“When one door closes, another opens, but sometimes it’s Hell in the hallway.”
– Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

The Through Line: The old adage that suggests “when one door closes, another opens” is really only half the story. Significant transformation is rarely as easy as moving seamlessly from one chapter to the next - more often, we must traverse a messy middle. Given the rapid pace of change since the new U.S. administration took over a month ago, we find ourselves in precisely that territory. While there is no going back, the observant can see signs of what the environment looks like on the other side of that door.

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