The Thread
Where policy, equity, and culture come together
What Comes After the Epstein Files: A Q&A with Atossa Araxia Abrahamian
The SAVE Act Is the Wrong Way to ‘Nationalize’ Elections. There’s a Better One.
In a Well-Being Economy, Time Isn鈥檛 Money鈥擨t鈥檚 Care
Remembering the Village Impulse: Toward a Well-Being Economy That Rewards Care
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The Cost of Beauty: Inside the Broken Promise of Cosmetology School
The Dilemma of Jury Duty in Trump and Jeanine Pirro鈥檚 DC
How Netflix鈥檚 鈥楢 House of Dynamite鈥 Might Change Our Thinking on Nuclear War
On-Screen Representation Means More Than Just Identity. It鈥檚 麻豆果冻传媒 Context.
How to Protect Your Privacy Online: Five Tips from Tech Policy Experts
Is Trump Really a Fascist? Examining the Controversial Claim
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Is the United States Still a 鈥淣ew鈥 Democracy?
A conversation between Anne-Marie Slaughter and Melody Frierson about the future of our nation, as the U.S. approaches 250 years.
The Digital Frontier Promised us a More Open and Democratic 鈥淣ew Normal.鈥 This Isn鈥檛 It.
Ranking Digital Rights is setting new norms for holding Big Tech accountable.
Amid a Year of Trauma for LGBTQ Students, Teachers and Schools are Stepping Up
How schools can be more than just a safe space for LGBTQ students鈥攂ut a community.
Seven Outcomes of Implementing a Universal Paid Leave Policy in the United States
What a United States with paid leave for all would look like.
What it Means to Be a Black Father
What are the barriers that prevent Black fathers from being fully present & playing that critical role in their kids’ healthy development.
Why Don鈥檛 Homeless People Just Get Jobs? Many Already Have One. Or Two.
Brian Goldstone talks about his upcoming book on the growing population of the 鈥渨orking homeless.鈥
Making the Most Change Doesn鈥檛 Always Mean Running for Office
If you want to have real impact, is it crazy to pass up an opportunity to run for local government? Not always.
We Never Forgot Black Wall Street: What to Read and Watch, 100 Years Since the Tulsa Race Massacre
Three 麻豆果冻传媒ns share what they鈥檙e reading and watching to mark the centennial of the Tulsa Race Massacre.
How to Convene a Network of People Who Can Actually Create Change
Meredith Sumpter outlines the JHD Initiative’s approach & key learnings for running integrative policy-making models to create real change.
Better Data Can Save American Renters From Eviction
Tim Robustelli writes about the need for better eviction data in America to help its most vulnerable renters.