiqw/bafkreic4dao7rhh7274jfmz3jjnb6s3ak5c2ag75h4jha7mgli3r3fqbey@jpeg)
Jesse Jackson: Well, first of all, we had been freed without being made equal. There’s historical continuity between blacks being amassed in prison after 246 years of legal slavery. When there was a contest about it [in Dred Scott v. Sandford], the Supreme Court ruled that blacks had no rights. [After emancipation and the Civil War] those who had been slave masters became segregation masters. They took our freedom away from us; they began to lock up blacks by the thousands to do prison labor, farm labor—the whole range. They just put us back in slavery. We finally, in 1954, broke the backbone—legally—of that system [with the Supreme Court’s Brown v. Board of Education decision], but we were never—there was never repair for damage done. Two hundred and forty-six years of slavery, then legal Jim Crow and [nearly] 5,000 lynchings without a conviction. And even today, discrimination by extension of that system has not completely ended. So we had been fighting for repair. We fought against the barbarism for our freedom; now we’re fighting for our equality. We are the foundation of American society—not the bottom, the foundation. When the Declaration of Independence came, we had been enslaved for 157 years. We made cotton king. We are due a different kind of recognition.
Harris: Do you personally have hope that there will be payment for that legacy of slavery? Jackson: The truth of slavery—that Africans subsidized America’s wealth—that truth will not go away. It’s buried right now, but as each generation becomes much more serious, it will be grappled with.
thinking about the conversation I had with Jesse Jackson in 2019:
"The truth of slavery—that Africans subsidized America’s wealth—that truth will not go away. It’s buried right now, but as each generation becomes much more serious, it will be grappled with." www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
i think jesse jackson was one of the most important american political figures of the post-war era and i think that his 1984 and 1988 campaigns for the democratic nomination still have a great deal to teach about forging a path to a more egalitarian world. RIP.
College costs keep rising. And many grads are struggling to land good jobs.
This ☝🏽st-of-its-kind landscape analysis presents both the promise of the degree #apprenticeship model that combines a real degree and strong career preparation—and also highlights where gaps remain.
Raphael Warnock speaking to reporters
Raphael Warnock: “I can’t think of something more un-American than a federal law enforcement agency that can:
Enter homes without a judicial warrant.
Patrol our streets in unmarked vehicles.
Demand papers at random.
ICE has become a threat to our American freedoms”
This piece is spectacularly good.
Gift link in Adam’s post.
Across the country, #YouthApprenticeship is growing. But how can it reach its own potential?
💡 Here, we’re sharing exactly why policymakers, funders, and practitioners should invest in program quality and work to expand access for the young people who will most benefit.
Next week, hear from @annieecaseyfdn.bsky.social's Lisa Lawson and our own @slaughteram.bsky.social who will discuss the neuroscience behind adolescent development.
🗓 January 20
🕞 3:30pm
📍 Hybrid
🔗 www.newamerica.org/center-educa...
Youth #apprenticeship can help young people stay connected to school and work—but access and quality matter.
🥾 Here, our first report of 2026 explores what it takes to make #YouthApprenticeship an inclusive pathway to adulthood.
Event poster for "Harnessing Neuroscience to Help Gen Z Navigate the Path to Adulthood" featuring book cover of "THRIVE" by Lisa M. Lawson. Scheduled for January 20th in Washington, DC at 3:30pm ET. More details available at newamerica.org/events.
Promotional image for a New America event titled 'Connected by Design: Advancing Youth Apprenticeship Integration,' scheduled for January 22nd, online at 1pm ET. Features two individuals examining tech equipment at a table. Event details and URL at newamerica.org/events.
Promotional poster for an online event titled "The Warhead: The Quest to Build the Perfect Weapon" scheduled for January 29 at 12 PM ET, hosted by New America. Features a black book cover with yellow font and accents. Visit newamerica.org/events for more details.
Upcoming at New America
📅 1/20 Harnessing Neuroscience to Help Gen Z Navigate the Path to Adulthood
📅 1/22 Connected by Design: Advancing Youth Apprenticeship Integration
📅 1/29 The Warhead: The Quest to Build the Perfect Weapon
📅 https://go.newamerica.org/new-america-events-5 #NewAmericaEvents
Promotional poster for an online event titled "Data and Tools for Better, Fairer School District Boundaries" happening on January 13, from 1 pm to 2 pm ET. Features an illustration of three individuals examining large maps with connected lines. Event details and URL 'newamerica.org/events' are provided.
Promotional poster for a New America event on January 15, titled 'What Youth Apprenticeship Leaders Need to Know', available online from 1 pm to 2 pm ET. The image features a person instructing another on using technical equipment in a workshop setting. More details at newamerica.org/events.
Upcoming at New America
📅 1/13 Redrawing the Lines that Divide Our Students: Data and Tools for Better, Fairer School District Boundaries
📅 1/15 Career Technical Education (CTE) 101: What Youth Apprenticeship Leaders Need to Know
📅 https://go.newamerica.org/new-america-events-5 #NewAmericaEvents
Report cover titled "The Case for Child Care Plus Coworking: A Model that Empowers Families and Neighborhoods" by Georgia Norton, published by Better Life Lab, featuring a photo of children engaging with nature in a lush garden setting.
In a recent report for @newamerica.org's Better Life Lab, Georgia Norton highlights parent-led hubs that combine child care and shared work as promising, community-based solutions that can help bridge the gaps of the U.S. child care system.
🚼 💼 https://go.newamerica.org/child-care-plus-coworking-5
A new Better Life Lab report draws on ICE arrest data and labor market information to understand how the recent escalation in immigration enforcement has impacted employment among child care workers and mothers w/ young children.
🚸 More: https://go.newamerica.org/impact-of-increased-ice-activity-5
This is my life line for staying up to date on Workforce Pell negotiated rulemaking! Check out @wesleywhistle.bsky.social's newsletter: workforcepell.substack.com/p/workforce-...
*stands up on bus*
"I don't know what a starter home is"
🔔Native students face real challenges staying enrolled and finishing college. Colleges can make a difference with advising that gets it, financial support that works, mentoring, and programs that build community and belonging.
#NativeAmericanHeritageMonth #HigherEd
you've got to click around on this map, and the graphics here ... it's astounding. @haidee.bsky.social did such a great job with this:
What exactly is a government shutdown, and what does it mean for our democracy?
In today’s episode of Democracy Deciphered, New America’s @mschmitt9.bsky.social unpacks why shutdowns happen and what history can teach us.
🎧 Tune in: https://bit.ly/474dXWq
Now you see me, now you don’t!
Good job he has his amateur magician work to fall back on.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/b...
Related to this story, we are so grateful to @duckworth.senate.gov for requesting a GAO investigation into whether ED not awarding CCAMPIS grants amounts to an illegal impoundment of appropriated funds.
www.duckworth.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
ICYMI: The @dol.gov plans to roll back equal employment requirements for federally registered #apprenticeship programs.
🚨 Yes, really.
Here, our policy experts @morganpolk.bsky.social and @ivysullivan.bsky.social detail how this new rule "deconstructs protections" for women and workers of color.
The president promised young people new opportunities. But his policies fall short.
🧵 Writing for @newamerica.org's digital magazine The Thread, @ivysullivan.bsky.social unpacks how cuts to #college and career readiness programs leave #GenZ with fewer pathways to success—and how we course correct.
The Trump admin is weakening federal agencies that support worker rights, and wants to make it easier for employers to get away with discriminatory practices. More on this in my @educationwork.newamerica.org blog with @morganpolk.bsky.social:
www.newamerica.org/education-po...
New America experts around the web:
1️⃣ @politicalreform.newamerica.org Maresa Strano for @thefulcrum-us.bsky.social bit.ly/3UN4HiJ
2️⃣ @educationwork.newamerica.org Rachel Fishman for @insidehighered.com bit.ly/4fwx7GY
3️⃣ Heela Rasool-Ayub for @aljazeera.com bit.ly/47schqb
Text image discussing the role of school districts, policymakers, and employers in helping Gen Z build their careers by stepping out of comfort zones.
Despite promises to "Make America Skilled Again," federal cuts to career readiness programs have left Gen Z without the support they need to explore and launch their careers, argues @ivysullivan.bsky.social of @educationwork.newamerica.org.
💻 go.newamerica.org/gen-z-skille...
While we wait for Congress, Gen Z is getting to work! Check out my latest piece for @newamerica.org The Thread! www.newamerica.org/the-thread/g...
