Zachariah Hennessey

made weak by time and fate, but strong in will / to strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield

[Zachariah Hennessey @zhennessey]

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: https://t.co/AdL4tNu3QS

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@oldbooksguy Animal Farm

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@oldbooksguy The Brothers Karamazov

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@sienna_rothery American Pastoral, Philip Roth

[Zachariah Hennessey @zhennessey]

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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: https://t.co/IVZUu3AhT4
#ChildDevelopment #RCT #CashTransfers #PublicHealth

[Zachariah Hennessey @zhennessey]

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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.👇

[Zachariah Hennessey @zhennessey]

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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?

[givecare @givecareapp]

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

[Dylan O'Sullivan @DylanoA4]

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

[Atul Gawande @Atul_Gawande]

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. 🧵

[Zachariah Hennessey @zhennessey]

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

[Don @DHSayer]

Rachel Kushner on DeLillo: “Reading his work taught me to take the novel as a form that is also an accretion of occasions to deposit the secrets that only I know.”

[Zachariah Hennessey @zhennessey]

‘If the committee can’t find $880 billion, the entire reconciliation process — including the extension of tax cuts — will collapse.’
https://t.co/WMVBtoxU3R via ⁦@nytimes⁩

[Chris Sommerfeldt @C_Sommerfeldt]

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."

[Zachariah Hennessey @zhennessey]

Modern life is drowning in a sea of verbiage https://t.co/4cDQrYbkgH via @ft

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