The Thread
Where policy, equity, and culture come together
Becoming America: Marielena Hincapié on Writing Her Family’s Immigration Story
The Night Shift at Reykjavik: What ‘The Brink of War’ Tells Us about Arms Control
Could the Iran War Accelerate the Energy Transition?
What’s In Your Wallet? If You’re a Parent, It Should Be a Library Card.
Editor’s Picks
The SAVE Act Is the Wrong Way to ‘Nationalize’ Elections. There’s a Better One.
Four Ways to Protect Yourself from the Deepfakes Taking over the Internet
Is Trump Really a Fascist? Examining the Controversial Claim
The Cost of Beauty: Inside the Broken Promise of Cosmetology School
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.
The Latest
The Universal Benefits of Universal Pre-K
Universal per-K could become a real possibility in America, and our Education Policy team is focusing on the challenges and benefits of it.
The Way We Work Isn’t Working
The COVID-pandemic has created an opportunity to rethink the way we work, and our Better Life Lab is working to ensure good work will stick.
Transforming New America for the new America
A conversation between Paul Butler and Joe Wilkes about our ideals for a new America, and New America’s strategic transformation.
Open Season for Anti-Black Vigilantism
What the Rittenhouse trial says about the established norms and rise of anti-Black vigilantism in America.
Colin Powell’s Greatest Fear—The White Man with a Pen
Colin Powell’s obituaries reveal the glaring inequities of white male supremacy within foreign policy and national security journalism.
The U.S.’s New Controls on Israel’s Notorious Spyware Company
Israel needs to rein in NSO Group—but even with the Biden administration’s help, it’s unclear if they ever will.
The Sports Binary: The Restrictive Practice of Sex Verification Testing
Women have been scrutinized and regulated by sport governing bodies through gender testing practices that violate fundamental ethics.
What’s the Point of Off-year Elections?
In this Q&A, political experts Lee Drutman and Maresa Strano examine the weird world of odd-year elections.
Tracking Your Every Move, For Your Protection—A Surveillance State Appropriating Self-Defense Technologies
The need to track every Mexican for their own protection is as real as Mexicans' mistrust of the trackers.
California Shows Us What a National Guaranteed Income Could Be
California turned UBI into what could be our best hope for helping people support themselves and their families.
The Building Blocks of Meaningful AI Regulation
“Regulation” is the new buzzword in the AI policy space, and we need to establish solid frameworks if we want it to actually work.
Dystopian Sci-Fi and the Fear of Today and Tomorrow’s Technology
Stories of dystopian sci-fi are making us scared of technology, but our fear shouldn't blind us to the potential to create something better.
Make Friends With Your Fear
Even before 9/11, America was obsessed with eliminating threats. But true security comes from embracing our fear.
The Great Unknowns of Space
As countries around the world grow their own space capabilities, so do the fears of the unknowns of space and its prospect of becoming a war
What America’s Fear of China Really Says About Us
When politicians slam China, all Asian Americans get put in the crosshairs.