Why do Black kids in nuclear families struggle to succeed while white kids in these families flourish? What do these inequalities tell us about the power & limits of the two-parent family? Check out my new piece in @harpersbazaar.com.web.brid.gy to learn more www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/feat...

sweet christ on a bird flu biscuit how was he ever confirmed

"I believe that we must set the example of supporting the party's nominee," Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said of Democrats—such as Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries—who haven't endorsed NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani. www.commondreams.org/news/aoc-zoh...

Starts with questionable assumption married women are happier than other women?

Never peer reviewed, data and code never shared, always straight to press release and reports by credulous media friends (coming soon to the Atlantic and Deseret News)

This style of reporting is atrocious. Governor Cook has not been fired. The President has “purported” to fire her. Governor Cook knows the president has no such power to do so—see her statement for details. We need a better media who does not accept every half baked narrative from the White House

We're living in a Dual State per Fraenkel's Dual State theory of fascism. Who's written about effective mobilization against Dual States?

I never planned on writing a book. Few demographers do. But 9yrs ago, I unearthed a puzzling finding that upended everything I thought I knew about race and family structure. And I knew I had to share it with the world. Check out this video to learn more: www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8BxtCBd/

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D.C. has more residents than two U.S. states. They pay more per capita in federal taxes than any other state. But they don’t get a serious seat at the table to decide how they’re governed. D.C. statehood now.

We are already off to an amazing start! lcc.umn.edu/DIRC

Maybe it's time for the Fed -- which already runs a number of surveys through its regional banks -- to start running its own surveys to monitor unemployment and prices, the two components of its dual mandate.

I'll feature this insightful take on fertility this fall in Social Demography seminar.

via @minnpop @ipums.bsky.social Support the ATUS - Submit a Comment to the Federal Register by Monday (July 28)

I think this article is correct that some of the lawyers feel shame but my suspicion about the balaclavas is that the agents wear them in order to look more intimidating.

We are thrilled to announce that Family Relations, an official journal of NCFR, has released its special issue with the theme "Artificial Intelligence in Everyday Family Life." Discover the impact that these technologies can have on families and relationships. #familyrelations #AI

The Supreme Court’s “shadow docket” has cast very different shadows depending on which party holds the White House. When lower courts blocked Trump admin policies, SCOTUS intervened on an emergency basis to lift those orders in 77% of cases. For the Biden administration, that number was 0%.

This is an excellent and clear-eyed indictment of how the New York Times and their ilk are collaborating in authoritarianism.

Agree + we need from Democrats viral outreach about the positive outcomes government services and programs provide to people. Not the "Reagan Lite" offered during/post-Reagan.

Incredible. I never thought I would see a poster session as protest. 💪

The call for @wfrn.bsky.social papers is open! Join us in lovely Montreal June 17-20. The 2026 theme is Centering Care across the Life Course. Preconferences for Early Career Fellows and Predocs, plus plenty of social activities. Submit by Oct 1. All the info here: wfrn.org/2026-work-an...

Submitting a comment in support of public data is simple. We'll show you how!

The ICE budget is now set to be approximately what the NIH budget was. We’re shifting money from solving real problems to solving fictitious problems.

I support the continuation of vital events data collection. These data have been published since 1937 and are the sole source of this information at the national level. The data are used by HHS and by other government, business, academic, and other organizations in tracking changes in trends of...

New job at LONELY-EU! Our consortium member Cristiano Vezzoni (University of Milan, Italy) is looking for a postdoc to work on #loneliness, social isolation and political behavior. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... @lonely-eu.bsky.social

Related to my RWJF-funded work on "Eds and Meds"

In recognition of Congress and Trump's Big Bad Bill www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWPf...

Exactly. You do not get to have a religious exemption to the existence of certain humans.

I'm glad to be in the big tent of CVH constituents. The only disconnect is the inhumanity of the current administration from the lived reality of immigrants and their families

Having more kids *worsens* this ratio - for the rest of the century! It adds kids but doesn't (I hope) eliminate old people. It's not helping. Immigration, on the other hand, provides a much more targeted stream of working age people - all ready to work. /6

We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Katharine Khanna will be joining the department as an Assistant Professor in fall 2025! She is currently with us as a UMD President's Postdoctoral Fellow. Congratulations, Kate! More at socy.umd.edu/news/kathari...

Amidst all the posts about how NSF funds the basic science that (eventually) leads to marketable products, its role in funding data infrastructure is getting lost. The GSS (1972), ANES (late 1960s), and PSID (1968) are rounding error in the discretionary budget but vital national resources. 1/6

Academic scientists were already developing cures for cancer until DOGE and trump ended publicly funded peer reviewed NIH grants to them

Learn from an expert

Economists who use BLS data-- submit a public comment to defend its integrity!! See Aaron's thread!! #econsky

I did too! And am looking forward to meeting some great family scholars at ASA @asa-family.bsky.social

Waiting on University of Maryland to support

Congress needs to wake up with the help of outraged citizens

This is how Columbia treats its students. And yet a faculty member, who is also an admin, accused us of “kick(ing) people when they are down” for boycotting Columbia in the pages of the NYTimes. Never mentioned a single abducted, arrested, or expelled student.

My sisters, put down the cleaning supplies and pick up a glass of wine.

An extraordinary piece in The Indian Express by Sonalde Desai (***don't worry, parochial British Bluesky users--I will explain the relevance to our small isles in a moment***) x.com/SonaldeDesai... Sonalde Desai runs the India Human Development Survey, a large social survey. Here she shows...

We've been tracking unlawful NIH grant terminations for 3 weeks. Spread the word👇! Fellow PIs: what can you do upon termination? ✅ Email PO + document questions ✅ Submit FOIA ✅ Advocate to your OCG/OSP for appeal + litigation ✅ Consider outside litigation ✅ Donate to state AGs + legal orgs 1/🧵

And ask like minded citizens to protest and resist

Be like Tina.

Appealing the U.S. is promoting this and that there hasn't been congressional pushback

🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave. Tell them: 1. Vote NO on Cloture AND 2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill. Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it. TODAY is the showdown. 🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121

With a looming threat to Medicaid, @jhppl.bsky.social's special issue "Medicaid at 60" provides context to understand the program's remarkable growth since 1965 as well as its resilience & political vulnerability. Free & Open Access! @haroldpollack.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/issue/...