#Policymakers

Adrienne Schweer

adriennesully

Today is the first day that federal workers have 12 weeks of paid parental leave (moms and dads). It’s been a journey, but one I’m extremely proud of.... Five years

Beth Tipton

stats_tipton

Lately I have spoken with several people interested in building systems to help policymakers and practitioners leverage research to improve their decision-making in education. This has made me think a

CCFC

commercialfree

Tune in now to hear CCFC Board member and expert @BenfordC speak about the impact of persuasive design on children and teens in the FTC's workshop on dark patterns! …https://ftc-workshop-dark-patterns.videoshowcase.net/?category=13046

decriminalize s*x work

spliffylynz

DECRIMINALIZATION OF S*X WORK IS A PRIORITY & HERE’S WHY:- The criminalization of 2 consenting adults benefits NO ONE-Sex Work is any type of labor where the explicit goal is

Face Equality International

FaceEqualityInt

We're calling for global change one week before #FaceEqualityWeekAnd we want to start by sharing the manifesto that our late founder, James Partridge, wrote into his book 'Face It', which

RedApeirogon

AnibasNimsay

Can we have the attention of world academia pls. India is going down bad and universities are the prime targets of the current regime. If you are at any uni

Mridula Paul

PaulMridula

Writing on grasslands and the importance of conserving ecologically rich habitats outside of forests with @abi_vanak https://inlaksshivdasanifoundationblog.org/home/2020/3/12/alumna-update-mridula-paul Between 1880 and 2010, India lost 26 million hec

Frederik Cyrus Roeder

FredCyrusRoeder

1/11A roadmap for the NHS: lessons from Germany's Hospital System. What we need to do after #COVID19 to be more resilient in the next pandemic:Published on @1828uk for @ConsumerChoiceC https://www.1828.org.uk/2020/04/21/a-roadmap-for-the-nhs-less

National Coronavirus Recovery Commission

covid19recovery

We've released a NEW set of recommendations focusing on the steps that government leaders and the private sector can take to prevent future pandemics.https://www.heritage.org/press/national-coronavirus-recovery-commission-releases-recom

Rhiana Gunn-Wright

rgunns

i know that this article came out last week, but i wanted to spend the weekend thinking about black people – not racism – so i kept my thoughts to

Noah Smith 🐇

Noahpinion

1/A quick thread about the medium-term future of our coronavirus response (i.e. between lockdown and treatment/vaccine).Some have suggested we use variolation (i.e. try to intentionally infect each person with a

Robert L. Tsai

robertltsai

SCOTUS has been no friend to victims of police choke holds in their search for accountability. In 1976, Adolph Lyons, a 24-yr-old black man, was stopped by the LAPD during

Stephen Holt

SteveBHolt

A 4-yr old who randomly won a seat in Boston preschool:-likelihood of graduating HS (6 p.p.)-likelihood of attending college (5.4 p.p.)-suspensions and likelihood of juvenile incarceration-likelihood of SAT above bottom

Kristin Schumacher

Femiwonk

THREAD: The Governor's May Revision includes more than $1 billion in trigger cuts and spending reductions for California's child care and development system. #CABudget This includes cancelled preschool spaces, cancelled

Jon Lindsay

jonrlindsay

@dandrezner, Ron Krebs, and Randall Schweller make an excellent case for grand strategy by arguing that it does not exist. 1/https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/world/2020-04-13/end-grand-strategy @NinaSilove points out that "grand strategy&

Anna Stansbury

annastansbury

What do we know about occupational mobility in the US?As you may know, there isn’t very good existing data on it.So @gregorschub, @Bledi_Taska & I construct new occupational mobility data,