Events

New America is proud to serve as a gathering place for events—both online and in-person—to exchange ideas, spotlight new research, and engage with diverse perspectives. Every year, New America’s events bring together thousands of people across sectors and disciplines to help shape policy discussions and drive solutions to real-world challenges.


Seasons of Fury

Seasons of Fury

Rozina Ali narrates a sweeping history of the U.S. government’s broken compact with its Muslim citizens, following four families across eight decades of surveillance, detention, and prejudice.

Virtual

12PM – 1PM EDT

12th Annual Future Security Forum
Future Security Forum 2026

12th Annual Future Security Forum

Arizona State University and New America will host the 12th Annual Future Security Forum: 25 Years After September 11, Lessons From America’s Post-9/11 Wars. This year’s Forum is organized in collaboration with Global SOF Foundation, Security & Defence PLuS, the McCain Institute, and Small Wars Journal. 

Hybrid

New America
740 15th St. NW, Suite 900, Washington, DC 20005

Inconceivable

Inconceivable

Anna Louie Sussman explores what is keeping us from having the families we desire, showing how decades of policy choices that elevated profits over people have left young people unable to envision a future with children.

Virtual

12PM – 1PM EDT

The Great Refusal
The Great Refusal book cover

The Great Refusal

New America Fellow, Casey Gerald, will discuss his new book with Paul E. Butler at Politics & Prose.

In-Person

7PM – 8PM EDT

5015 Connecticut Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20008

The Inheritance

The Inheritance

Janet Reitman traces the lives of nine Americans over three decades, from the end of the Reagan era to the present day, in an intimate account of how a country revered for its democratic ideals became a nation defined by its fears.

Virtual

12PM – 1PM EDT

Ten Lives

Ten Lives

For five years, Mona Chalabi followed ten people with ten different incomes, documenting how wealth shaped their choices, identities, and insecurities—and asking how much wealth it takes to be safe in the United States.

Virtual

12PM – 1PM EDT