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Vox today released the 2024 Future Perfect 50 list, its third annual celebration of the thinkers, innovators, and changemakers who are working to make the future a better place. This year’s project is Vox’s most ambitious yet, including dedicated profiles of each honoree and interviews with a select few. The Future Perfect 50 includes both familiar names such as director Christopher Nolan, recording artist Billie Eilish, and Michelin-starred chef and founder of World Central Kitchen José Andrés, and up-and-coming changemakers such as climate educator Isaias Hernandez, neuroscientist Kaela Singleton, and AI justice advocate Sneha Revanur. https://lnkd.in/eG_JJJkg

For the latest issue of Within Our Means — Vox's newsletter on ending poverty in America — I wrote about how health care costs are set to spike for millions of families (that is, unless Congress chooses to extend them): https://lnkd.in/e4N9D4Cs

For the latest issue of Within Our Means, Vox's biweekly newsletter on ending poverty in America, I wrote about how the US can significantly reduce poverty without creating a single new program: https://lnkd.in/gfy4Q2Vt

For the latest issue of Within Our Means, Vox's biweekly newsletter on ending poverty in America, I wrote about how the US can significantly reduce poverty without creating a single new program: https://lnkd.in/gfy4Q2Vt

A roadmap for building lots of new affordable market-rate housing is out today from Pew Research Center and Gensler, bringing back SROs for the 21st century This is one of the best housing policy ideas I've reported on in a while, and some cities can move on it immediately https://lnkd.in/eEjnNaTc

Abortion is on the ballot in ten states this year, but Nebraska is the only state where voters have to weigh in on two competing abortion rights ballot measures. #Initiative439 would expand and protect access to abortion, while #Initiative434 would codify existing bans It's intentionally confusing, and anti-abortion leaders plan to push for deeper restrictions if they successfully defeat the pro-choice measure https://lnkd.in/eAbJ6hBS

I wrote about one of the leading assessments of wildlife declines — WWF's Living Planet Report. The latest installment is out now, just ahead of #COP16. The headline number is shocking: The average size of wildlife populations worldwide has shrunk by 73 percent in the last 50 years. That number underscores the scale of #biodiversity loss — a serious crisis and a potent threat to human communities. Yet several scientists told me they don't trust it. This number, they said, may be grossly exaggerated, due to mathematical issues with how it's calculated. So I dug into their scrutiny, and tried to answer: Is this number accurate? and ... does it matter? https://lnkd.in/ewze8GPi

Family policies like child care, paid leave, the child tax credit, and universal pre-K—were all left out of the Inflation Reduction Act in 2022. Now, with renewed focus on care policies in the 2024 presidential race, how are lawmakers and care advocates gearing up for another federal legislative push? What's next? If she's elected, how would Kamala Harris succeed on care where Joe Biden failed? Since May, I’ve interviewed lawmakers, strategists, funders, aides, think tank experts, and care leaders about the Build Back Better care push + what came after. I wanted to get specific about what may happen next year, especially if there is divided government. Vox story here: https://lnkd.in/eESd-qu5

A couple weeks ago, we announced an expansion of the Vox Membership program -- we introduced member login on our website for an improved user experience and also started offering additional benefits to members, including three monthly columns for members only + additional selected bonus stories for members. Very excited about the future ahead as we continue to grow the Vox Membership program!

In the wake of Hurricane Helene, a new statewide law in Florida took effect banning outdoor camping. For Vox I wrote about what these laws criminalizing homelessness mean for hurricane season https://lnkd.in/dEs5S-BW #homelessness #hurricanehelene #tentencampments #disasterrelief #disasteraid #hud #fema #grantspassvjohnson #housing #affordablehousing