The NewDEAL Forum’s Housing Policy Group met virtually in July to explore housing affordability, access, and development.

The NewDEAL Forum’s Housing Policy Group met virtually in July to explore housing affordability, access, and development.

In May, elected officials, advocates, and industry-area experts gathered in Atlanta for the annual NewDEAL Forum Ideas Summit. The gathering came less than two months after President Trump signed an executive order seeking to dismantle the Department of Education and participants discussed how to navigate the rapidly changing education landscape while communicating clearly with local schools, parents, and community partners.

At the 2025 Ideas Summit in Atlanta, members of the NewDEAL Forum’s AI Task Force joined experts and policymakers to examine the implications of AI across various sectors, including education, infrastructure, employment, and more.

Elected officials, nonprofit experts, and industry leaders met in Atlanta for the NewDEAL Forum’s annual Ideas Summit, where they discussed a wide range of issues, including at the launch of the NewDEAL Forum’s Housing Task Force.

Following discussions at the 2025 Ideas Summit, the NewDEAL Forum shares insights on America’s clean energy future – from threats to opportunities.

The NewDEAL Forum’s Broadband Task Force is supporting a letter requesting that any BEAD changes be optional rather than mandatory.

In response to a February 2025 request for public comment from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy on the Trump Administration’s AI Action Plan, NewDEAL Forum AI Task Force co-chairs Dorcey Applyrs, Alex Bores, and Matt Mahan submitted the following letter.

A group of elected officials and education experts met in Washington, D.C., at the NewDEAL Leaders 2024 Annual Conference to discuss the data around learning loss as well as pragmatic strategies to move forward.

In January 2025, NewDEAL Forum reached out to five forward-thinking secretaries of state to discuss the lessons learned from the 2024 election, as well as their views on the current state and future of democracy in the United States.

The meteoric rise in the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the past few years presents both opportunities and obligations for state and local policymakers.

Over the last four years, an influx of substantial federal funding has created a plethora of opportunities for state and localities to advance an “all of the above” climate strategy.

Historic federal investments from the Biden-Harris Administration, including the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), CHIPS Act, and the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), are empowering state and local leaders to create impactful changes in communities across the country, particularly when it comes to addressing climate change and expanding access to clean energy.

The NewDEAL Forum’s Democracy Working Group met in mid-September to discuss key efforts to safeguard the 2024 election. Election officials and voter advocacy leaders laid out what they are doing to ensure election security and protect democratic processes. The participants emphasized the need to combat misinformation, strengthen voter protections, and maintain public trust in election outcomes.

NewDEAL Forum's sister organization, NewDEAL Leaders, convened a policy roundtable during the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, bringing together experts and elected officials to discuss the impacts of the rapid development of generative artificial intelligence, or generative AI.

State and local leaders are looking for creative ways to address the housing challenges impacting families in nearly every state.

In less than six months, citizens around the country will start voting (early, by mail, and in person on Election Day) for positions ranging from school board to President of the United States. We offer six initiatives to prioritize over the final six months, focused on voting, election integrity, and civic engagement.

In response to the growing need to regulate this emerging tech, the NewDEAL Forum has published a new document outlining best practices for mitigating the negative impacts of AI in the near term, as well as principles for AI-focused legislation to protect our democracy.