#Policymakers

Anna Bailey

AnnaKBailey

It’s #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth & many ppl are rightly pointing out that #COVID19 & the related isolation & financial stress are straining mental health. This thread explains why boosting federal Medicaid

Heidi Shierholz

hshierholz

Last week, 2.4 million workers applied for unemployment benefits. This is the 17th week in a row that unemployment insurance (UI) claims have been more than twice the *worst* week

Lyman Stone 石來民 🦬🦬🦬

lymanstoneky

A brief reminder that all-cause excess mortality data from EuroMoMo continues to show that Sweden does *not* have very much excess mortality yet, and that the Netherlands has about the

James Lin

jamestwotree

A thread on HK, China, and the intersection of capital and authoritarian politics. The article below shows the disbelief among foreign businessmen and investors that the new national security law

Boback Ziaeian 🤦🏻‍♂️

boback

This is a thread about the @stanford research group that has led the Santa Clara/Los Angeles @lapublichealth serology studies. I want to highlight the importance of content expertise and biases

Samuel Hammond 🌐🏛

hamandcheese

.@lindsey_brink and I began outlining our agenda paper before the pandemic hit, not knowing how relevant its core themes — building state capacity, modernizing social insurance, reviving technological progress —

Douglas Rice

HUDBudgetGeek

The White House has just released a summary of the President’s American Family Plan (AFP). It includes important and in some cases transformative investments to support families and build a

Lee Jones

DrLeeJones

A thread on my @ChathamHouse research report coauthored with @ShaharHameiri:"Debunking the Myth of ‘Debt-trap Diplomacy’: How Recipient Countries Shape China’s Belt and Road Initiative."It contains detailed case studies of #

Oliver Hypolite-Bishop

OliverHBishop

THREAD: “But Bish, what about BlAcK oN bLaCk CrImE? Surely this movement should look at problems within the black community, too?”. Here’s a quick thread on how stupid you sound

Tom Inglesby

T_Inglesby

As US hits new highs in national and state COVID cases, and rising hospitalizations, some leaders say we're rounding the corner. Others offer fatalism that there’s nothing more to be

Farah Qaiser

this_is_farah

I've made the difficult decision to skip the Public Record session & instead attend "The Promise of Science" featuring @robannan, @IvanSemeniuk, Alice Cohen & Amy Lemay. It's apparently an open

Beau Woods

beauwoods

For those outside the US looking in, I understand you’re shocked. We are too. Many of us are also having a hard time process it.You’re watching us deal with a

Luca Fornaro

LucaFornaro3

Hysteresis strikes back! The view that deep recessions may damage future productive capacity, e.g. by leading firms to reduce investment in innovation, is gaining more and more traction in the

Sarah Mulhern Gross

thereadingzone

I have a lot of thoughts about this piece in The Washington Post. Thread. First, I wish the general public cared this much about equity when we aren’t experiencing

Patrick Chovanec

prchovanec

1. I see a debate here on Twitter on whether we should take internal Chinese Communist Party statements and documents at face value as geopolitical intent and policy. It's an

The Truth Hurts 🇺🇸🙏🎚

truthhurts_the

Thread"Top Ten" Covid updates of the weekAll in one handy threadEnjoy, RT and follow!#CovidTopTen 1-Science says kids should be at school in person. Politicians say too much "risk".But kids are