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’t Money—It’s Care
Remembering the Village Impulse: Toward a Well-Being Economy That Rewards Care
Editor’s Picks
The Cost of Beauty: Inside the Broken Promise of Cosmetology School
The Dilemma of Jury Duty in Trump and Jeanine Pirro’s DC
How Netflix’s ‘A House of Dynamite’ Might Change Our Thinking on Nuclear War
On-Screen Representation Means More Than Just Identity. It’s About Context.
How to Protect Your Privacy Online: Five Tips from Tech Policy Experts
Is Trump Really a Fascist? Examining the Controversial Claim
The Latest
The Remedy for America’s Loneliness Problem? Restoring Our Civic Health
Reinvesting in our civic infrastructure—the people and places that bring us together—is one solution to the loneliness crisis.
The Alley: One Murder, Eight Life Sentences, Many Questions
New America’s newest podcast is uncovering the truth behind the 8th & H murder case that shook the local DC community and the nation.
How Title IX Catapulted Women’s Soccer onto the Global Stage
Title IX helped launch women’s soccer as a global sensation—setting an equity standard and influencing how women’s sport is viewed today.
Baby’s Digital Footprint: A New Parent (and Technologist) Grapples with Protecting His Child’s Privacy Online
As a new parent in 2023, technologist Nat Meysenburg wrestles with what it means to create and contain a digital footprint for his baby.
Re-Scripting Hollywood Stories to Shift Culture: A Q&A with Sanaz Alesafar, Executive Director of Storyline Partners
Together with Storyline Partners, the Better Life Lab works to shift narratives and culture through inclusive storytelling on TV and film.
Us@250: The Many Stories of One Nation
New America organizes a network of individuals to champion the spirit of a more inclusive America as the semiquincentennial approaches.
The Supreme Court and Affirmative Action: America’s “Deservedness” Myth
SCOTUS’s affirmative action decision not only says a lot about education but America’s prevailing economic narrative of who deserves what.
America’s New Reality: Forcing Birth With No Support
One year after the Supreme Court overturned Roe, the Better Life Lab team talks about the urgent need for paid leave and abortion rights.
Protecting Our Most Vulnerable: Centering Black Queerness in the Fight for Equality
Joe Wilkes discusses the vital need to protect our most vulnerable, specifically the Black LGBTQ+ community, in our fight for human rights.
Youth, Pride, and the Digital Divide: Keeping Today’s LGBTQ Youth Connected and Safe
Queer and trans youth face a future of increasing discrimination as the number of policies targeting LGBTQ communities online grows.