Theodore R. Johnson is a Senior Advisor at New America, leading its flagship Us@250
initiative marking the nation's semiquincentennial, and a writer at The
Bulwark. Prior to joining New America, he was a senior fellow and Director
of the Fellows Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at the NYU School of
Law, where he undertook research on race, politics, and American identity. He
is a retired Commander in the United States Navy, serving for twenty years in a
variety of positions, including as a White House Fellow in the first Obama
administration and as speechwriter to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff. His work on race relations has appeared in prominent national
publications across the political spectrum, including the New York Times
Magazine, the Atlantic, the Washington Post, the Wall
Street Journal, and National Review, among others.