[4][8] The New Press is a nonprofit organization whose stated mission is to publish books that "promote and enrich public discussion and understanding of the issues vital to our democracy and to a more equitable world.
[7] The New Press's business model combines publishing revenue with philanthropic grants,[3] and it has long focused on academic partnerships as well as staff and author diversity, running an intern program aimed at attracting candidates from minority ethnic backgrounds to the publishing industry.
[3][5][6] In 2020 the board of directors included Gara Lamarche, Theodore M. Shaw, Sarah Burnes, Amy Glickman, and Diane Wachtell.
[6] John W. Dower's Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II was published by New Press and won the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction in 2000.
[6] Best selling New Press books include The Good War by Studs Terkel; The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander;[9] and Understanding Power by Noam Chomsky.