Theodore (Ted) R. Johnson<\/b> is a senior advisor at New America, leading its Us@250 initiative marking the nation\u2019s semiquincentennial in 2026. He is also a columnist for The Washington Post<\/i> and a retired Commander in the United States Navy, which included service as a White House Fellow and as speechwriter to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Prior to joining New America, Johnson served as a senior director at the Brennan Center for Justice, where he conducted research on race, democracy, and American identity, and as a national security research manager at Deloitte. <\/p>
Johnson is the author of If We Are Brave: Essays from Black Americana<\/i><\/a> (Amistad, 2025) and When the Stars Begin to Fall: Overcoming Racism and Renewing the Promise of America<\/i><\/a> <\/i>(Atlantic Monthly Press, 2021). He holds degrees from Hampton University, Harvard University, and Northeastern University.<\/p>","":null,"drop_cap":false,"anchor_id":""}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_add_component","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_taxonomies","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_taxonomies":{"":null,"anchor_id":""}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_person_latest","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_person_latest":{"":null,"anchor_id":""}}]},"yoast_head":"\n