In case you didn't get the chance to attend, here are my slides and notes from the #SPSSICON2026 keynote address titled a PUBLIC framework for the political psychology of inequality. mwkraus.medium.com/a-future-psy...

In case you didn't get the chance to attend, here are my slides and notes from the #SPSSICON2026 keynote address titled a PUBLIC framework for the political psychology of inequality. mwkraus.medium.com/a-future-psy...

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I was on kcbs radio this morning for ask an expert to talk about how the American dream has changed over time, why people might not have as much faith in it, why belief in it endures among the public and immigrants, and how psychology is involved www.audacy.com/podcasts/d3f...

Local communities are starting to vote against data centers. The more they know, the less they support them. This is an issue that can motivate rural voters. They want to protect their land, electricity, and water.

JUST IN: As the "Broadview Six" scandal grows, the defense is seeking evidence the White House put pressure on the U.S. Attorney's Office to indict. They're asking for communications about the case, including from Aakash Singh, a top deputy under acting AG Todd Blanche.

Guillaume Johnson and I wrote about apologies in racialized organizations being decoupled from actual anti-racist actions. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

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/...

Excited to share that I've got a new paper out, co-written with Nick Chater and George Loewenstein! It's a pretty big review of the interactions between individual minds and large-scale economic inequality. Take a look - I'm happy to share the paper if needed! journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Read the latest Psychological Science in the Public Interest: The Political #Psychology of Economic Inequality @danieljconnolly.bsky.social, APS Fellow Nick Chater, APS Fellow George Loewenstein

Part of a dialogue— @psychscience.bsky.social #PSPI

It was fun and energizing to write this paper with ~80% of the lab (broadly defined)! 😂

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/...

Career achievement unlocked. The National Museum of African American History and Culture has a bunch of signed copies of On Critical Race Theory.

Regretful cities aren't sure how to cancel their surveillance contracts, so they are literally covering their cameras.

The Sloan Foundation is searching for a new Director of its Economics Program. At a critical time when federal research funding is limited, this is a critical position. Please circulate this opportunity to shape and support economics and economists widely! sloan.org/about/careers

this is incredible

BREAKING: Ethics complaint just filed against Pam Bondi — & it's damning She ran DOJ like a weapon — & now 100+ scholars, retired judges & retired FL Supreme Court Chief Justice Peggy Quince — joined by @democracydefendersfund.org @ldadorg.bsky.social & LFRL — are holding her accountable -TN

Here is a new preprint by Chyei Vinluan and Megan Burns that examines Asian American discrimination experiences during the first year of the pandemic and solidarity perceptions and behaviors: osf.io/preprints/ps...

Internship begins June 15th!

Our 7th cohort of summer psychology interns arrives in June! summerpsych.com/interns

“Using data between 2020 and 2024, we show that Americans came to believe that white (Black) people experienced more (less) discrimination. In fact, by 2021, Republicans, on average, perceived white people as facing more discrimination than Black people.” 🫠 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Another day of scattered ICE sightings in Chicagoland as feds continue surveilling neighborhoods + courthouses. The day started with an early morning detention in Carol Stream. This afternoon, video from Waukegan of agents surrounding a lone child in a car is circulating (guardian presumed taken).

The Overseer Class is now available wherever books are sold. To every soul who helped me write it, to every soul who pre-ordered, to every soul who *will* read and share it, to every soul who stands together in solidarity in these times, “all of us, hand in hand,” THANK YOU 🙏🏾❤️

Today is Yuri Kochiyama’s birthday. Like she said, “Serve the people at the bottom. The people at the top don’t need your help!”

Incredible talk today by @scottkurashige.bsky.social at Asian Am Studies about his new book American Peril--which drew connections to colonial violence, counterrevolution, and the importance of coalitional solidarity (among many other things). Lots to think about and connect to work in psychology!

It's official. Our FIRST academic publication is officially live @aeajournals.bsky.social! ✨ TLDR: In an online experiment, @emmarackstraw.bsky.social and I find evidence that evaluators assigned to Black supervisors perceive Black workers as more productive on average. #econsky #blacksky

We @us.theguardian.com wanted to know: who's being pulled into Trump's mass deportation deportation dragnet. And we ended up having to sue the government to find out. Now we've made the data public. @wcraft.bsky.social explains how he got these records, and how you can use it in your reporting...

New preprint, Asian American mythology and pathways to solidarity by Chyei Vinluan, Iseul Cha-ju, and Daniel Sanji It's about how model minority mythology acts as a barrier to solidarity within Asian ethnic groups and btwn Asian and other marginalized groups. osf.io/preprints/ps...

New preprint, Asian American mythology and pathways to solidarity by Chyei Vinluan, Iseul Cha-ju, and Daniel Sanji It's about how model minority mythology acts as a barrier to solidarity within Asian ethnic groups and btwn Asian and other marginalized groups. osf.io/preprints/ps...

What does it really mean to be a social scientist? Curiosity to ask better questions. Humility to keep learning. And a belief that research can make the world better. Learn more: youtu.be/fAfgd1HsGIQ?...

“The dismantling of USAID, according to models from Boston University epidemiologist Brooke Nichols, “has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children,” Gawande wrote.” hsph.harvard.edu/news/usaid-s...

BREAKING: We're suing Louisiana officials for suspending the state's primary election after voting has already begun. On the heels of a Supreme Court decision that eviscerated protections for voters of color, elected officials jumped at the chance to disenfranchise people — we won't allow it.

After facing pressure from AAUP Penn and other organizations, a federal judge has delayed the order for the University of Pennsylvania to comply with the Trump administration and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's subpoena to hand over a list of Jewish faculty and students. Read more ⬇️

I resigned from the National Science Board in May when meaningful oversight became untenable. I respect colleagues who stayed to serve the NSB's mission. Today's news clarifies that was an erosion of oversight and function has become open elimination of the Board itself. 🧵 time.com/7285045/resi...

Five ICE agents surrounded an Asian woman walking down the street and detained her without explanation. Our communities are living in fear of being abducted by federal agents. Why did ICE target this woman? Where have they taken her? We need answers now.

Solid advice in this about preparing to go up for tenure. In particular, I think people don't always recognize how relational it is. Getting your work out there to people in your field to read matters! www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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America is losing a talented researcher today. Rümeysa Öztürk, whose abduction by masked men prompted a search and her eventual release by ICE, has returned to Turkey. She wants to resume a career without "state-imposed violence and hostility." www.bostonglobe.com/2026/04/17/m...

"There is no justification for a regressive system in which the super-rich contribute less than the rest of us," write @josephestiglitz.bsky.social, @gabrielzucman.bsky.social, and @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social.

Another morning of ICE sightings happening around Chicagoland and the northwest burbs as yes, they are still here, operating under the surface as they were before Bovino's spectacle.

This is cause for celebration. May the entire white supremacist international he helped create also fall.

Larisa studies (among other things) how incarceration impacts moral reasoning of children and families, it's great work. That she has been winning grants and awards while mentoring incredible students during it all tells you everything about the scholar she is!

JUST IN: Viktor Orban conceded his defeat in Hungary. The far-right leader & Trump ally will no longer be prime minister. What remains to be seen is the size of his defeat — and whether the opposition wins a supermajority to amend the constitution and reverse Orban’s rule.

1. A few weeks ago, I learned that there was a negative vote on my tenure case at Columbia. Posting some quick thoughts below:

I’ve been lucky to benefit from @drlarisa.bsky.social’s scholarship, friendship, and mentorship. There’s no doubt that her contributions to the field merit tenure at any institution. Fingers crossed the right academic home opens its doors! Also deeply appreciate the courage to normalize this.

This tenure denial is absurd! Larisa is extremely productive, has an NSF CAREER, and won multiple early career awards, among other accolades. It pains me to think about what she’s going through, having gone through a similar experience at that department (Columbia Psychology) 3 years ago.

Making tenure count, for MSNOW I wrote about my employer, The University of Iowa, creating a center for intellectual freedom. It's a reactionary project built on decades of conservative propaganda about higher ed.

Our PhD student Kennedy Orwa, who studies applications of AI to health care, was hastily deported today to Kenya along with his 13-year-old son without opportunity to speak to legal counsel. King 5 reports that he held a valid visa that was rescinded without explanation.