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Demographer and Sociologist. Director of the Carolina Population Center. LEGO Karen
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Susan Rinkunas
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Relevant to this soft-glam fascist's comments today, there's a bill in Florida to ban prescribing birth control to minors—or even giving teens information about it—without parental consent. It's called HB 173 The attacks on contraception are, and have been, in motion
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Ashton Pittman
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Remember when Trump yanked funds from Mississippi after learning that the state's welfare chief had directed millions in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funds to sports celebrities, including not only Brett Favre, but the Million Dollar man and his two pro-wrestler sons? Wait. He didn't.
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Alejandra Caraballo
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Kansas is sending letters to trans people telling them that their licenses will be revoked as of tomorrow and that they risk arrest for driving on a suspended license. This is pure cruelty.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/kansas-sen...
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People Magazine again doing some important work!
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Trump Administration Is Scrubbing LGBTQ+ Questions from Federal Surveys. Here's Why It Matters
The Trump administration has erased hundreds questions relating to LGBTQ+ identity on federal surveys, according to a new study. Researchers warn that the lack of data on the queer community will tang...
https://people.com/trump-administration-scrubs-lgbtq-questions-from-federal-surveys-11914407
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Pew Research Center
about 5 hours ago
Black Americans have wider family networks than other U.S. adults, and more often include non-relatives, like close friends and play cousins. 🧵👇
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Tim Riffe
about 16 hours ago
I'll be teaching again for Barcelona Summer School of Demography, "Demography with R" 6-10 July:
ced.cat/en/bcn4seaso...
You can do this program in person or online. Sign up, it's fun to do demography!
@cedemografia.bsky.social
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Center for Demographic Studies
The Demographic Studies Center (Barcelona) was created in 1984 with three main aims: promote scientific research, training and dissemination of knowledge on population dynamics.
https://ced.cat/en/bcn4seasons/bssd-module-2/
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New work w/
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Amanda Jean Stevenson
about 9 hours ago
This summary of Means' position on contraception is helpful. She says contraception is bad because women, like soil, must submit to specific cyclical processes to achieve our purpose - fertility. 1/2
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Gillian Branstetter
about 9 hours ago
Abortion was phase I, trans healthcare was phase II, birth control is phase III
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That thin line between "please tell me ahead of time" and "if you tell me too soon, I'll forget about it when it's time."
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artia maria
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Some of you like dogs, in which case you may appreciate that guide dogs of Team GB for the Paralympics get official photos
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Brendan Cantwell
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This is racist
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD
1 day ago
Casey Means’ Surgeon General confirmation hearing is tomorrow. Means holds a number of extremely disturbing views, including that hormonal birth control is “disrespect for life”. She isn’t a “fringe” or “alternative” healthcare provider. She is a person who blithely ignores scientific facts.
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A new generation of birth control skeptics leans right
More young women are embracing fertility tracking methods long popular among Catholics, looking to influencers, questioning doctors — and finding a home in MAGA.
https://19thnews.org/2025/05/birth-control-skepticism-politics-maga/
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Congrats to
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Fellow Lauren Valentino!
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Or, hear me out, no, they don't.
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Family Values @ Work
2 days ago
The real “state of the union” isn’t the stock or crypto markets — it’s the state of care. If families can’t afford child care or take paid leave, our economy isn’t working. Read more 👇
#SOTU
https://familyvaluesatwork.org/the-state-of-the-union-is-the-state-of-care/
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The State of the Union Is the State of Care
When politicians assess the “state of the union,” they focus on concepts like the stock market or on partisan fights in Congress. But a more revealing measure tells us far more about the health of our country: the state of care. Today, millions of famil...
https://familyvaluesatwork.org/the-state-of-the-union-is-the-state-of-care/
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Robert Kelchen
2 days ago
Louisiana's governor is asking the federal government to investigate all of the state's public colleges over increasing the number of underrepresented minority students as a strategic priority. That's a new strategy that goes beyond filing sympathetic lawsuits.
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Landry calls for expanded federal investigation into DEI practices at Louisiana colleges
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry is asking the U.S. Department of Education to expand its investigation into DEI practices to include every public college and university in the state.
https://www.wafb.com/2026/02/23/landry-calls-expanded-federal-investigation-into-dei-practices-louisiana-colleges/
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Norm Charlatan
2 days ago
The other part is that there’s tons of cascading problems that require systemic solutions, most notably, getting people economic support who haven’t been able to work for the past two (or more) months because the federal government was trying to ethnically cleanse them. Rent is due this week.
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Alondra Nelson
2 days ago
The Epstein files document what many women researchers have long experienced but rarely seen laid bare so starkly: exclusion operating behind closed doors, shaping who gets funded, invited, mentored, and taken seriously. How many of these networks, norms, and gatekeepers remain in place?
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CPIPR
2 days ago
Your zip code should not determine your birth control options. But new data show it does. Medicaid expansion boosted access to more effective contraception in the most disadvantaged communities — yet many are in states that still haven't expanded Medicaid. Read more 👉
tinyurl.com/bdfkvecw
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Medicaid Helps Americans Afford the Contraceptives They Want—but Access Boils Down to Your Address
New research links Medicaid with better access to preferred birth control methods, especially in disadvantaged neighborhoods—but these neighborhoods are concentrated in states that have not expanded…
https://prb.org/articles/medicaid-helps-americans-afford-the-contraceptives-they-want-but-access-boils-down-to-your-address
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Rodger Sherman
2 days ago
in public, the men's hockey team has been supportive of the women's team, going to games, cheering them on, saying they were inspired by the OT golden goal must be gutting to feel that support and then get first-hand evidence that behind closed doors, when it's just The Boys, they're laughing at you
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Philip N Cohen
2 days ago
I revised the analysis of occupation gender composition and birth rates with new data. Results a little weaker but same direction: Women in more female-dominated occupations more likely to have had a birth last year. Writeup, with data and code:
familyinequality.wordpress.com/2025/02/23/o...
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Will undergraduate college students in my courses ever stop sending me emails addressed to Mrs. Guzzo?
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Conrad Hackett
3 days ago
I've read many stories about the number of adult Catholic baptisms. For perspective, it may be helpful to keep in mind how many have shed religious identity. In the US, there are 8.4 former Catholics for every 1 new Catholic. Globally, there are 3.1 former Christians for every 1 new Christian.
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Don Moynihan
2 days ago
New from
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at Can We Still Govern?: The SAVE Act is a truly extreme voter suppression bill, but in ways that might surprise you. White Christian Nationalism is driving the bill more than a cynical focus on maximizing GOP vote share. đź§µ
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-save-a...
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The SAVE Act is Christian Nationalism in Action
Gendered Burdens and the Right to Vote
https://donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-save-act-is-christian-nationalism
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Vienna Institute of Demography (VID)
3 days ago
📢 Call for Papers! We invite you to submit your research for the Wittgenstein Centre Conference on "Demography and Human Capital", taking place from Dec 1-2, 2026 at
@oeaw.bsky.social
in Vienna. 📆 Deadline: April 30, 2026 🔗
www.oeaw.ac.at/vid/news-eve...
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Gregg Gonsalves
3 days ago
This piece by
@jeneeninterlandi.bsky.social
is one for the ages. The damage Donald Trump (under the guidance of Russell Vought) has done to biomedical research is profound and will be long-lasting. It is a national tragedy to be measured in the sick and the dead.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/o...
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Opinion | The Human Cost of Trump’s War on Science
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/opinion/doge-hiv-funding.html?unlocked_article_code=1.OVA.tWdP.k3uGkQ0FwwZ4&smid=url-share
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Hope you did your patriotic duty today to celebrate National Margarita Day!
#legokaren
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Got my 2nd shingles dose + pneumococcal pneumonia vaccine on Friday. A few body aches, but nothing OTC pain meds couldn't handle. Get vaccinated, or risk getting really sick, folks!
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SEIU_ORG
3 days ago
New reporting shows Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, and Tesla collectively received $51 billion in tax breaks following last year’s corporate tax cuts — paying an effective federal tax rate of just 4.9%. TAX THE RICH FAIRLY!
https://seiu.co/4qRJulh
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Four Big Tech Companies Avoid $51 Billion in Taxes in Wake of One Big Beautiful Bill Act
Four of the corporations whose CEOs flanked President Trump at his 2025 inauguration ceremony have now disclosed that they collectively received $51 billion in federal tax breaks in 2025, much of that...
https://itep.org/trump-meta-tesla-alphabet-amazon-obbba-taxes/
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Ellie Wolfe
about 1 year ago
SCOOP: Naval Academy leaders sent an email to faculty this week that teaching about “divisive concepts” such as systemic racism + sexism is no longer permitted. Faculty also can’t talk about environmental justice or gender ideology. Our exclusive:
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/hi...
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Naval Academy faculty to stop teaching on racism, sexism
After President Trump's recent DEI-focused executive order, Naval Academy faculty were told to stop teaching about systematic racism and sexism.
https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/higher-education/naval-academy-racism-sexism-faculty-NR7NUMXN3RBRVG7EXQHR35TCWQ/
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Don Moynihan
3 days ago
Open-access scholarly piece in
@jhppl.bsky.social
about RFK's assault on public health institutions by
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Texas Conference of the AAUP
3 days ago
“The level of fear mongering is at a fever pitch,” said Lina-Marie Murillo, a professor in reproductive health. “They’re going to lose a deeply engaged and educated citizenry, but I think that’s what they want.” 💯
www.statesman.com/news/educati...
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UT’s Women's and Gender Studies won a department. Then politics closed in
UT faculty say women's and gender studies is a long-established discipline that’s being gutted and defined without their input or voice.
https://www.statesman.com/news/education/article/ut-womens-gender-studies-profile-consolidation-21124678.php
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As of the second quarter of 2025, White Americans hold 83.5% of the country’s wealth, while Black Americans hold 3.4%, despite representing 57.5% and 13.7% of the population, respectively.
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Snapshots of Black and White Disparities in Income, Wealth, Unemployment and More
The median income for Black households in the U.S. is 36.3% lower than that of white households. We look at this and much more.
https://www.lendingtree.com/debt-consolidation/black-and-white-disparities-study/
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When the Fair Housing Act was signed into law in 1968, prohibiting discrimination in renting, buying, or securing financing for housing, 41% of Black households owned their homes. In 2024, the Black homeownership rate across the 50 largest metros was 43.6% (70.3% for White households).
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Column | Why does Black homeownership lag White ownership in every major city?
Homeownership, which is so central to the American Dream, remains an unequal and financially frustrating experience for Black families.
https://wapo.st/4spdRRh
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Alejandra Caraballo
6 days ago
This administration is forcefully detransitioning incarcerated trans people after removing protections from rape. They are absolutely determined to torture trans people in their custody.
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Carl Quintanilla
4 days ago
Last weekend. This weekend.
@washingtonpost.com
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In contrast, Bezos’s ex-wife gave away $7.2b in 2025, the most given by anyone in a single year since Fortune began tracking this in 2012 - and more than Bezos has given in his whole lifetime.
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Andrew Whitehead
4 days ago
"Purdue has since warned faculty against speaking with the media."
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Mark Hurst
4 days ago
Now THAT's a headline. "The U.S. spent $30 billion to ditch textbooks for laptops and tablets: The result is the first generation less cognitively capable than their parents"
fortune.com/2026/02/21/l...
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The U.S. spent $30 billion to ditch textbooks for laptops and tablets: The result is the first generation less cognitively capable than their parents | Fortune
Neuroscientist Jared Cooney Horvath said older generations “screwed up” giving students access to so much technology: “I genuinely hope Gen Z quickly figures that out and gets mad.”
https://fortune.com/2026/02/21/laptops-tablets-schools-gen-z-less-cognitively-capable-parents-first-time-cellphone-bans-standardized-test-scores/
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Thanks to the OBBB, Amazon’s tax bill for 2025 is $1.2 billion, down from $9 billion the year before despite a 45% jump in profits.
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Amazon's tax bill plunges after GOP tax cuts
The 87 percent drop is largely due to a more generous depreciation break in the 'One Big Beautiful Bill Act.'
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/06/amazon-emerges-a-big-winner-from-gop-tax-cuts-00768985
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Named after Charlie Kirk and, I kid you not, “CHARLIE” is an acronym for “Countering Hate And Revolutionary Leftist Indoctrination in Education.”
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Mark Copelovitch
5 days ago
"Show me your budget & I'll show you your values"
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Larry Glickman
5 days ago
As universities are scrapping gender studies departments and courses, the “boys” in the Trump administration see their main job as engaging in performative masculinity and in naturalizing a particular form of what it means to be a man.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/u...
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Bench Presses, Pull Ups … Kid Rock? The White House Had a Very Manly Week.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/us/politics/trump-hegseth-rfk-manliness.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
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Garnet Henderson
4 days ago
Did you know that Texas Tech recently canceled an abortion provider’s speech because of a TPUSA campaign? Medical students in the state say this censorship harms not only their education, but their patients’ health:
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Contemporary US pronatalism, of which the Heritage Foundation is the most powerful player, is blatantly sexist and racist and fueled by Christian Nationalism. This isn’t an exaggeration - it’s explicitly spelled out in their plan to “save America by saving the family.”
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The Heritage Foundation's Plan to Keep Women Uneducated, Pregnant and Subservient
The Heritage Foundation published "Saving America by Saving the Family: A Foundation for the Next 250 Years." Goodbye women's rights.
https://msmagazine.com/2026/02/20/heritage-foundation-women/
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No real IRB approval *and* it was “routed straight from the director’s office to grant management officials who approved it, a process that took only 10 days. An ordinary grant review process can take upward of a year.”
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There’s been an alarming trend in colleges and universities just deciding NOT to make tenure decisions.
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Hansi Lo Wang (he/him)
5 days ago
Eligible voters of North Carolina! Voter registration for this year's statewide primary election ends Saturday, Feb. 28 at early voting sites, where you can register and cast a ballot on the same day. You can find the links you need to register and check your registration status at
npr.org/vote
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How to register to vote and check your registration status
For the 2026 primary elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote — online, in person or by mail — in every U.S. state and territory.
https://npr.org/vote
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Jackie Llanos
5 days ago
Trump admin plans to temporarily stop issuing work permits to asylum seekers — a pause that could last decades.
www.notus.org/immigration/...
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Trump Administration Moves to Pause Work Permits for Asylum Seekers
USCIS anticipates a lengthy pause that could take decades.
https://www.notus.org/immigration/uscis-asylum-seekers-work-authorization-proposed-rule
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