Zachariah Hennessey

We need to wake up to the fact that people are not widgets and our society is more than a complex system. Until we do, progress in public health will be limited: link.medium.com/08jaIAz7zKb

@oldbooksguy Animal Farm

Which book helped you better understand politics?

@oldbooksguy The Brothers Karamazov

Which book made you understand humans better?

@sienna_rothery American Pastoral, Philip Roth

my girlfriends + I always discuss how Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan Quartet truly captures the female experience + psyche. just gets under the skin of what it is to feel love, jealousy, obsession as a woman. has me thinking - which books do this best for the male experience?

9/ Bottom line: The largest RCT of unconditional cash for new parents in U.S. history found no early developmental impact by age 4. Important science. Complex answers. 📄 Full study: nber.org/papers/w33844 #ChildDevelopment #RCT #CashTransfers #PublicHealth

8/ The policy question: Should we expect cash alone to close developmental gaps caused by poverty? Or do we need to pair income with deeper investments in care, education, and structural reform?

🧵1/ Can unconditional cash improve child development? The Baby’s First Years study — a landmark U.S. RCT — gave low-income moms $333/month for 4 years. What happened? A thread.👇

@ChelseaClinton @CMSGov @BrooksLaSureCMS Empowering CBOs to Address Social Needs Gaps with @zhennessey, Amie Parikh, @DrOBarbot, Caroline Heindrichs, moderated by Tanya Brara Shah

You don't need self-help books, you need Steinbeck

Yesterday, Rubio terminated 5800 USAID contracts – more than 90% of its foreign aid programs – in defiance of the courts. Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressional mandated. They've saved millions of lives. 🧵

This is what a master of the art of language sounds like.

‘If the committee can’t find $880 billion, the entire reconciliation process — including the extension of tax cuts — will collapse.’ nytimes.com/2025/02/25/ups… via ⁦@nytimes⁩

NEW: In a message to agency commissioners and other staff, Deputy Mayor for Operations Meera Joshi says she, First Deputy Mayor Maria Torres-Springer and Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services have submitted their resignations. They call it a "difficult decision."

Modern life is drowning in a sea of verbiage ft.com/content/d53411… via @ft

@wesyang That children have the least amount of power in society.

It's super interesting that there are cultures where homosexuality is grounds for death but raping boys is fine, what's a good explainer of this phenomenon?