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Eva Rosen

@evarosen.bsky.social

Sociologist, urbanist, ethnographer, prof of public policy at Georgetown, author of The Voucher Promise https://bit.ly/2Bz1EoA

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Eva Rosen@evarosen.bsky.social · last yr.

Accepting nominations for the ASA Distinguished Career Award for the Practice of Sociology, honoring someone whose work has made outstanding contributions to the practice of sociology and significant impacts outside the discipline, esp in advancing human welfare. More info here, self noms encouraged

Distinguished Career Award for the Practice of Sociology | American Sociological Association

This award honors ASA members’ outstanding contributions to sociological practice. The award may recognize work that has facilitated or served as a model for

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Pam Herd@pamherd.bsky.social · last yr.

“This is one more basic test for the media. Are they going to focus on the pretextual attacks to discredit Cook —the mortgage allegations, or her qualifications — or will they recognize the pattern of a government using its powers to crush any independent sources of power?” *obviously racist attacks

Don Moynihan@donmoyn.bsky.social · last yr.

New, from me: A Trump official is concocting mortgage fraud claims to target opposition. It's a classic authoritarian trick. Now they are doing it to Lisa Cook, the first Black female member of the Federal Reserve to push her to resign. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/trump-uses...

Yonah Freemark@yonahfreemark.com · last yr.

Trump admin's budget would gut the Department of Housing and Urban Development, with a 44% cut in funding, reduced from $77 to $43.5 b. Cut could translate to 4 million people—living in every part of the country—losing housing assistance. Virtually every city would lose infra funding from CDBG.

HUD Supports Affordable Housing Nationwide. Layoffs and Budget Cuts Will Undermine That Mission.

State and congressional district data showing where US Department of Housing and Urban Development programs provide funding to people and households.

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Yonah Freemark@yonahfreemark.com · last yr.

Trump Admin has released its proposed budget for FY 2026. The cuts proposed to housing would be brutal, eliminating: —$26.7 b for affordable housing assistance —All community development block grants and the HOME program ($4.55 b) —The PRO Housing program ($100 m) www.whitehouse.gov/omb/informat...

Trump Admin's FY 2026 budget: Proposes cuts to state rental assistance block grant of $26.7 billion. In the text: The Budget empowers States by transforming the current Federal dysfunctional rental assistance programs into a State-based formula grant which would allow States to design their own rental assistance programs based on their unique needs and preferences. The Budget would also newly institute a two-year cap on rental assistance for able bodied adults, and would ensure a majority of rental assistance funding through States would go to the elderly and disabled. A State-based formula program would also lead to significant terminations of Federal regulations. In combination with efforts related to opening up Federal lands, this model would incentivize States and the private sector to provide affordable housing. This proposal would encourage States to provide funding to share in the responsibility to ensure that similar levels of recipients can benefit from the block grant. The Budget includes $25 million in housing grants for youth aging out of foster care.
Will Stancil@whstancil.bsky.social · 2y ago

Hearing that the DOGE chaos hurricane is hitting HUD soon, and the plan is to devastate federal housing funding. Let's be clear: this would cause a cascade of catastrophic impacts nationwide, shutting down housing and dumping families into the street.

JAMA@jama.com · 2y ago

🧵 US states that implemented abortion bans saw higher than expected infant mortality rates, with larger increases among Black infants and those in southern states, according to this analysis of US national vital statistics data from 2012–2023. ja.ma/4aVchPn #MedSky

Figure 1. Trends in Biannual US Infant Mortality Rates, 2012-2023
Beth Popp Berman@epopppp.bsky.social · 2y ago

Here are the 25 institutions that receive the most NIH funding (98% of HHS is NIH). Basically, they're large schools with large hospitals. They receive 50% of all NIH funding. Source: ncses.nsf.gov/surveys/fede... (table 26) (Not going to do a whole thread but thought folks might be interested.)

Table of the 25 universities that receive the most money from the Department of Health and Human Services (basically NIH); Johns Hopkins, Duke, UCSF, Penn and Pitt are at the top.
Beth Popp Berman@epopppp.bsky.social · 2y ago

Put another way: only 7 of the top 20 university R&D spenders are also on the top 20 endowments list (if you treat UC as separate institutions)

jamelle@jamellebouie.net · 2y ago

i'll be blunt, if you are someone who is vocal about the ways that diversity efforts "divide the working class" but silent about the ways that *actual racism and discrimination* divide the working class, then i think you're just an opportunist

Trump’s Attacks on DEI Get Approval From Some in the Left Wing

Many Democrats and activists are rallying to defend diversity programs, but others say they distract from deeper efforts to address inequality.

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Don Moynihan@donmoyn.bsky.social · 2y ago

Here are some basic questions that the media & Congress could ask: Can public & private businesses trust Musk with their data? How many of the officials accessing sensitive data have security clearance? Do older adults know that Elon Musk now controls payment of their Social Security & Medicare?

Follow the Money, But Also the Data The usual adage in these things is to follow the money, and see who benefits. But we should also watch for control over data. For tech bros, data is the means of control. At last count, Musk employees1 have control over sensitive student aid data, small business administration data, federal employee data (including data from job applicants), social security and tax refund data, and are seeking data from the Department of Labor (think the Bureau of Labor Statistics), and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Data (weather data). At the same time that they are hoovering up this data, public data sources are being shut down.
Joel Mittleman@joeljm.bsky.social · 2y ago

The CDC’s Youth Risk Behavior Survey has monitored the wellbeing of America’s high school students since 1991. Since 2015, it’s been a vital source of data on LGBQ youth. In 2023, it provided the first ever nationally representative sample of transgender teens. As of this morning, it’s gone.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez@aoc.bsky.social · 2y ago

Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent. Opportunities are everywhere. Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉

Bobby Kogan@bbkogan.bsky.social · 2y ago

Here's my piece on Trump's illegal pause of federal spending. Trump proposed a sweeping order and the WH privately sent memos to begin carrying it out while publicly walking it back. A judge has temporarily stayed the action. I talk about what's at stake. www.americanprogress.org/article/trum...

Trump’s Proposed Sweeping Spending Pause Would Harm Americans

The administration’s proposed action appears to be illegal and could halt funding for programs for child care, school lunches, and rental assistance.

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Pam Herd@pamherd.bsky.social · 2y ago

What does appear to be true is that that the internal communication to agencies is different than what they're now telling the public. The agency actions (e.g. why Medicaid payments appear to be cut off) appear to be in line with those internal communications.

Sam Bagenstos@sbagen.bsky.social · 2y ago

It's freaking impossible to get to ground truth about what's going on. Ambiguous and contradictory statements from the administration, many in conflict with reports from the ground.

Roxana Daneshjou, MD, PhD@roxanadaneshjou.bsky.social · 2y ago

To help people understand the importance of NIH, share what you’ve used their funding for (in easily understandable terms). I’ll start: my NIH postdoc funding helped me develop and test AI tools that could identify skin cancer across diverse skin tones.