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
Why White Supremacy Online Is a Growing Problem
Platforms have invested significantly in tackling misinformation online, but as the recent attack in Buffalo shows, they need to do more.
A Path to Exoneration for the Wrongly Convicted
The path to exoneration can be difficult even when there is evidence of misconduct, can investigative journalism help to make a difference?
Algorithms Couldn’t Predict How the Pandemic Would Affect Our Lives
COVID changed life in a way that algorithms—which are based on past behavior—couldn’t predict.
Preparing to Live in a Post-Roe v. Wade Country
The leaked draft Supreme Court opinion would mean millions of Americans will lose access to safe abortions, or have access scaled back.
The Science Behind Our Mental Health Failures
In this Q&A, we talk to Daniel Bergner about his intimate interrogation of how we treat mental illness and how we understand ourselves.
Climate Resilience Depends on Green Jobs
Time is running out to avoid climate catastrophe, but even the most ambitious policies will fail without workers trained to do green jobs.
The Green List: New America’s Resources on Climate Change Action
The world today is plagued by climate catastrophes. These New America resources can help us understand climate risk now and for the future.
What to Know About Tax Day
Tax Day is here! While you’re focused on deadlines and returns, here are some things to know about the IRS.
Are You Working Yourself to Death?
Now is our urgent call to action to design work systems that center on the health and wellbeing for workers and their families.
Adapting for the Great Climate Migration
Near- and far-future solutions have to be at the center of adapting to the impending climate migration.