NDN is a progressive think tank and advocacy organization. 

NDN’s work is organized around a powerful idea – that for progressives to succeed in the 21st century as they did in the 20th, they will have to do three things: offer a new governing agenda that speaks to the challenges of our day; master the new media and technology tools that are changing the way we all communicate and advocate; and understand and speak to the radically new demographic make-up of today’s America. 

NDN’s staff, Fellows and collaborators offer fresh and original thinking in these three main areas of focus: new governing agenda, new media and technology and new demography.

This site is a gateway to our work and thinking.  Be sure to check out our agenda, the guiding document for all our work, our thoughts on how to make globalization work for all Americans and the need for comprehensive immigration reform.  You may also want to learn more about our affiliate the New Politics Institute, our think tank for politics, and review our recent article, "The 50 Year Strategy", that lays out a big vision for progressive success in the years ahead.

Feel free to stay in touch with NDN’s thinking by subscribing to NDN News, or by visiting our blog daily.

Started in 2005, NDN is a 501 (c)(4) advocacy organization, and a successor to the New Democrat Network which operated from 1996 through 2004.

NDN Legal Board:

Joseph Andrew, Chairman

NDN Senior Staff:

Simon Rosenberg, President and Founder
Dr. Robert J. Shapiro, Chair of Globalization Initiative
Peter Leyden, Director of New Politics Institute
Andres Ramirez, Vice President for Hispanic Programs
Melissa Merz, Vice President of Communications

NDN Fellows:

Michael Moynihan