Which states have the most segregated schools — and why does it matter? New report coming Monday, June 22! Join us at noon ET to break down the numbers and what state policymakers can do about it. Register here: bit.ly/statesofsegr... @brownspromise.bsky.social x Segregation Tracking Project

What happens to racial inequities in Medicaid enrollment when we roll back the red tape required of beneficiaries? We used the ‘20-23 pause on administrative burdens to test if they narrowed. Spoiler: They do! But primarily after a concerted effort to ensure equal access. doi.org/10.1111/1475...

Being a victim of violence rewires how you see and engage with the world. I wrote a piece in the @chicagotribune.com on how that cycle forms and how cognitive behavioral interventions help break it. Read here: shorturl.at/M4uPo

The new Trustees Report gives us 6 years before an automatic 22% cut to Social Security benefits. We don't need to cut benefits or raise workers' taxes. My latest: www.forbes.com/sites/teresa...

Know any state/local policymakers considering policies to address child care affordability, access, quality in their own communities? Please share my new brief with them! It's energizing to see innovative new approaches emerging from local efforts, and here's to more evidence in the policy convo.

Irene I. Vega @uofcalifornia.bsky.social is a recipient of a 2026 Distinguished Scholarly Book Award Honorable Mention for “Bordering on Indifference: Immigration Agents Negotiating Race and Morality.” @princetonupress.bsky.social bit.ly/ASA26Awards

David J. Knight @yale.edu is a recipient of the inaugural Early Career Award for Community-Engaged Scholarship,

Anna Romina Guevarra (University of Illinois Chicago) is a recipient of the 2026 Public Understanding of Sociology Award for contributions to advancing public understanding of sociology, sociological research, & scholarship among the general public. bit.ly/ASA26Awards

Elizabeth Wrigley-Field @wrigleyfield.bsky.social (U of Minnesota-Twin Cities) is a recipient of the 2026 Public Understanding of Sociology Award for contributions to advancing public understanding of sociology, sociological research, & scholarship among the general public. bit.ly/ASA26Awards

So incredibly honored to have my book recognized by the ASA Population Section!

Congratulations to @hopeharvey.bsky.social, this year's winner of the ASA Sociology of Population Section's Otis Dudley Duncan Book Award! press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

This is very serious. If this proposal moves ahead, science funding in the US will move drastically away from being scientifically motivated, and instead toward politically motivated. We need major coordinated action. @popassocamerica.bsky.social @standupforscience.net @societyforepi.bsky.social

Please read this thread and write a comment!!! Agencies have to read and take seriosuly these comments. The comments matter. Also, call your reps. www.regulations.gov/document/OMB...

Our new pub is out! We argue that any future scholarship on the politics of inequality should center the people. We call this the PUBLIC framework (Pluralistic methods, UnBiased perspectives, Local dynamics, Intersectional understanding, & Critical of power). journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Amazing work coming out of U Michigan!

🚨NEW PUBLICATION🚨 in Science Advances. We meta-reanalyze 100 conjoint experiments to assess which immigrants citizens prefer around the world. Our evidence reinforces existing findings, identifies novel insights, and provides a basis for future research 1/n www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

And in the decades since its inception, we've learned a lot about Head Start's impact, especially recently, with new data and improved methods. I synthesize new developments in how we study the Head Start program and what we've learned in my forthcoming JEL article: www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

Head Start turned 61 this week! 🎂 The entire War on Poverty, and Head Start in particular, was a massive feat of policymaking and implementation in such a short time. When the first Head Start grant recipients were announced in May 1965 (to begin that summer!), LBJ heralded the accomplishment.

The 2025 C. Wright Mills Award finalists have been selected. The committee reviewed 113 nominated books to select the six finalists. The winner and finalists will be announced at the Awards Ceremony at the 2026 Annual Meeting. View the finalists: www.sssp1.org/index.cfm/pa...

Totally agree. This is why we @oppforhealthlab.bsky.social tried to measure one of the sentiments that just kept bubbling up. Feeling "stuck": opportunityforhealth.org/project/stuc...

Very excited to read this book!

Joined a live statewide public radio panel yesterday on the future of voting rights after Callais—on The 21st Show via @npr.org and @pbs.org affiliate Illinois Public Media. The VRA's enforcement has been stripped one by one. Section 2 is now a lock without a key: will.illinois.edu/21stshow/sto...

Not enough news coverage of how the insurrectionist reparations fund is a clear violation of the 14th Amendment. We need to enforce the Constitution in its original meaning and plain text. You can't imagine away parts of the Constitution just because it is politically inconvenient.

Three Decades Since Kathy Edin's Making Ends Meet - two special issues from Russell Sage! @ffcws.bsky.social

New research reveals that more than 145,000 U.S. citizen children have been separated from their parents under the administration's immigration crackdown. Tara Watson and co-authors break down what the data show—and what policymakers must address.

To give you a sense of scale, 400,000 people are about twice the population of Salt Lake City and about 0.15% of the U.S. population

This is a great video overview—from the indispensable @nerd4cities.bsky.social ("CityNerd" on YouTube)—of our research on tax base fragmentation in US metro areas. I particularly appreciate the discussion about fiscal impoverishment in tax-poor jurisdictions. Check it out! youtu.be/hF2gUdG9kU0?...

Check out the incredible video that @nerd4cities.bsky.social made on #TaxBaseFragmentation! www.youtube.com/watch?v=hF2g...

My op-ed in the Boston Globe today. Gifted link below:

My book is on her way into the world! I am proud and grateful. It is about how immigrant women's carework – in families, schools, and communities – weaves together the protections of sanctuary. Pre-orders are available now. If you know someone who might be interested, please share!

This is pretty cool / rewarding to see years of collective research & policy efforts yield some real-world improvements

Thomas Edsall asked me how much Trump's fossil fuel handouts, attacks on cheap-clean-power, and reckless wars are costing the American people. So I sat down and did the math. This year alone, it's on pace to be $1508 per household. That's not going to be popular. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/o...

Today, Amna Akbar interviews @joesoss.bsky.social and @joshpage.bsky.social about their recent work on the predatory dimensions of criminal legal governance.

I’m excited to share a new paper in Nature that shows how large language models launder the strategic rhetoric of authoritarian states. Paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s41.... A thread.

The revolving door between the private prison industry and DHS continues apace. CoreCivic, GEO Group, and the others are now more than just "partners" of the government. They are the government. #LegalPlunder

I appreciate @anamariecox.com helping to spread this. The more clicks stories like this get, the more I'll be allowed time to do them. Here's another story about a Colombian mother and all the challenging situations faced by people left behind after deportations. share.google/IrhmqQrEjD6V...

Always good to chat with @perrybaconjr.bsky.social and @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social, even if it’s often about difficult subjects, like the Court’s continued assault on the VRA. Check out our conversation: Trump and the Supreme Court Are Crushing Black Political Power newrepublic.com/article/2101...

We are glad to share a new report just released on the experiences of school board members in the diverse California context live-gdtf3.pantheonsite.io/reports/loca.... It's part of the "Getting Down to Facts III" initiative on the state of the state of CA's ed systems. live-gdtf3.pantheonsite.io

Thrilled to be in Minneapolis today to give the closing keynote at the National Head Start Association's conference. I'll discuss challenges in measuring Head Start impact and synthesize high-quality evidence, in conversation with @dpdrew.bsky.social, president @mpr.org and Head Start alumnus.

Heroes in a race against darkness www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

A glimpse into what has been lost www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

On Monday, I joined @wbez.org (@npr.org affiliate) to discuss what comes next after the SCOTUS Voting Rights Act decision. We've been here before—Reconstruction, then backlash. Then Civil Rights Movement. Now backlash again. This is not time for despair, but courage. 🎧 www.wbez.org/in-the-loop-...

We could not have done this work outside of our partnerships with tenant organizations--their insights, ideas, and experiences were the basis of our arguments. This research is a product of deeply engaged research that centered the experiences & perspectives of the people w/ the most at stake.

📣📣New publication w/ @ymurad.bsky.social 📣📣 We argue that the racial wealth gap is as much a gap in financial resources as it is a gap in power. Turning attention to power, we posit tenant organizing as pathway to fundamentally alter wealth inequality. Read here 👇🏾 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Our new report with Workshop & @cljeharvard.bsky.social on the strong protections policymakers could put into place to save workers' lives. The question is no longer whether effective protections exist, but whether politicians have the will to stand up to employers lobbying hard to block them.

NEW: UPS & Amazon have been cited for hundreds of safety heat-related violations — with fines exceeding $2 million. These companies would rather spend millions fighting safety rules than spend far less implementing them. Meanwhile workers are dying in their trucks and on their worksites.

Hugely important paper here ⬇️ #EconSky #PolicySky

Powerful, honest and brave 🔥 Read this 🧵 and watch this video from IAS Member and friend @mjcrockett.bsky.social, who uses the occasion of her distinguished @nationalacademies.org award to challenge the uncritical automation of science and the erosion of federal funding for social science research

New webpage with info on The Wage Standard. Includes upcoming and past events, links to media, and writing! arindube.com/the-wage-sta...