And here's some solid quantitative evidence, from @jodyav.bsky.social and Sean Angst, about how tightly woven into our Orange County communities undocumented folks are: www.ocregister.com/2025/10/22/o...

New op-ed by Professor Jody Agius Vallejo @jodyav.bsky.social and Professor Sean Angst: www.ocregister.com/2025/10/22/o...

“USC already stands for academic excellence, and we do it without ideological loyalty oaths.” Professors @profmpastor.bsky.social & @jodyav.bsky.social grade the Compact (F) and urge leaders “to stand up for academic freedom, fiscal responsibility and just plain common sense.”

I will be talking tomorrow about immigrant realities rather than myths and misleading takes. Stop by if you're in the DC area. Register here:https://f.mtr.cool/ktzzdppinr

Why Trump’s Compact for Higher Ed deserves an ‘F’ (hint: it’s not just for the facism . . .) www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

📌 Join us online 10/21 to reflect on the legacy of Black Altadena and the devastating aftermath of the Eaton Fire: bit.ly/AltadenaVoicesWebinar Hosted by USC’s Black Studies Center & Equity Research Institute.

Great new piece by three grad students who are part of @uscsociology.bsky.social and @eri-usc.bsky.social dornsife.usc.edu/eri/2025/09/...

@jodyav.bsky.social and @profmpastor.bsky.social spoke with the @latimes.com to express their concerns about how recent events are affecting L.A. citizens. www.tiktok.com/@latimes/vid...

detained during routine ICE check-ins to workplace raids that sparked citywide protests and the deployment of the National Guard. The piece features a quote from our associate director @jodyav.bsky.social, who underscores just how deeply immigration shapes life in California.

Did you know? Over 70% of undocumented immigrants in LA County have lived in the U.S. for more than a decade. Many are raising U.S. citizen children and contributing daily to our communities—yet they face detention, deportation, and intimidation. 1/2 #immigration #immigrantinclusion

In their latest LA Times op-ed, ERI’s @jodyav.bsky.social & @profmpastor.bsky.social break down what’s happening on the ground and why protecting immigrant communities is protecting our democracy. Californians are stepping up, and our public institutions must do the same. 2/2

Timely piece by @jodyav.bsky.social at a time when "progressives" and "dems" are happy to throw immigrants under the bus, forgetting their own family stories and how they daily benefit from immigrant labor.

In space, Venus flanks Earth on the left, with a hellfire greenhouse effect. Mars on the right, which long ago had running water. Today, it's bone dry. Something bad happened on each planet. Seems like the wrong time to limit the Nation’s capacity to conduct climate research.

JUST IN: ProPublica’s “Life of the Mother” series, which exposes the fatal consequences of abortion bans, has won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. This is the second consecutive year we’ve been awarded this distinction and our eighth Pulitzer: www.propublica.org/series/life-...

The very first paper from our large comparative project - the World Elite Database - is out. Lots of coordination and important discussion on comparing elites allow us to - for the first time really - compare elites across very different national contexts. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

YES this is my congressman @congresstran.bsky.social !!!! Thank you for your courage and for listening to your constituents! Hope to see you on @maddow.msnbc.com tonight!!

If antiracism is to survive the attacks on it – and build foundations that will last beyond feel-good vibes – it needs to be more than ANTI something. What is the future that it is FOR? Join the conversation with John Solomos ↓ tinyurl.com/mr2e4emf @baggieyiannis.bsky.social

BREAKING: In response to doctors' lawsuit, Judge John Bates, a George W. Bush appointee, orders CDC, NIH, and FDA to put back up websites and datasets cited by the doctors in their lawsuit as having been relied upon and pulled down without notice. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Our new article (w/ April Fernandes & Gabriela Kirk-Werner) introduces the theoretical concept “Civil Lawfare” connecting the war on drugs, crime, and poverty to the weaponization of the civil legal system against disenfranchised communities. academic.oup.com/socpro/advan...

"In hindsight, the first year may have been the entire ballgame — even if no one quite knew it at the time..." Really good explainer by Zack Beauchamp here. Worth reading: www.vox.com/politics/398...

US immigration is gaming Google to create a mirage of mass deportations Thousands of press releases about decade-old enforcement actions topped search results, all updated with a timestamp from after Trump’s inauguration www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

My latest. As journalists and writers, we have a duty to use language that is accurate and describes our current reality. I’m no longer going to talk about DEI/Anti-DEI. Let’s be clear. We are facing racial purges and re-segregation. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...