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Jennifer Richeson
@jaricheson.bsky.social
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professor of social psychology with a focus on race, diversity, & societal inequality; political junkie; the beach is my happy place; views are my own

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Jennifer A. Richeson is an American social psychologist who studies racial identity and interracial interactions. She is currently the Philip R. Allen Professor of Psychology at Yale University where she heads the Social Perception and Communication Lab. Prior to her appointment to the Yale faculty, Richeson was Professor of Psychology and African-American studies at Northwestern University. In 2015, she was elected to the United States National Academy of Sciences. Richeson was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 2022. Since 2021, she has been a member of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). .. more

Political science 34%
Sociology 30%
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Nina Jankowicz @ninajankowicz.com · 1d
Quick explainer I did last night for the other apps. Please watch and share- the Trump administration is trying to bury this arbitrary and cruel restriction of our colleagues’ rights during the holidays. Don’t let them.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 7d
Breaking News: The Trump administration plans to ramp up efforts to strip some naturalized Americans of their citizenship, internal documents obtained by The New York Times show, marking an aggressive new phase in President Trump’s immigration crackdown. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...
In a close-up, a person's hands are clasped together, holding the wooden pole of a small American flag. Other individuals in the background are blurred, some also holding small flags. A headline reads: "Trump Administration Aims To Strip More Naturalized Americans of Citizenship." Photo by Amanda Andrade-Rhoades for The New York Times.

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 8d
A former immigration judge alleged to DOJ that Trump fired her bc of her sex & national origin

DOJ said equal employment opportunity laws don't supersede Trump's removal powers under Article II

this is literally a claim to constitutional power to discriminate

ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
How the Trump Administration Is Quietly Resegregating the American Workforce
The Justice Department’s rollback of disparate impact is just one new policy that makes it harder for people of color to challenge illegal discrimination.
ballsandstrikes.org

Reposted by Jennifer A. Richeson, Rosemary A. Joyce

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 8d
Now that Trump has banned migration from 20 more countries, most in Africa, worth recalling this quote from Stephen Miller that we dredged up: "If you import the Third World, you become the Third World."

newrepublic.com/article/2041...

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Doghouse Reilly @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 10d
“At Texas A&M, internal emails show staff are using AI software to search syllabi and course descriptions for words that could raise concerns under new system policies restricting how faculty teach about race and gender.”

www.texastribune.org/2025/12/15/t...
Texas universities deploy AI for course audits
Records obtained by The Texas Tribune show how universities are using the technology to reshape curriculum under political pressure, raising concerns about academic freedom.
www.texastribune.org

Reposted by Jennifer A. Richeson, Steve Peers

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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 10d
I'm dubious about Amazon's commitment to keeping pre-existing conditions a thing of the past.

Reposted by Jennifer A. Richeson, Gavin A. Schmidt, Brian Keegan , and 5 more

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 11d
Conservatives rebranded bigotry and every time the media uses “wokeness” as a euphemism they are helping a movement that it quite literally erasing the history marginalized people’s role in American life.
NY times headline reading The War on 'Wokeness' Comes to the U.S. Mint New coins for America's 250th anniversary were unveiled. They don't include planned designs featuring abolition, women's suffrage and the civil rights movement.

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Kid Vanguard @kidvanguard.bsky.social · 14d
trumpcard.gov is live and the million dollar fees are all referred to as “gifts” or “contributions” to an undisclosed party lol
Special Benetits. For Individuals For Business Trump Gold Card For a $15,000 DHS processing fee* and, after background approval, a contribution of $1 million, receive U.S. residency in record time with the Trump Gold Card. *Additional small fees to the U.S. Department of State may apply depending on the applicant. Trump Platinum Card Coming Soon* An official website of the United States government Apply Now 个 Corporate Gold Card? The Trump Corporate Gold Card is issued to a corporate sponsor for one or more of the sponsor's employees. To apply, the corporate sponsor must pay a nonrefundable, $15,000 DHS processing fee per employee. Corporate sponsors may apply for multiple employees at once. A $2 million per employee gift upon completion of the employee's vetting is evidence that the employee will substantially benefit the United States. The advantage of the Trump Corporate Gold Card is that corporate sponsors may cease sponsoring one employee and use the gift contribution tied to the prior application as a basis for sponsoring a new employee, without a new $2 million gift. The Trump Corporate Gold Card is subject to a small, 1% annual maintenance fee and a 5% transfer fee, which includes the cost of a new DHS background check. Small additional fees to the U.S. Department of State may also apply depending on each employees circumstances.

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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 14d
"People often retreat into saying that democracy hasn’t fallen 'yet.'... But it’s not true for everyone currently living in America. Some people in America are already living under conditions that resemble dictatorship."
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-wage...
Trump’s Wager and the Authoritarian Shift
Is Trump getting weaker, or is the authoritarian danger increasing? Yes.
www.thebulwark.com

Reposted by Jennifer A. Richeson

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Meredith Broussard, PhD @merbroussard.bsky.social · 14d
Chief Justice John Roberts has been working to neuter the Voting Rights Act since the beginning of his career—and he may soon achieve his goal, @davedaley3 argues. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
John Roberts’s Dream Is Finally Coming True
The chief justice has been working to neuter the Voting Rights Act since the beginning of his career.
www.theatlantic.com

Reposted by Joe R. Feagin, Jennifer A. Richeson, Steve Peers , and 6 more

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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 14d
Washington Post editorial board really speaking truth to power
Washington Post editorial: "Pam Bondi's welcome woke rollback"

Reposted by Brendan Nyhan, Jennifer A. Richeson, David Rothschild , and 7 more

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 14d
The measles outbreak in South Carolina is “accelerating” with no end in sight following Thanksgiving and other large gatherings, state health officials say.
South Carolina measles outbreak is 'accelerating,' driving hundreds into quarantine
Some students who remain unvaccinated are now in a second 21-day quarantine since the beginning of the school year.
nbcnews.to

Reposted by Nandita Sharma, Jennifer A. Richeson, John Horgan , and 6 more

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BNO News @bnonews.com · 14d
WATCH: U.S. forces seize oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela

Reposted by Richard S.J. Tol, Brendan Nyhan, Jennifer A. Richeson , and 7 more

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 15d
SCOOP — Gregg Phillips, a conspiracy theorist with no emergency management experience who helped produce the election-denying documentary ‘2000 Mules’ with Dinesh D’Souza and has faced numerous legal inquiries, has been named head of FEMA’s Office of Response and Recovery.

My story:
Conspiracy theorist election denier given FEMA’s second-most important role
Gregg Phillips will lead the Office of Response and Recovery, “the heart of what FEMA does.”
www.thehandbasket.co

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Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · 16d
In addition to all of the other benefits already reported about NYC congestion pricing, "In the first six months of the program, air pollution – in the form of particulate matter 2.5 micrometers and smaller – dropped by 22% in the Congestion Relief Zone (CRZ)"

news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
Congestion pricing improved air quality in NYC and suburbs | Cornell Chronicle
Cornell researchers tallied the environmental benefits of New York City’s congestion pricing program and found air pollution dropped by 22% in Manhattan, with additional declines across the city’s fiv...
news.cornell.edu

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The Justice Collaboratory at Yale Law School @thejusticecollab.bsky.social · 17d
The Notebook will restore your faith in humanity & our ability to connect to one another. Explore solidarity through topics like mutual aid, violence interruption, civil commitment & relationships behind and across bars @cornersresearch.bsky.social @jaricheson.bsky.social

bit.ly/44KZuNu
https://bit.ly/44KZuNu

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Michael W. Kraus @mwkraus.bsky.social · 20d
Important for people to know the $75 mil payout from Northwestern to the government didn't turn on canceled grants that broaden participation in stem, physics, promote diversity etc... what this communicates about uni priorities is clear: dailynorthwestern.com/2025/12/03/c...
Northwestern NSF grant terminations leave researchers stuck
Although Northwestern struck a deal with the Trump administration to restore federal research funding, National Science Foundation grants terminated in accordance with executive orders remain unchange...
dailynorthwestern.com

Reposted by Jennifer A. Richeson, Scott L. Greer

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 20d
This remains one of the most disturbing stories of the year. A 1st trimester fetus incubated in a dead woman's body against the will of her family until a very early term birth when the corpse could no longer sustain life.
www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/news...
Baby boy born to brain-dead Georgia mother remains hospitalized nearly 6 months later, family says
Adriana Smith's pregnancy made national headlines when she was declared brain dead but placed on life support to let her fetus grow. Now her family is sharing an update on the condition of her infant ...
www.cbsnews.com

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 21d
Diversity Day, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 22d
When you google “what time is the game” it returns betting odds. I’m sure this is totally fine.

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 22d
The Reactionary Centrist instinct—“things were bad, now are less bad, so why are ppl still trying to make them better?”—is generally obnoxious in the best of times, but also true that activists can over-reach, deny gains, etc.

But when the govt is DESPERATELY trying to MAKE THINGS BAD AGAIN? C’mon.

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Florian Ederer @florianederer.bsky.social · 23d
Wow.

The AEA has issued a life time ban against Larry Summers.
www.aeaweb.org/news/aea-sta...

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Gwynne Hogan @gwynnefitz.bsky.social · 23d
ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say

www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i...
ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say
he father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The son’s location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.
www.thecity.nyc

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Jennifer Richeson @jaricheson.bsky.social · 25d
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Yale leads 43 to 42 late in the 4th quarter after trailing 0-21.

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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 26d
Professor Jack Goldsmith, head of George W. Bush Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel (OLC):

"I do not believe that even the Bondi OLC could legally justify the events the Post reported."

"There can be no conceivable legal justification for what the Washington Post reported."

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Jennifer Richeson @jaricheson.bsky.social · 26d
😔

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Jean Beaman @jean23bean.bsky.social · 26d
🤬 🙃 🤡 "Critics have likened Mr. Trump’s approach to extortion, while others have chalked it up as a cost of doing business with this administration"

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Northwestern University Nears Deal to Resolve Its Conflict With the White House
www.nytimes.com

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 26d
WHOA. Trump says he will pardon Juan Orlando Hernandez, who once said that he wanted to “shove the drugs right up the noses of the gringos.” He had people killed as part of his narco-trafficking ring, which he at times operated directly out of his presidential office.
UNIVISION Headline: Honduran president planned to shove drugs "right up the noses of the 'gringos'," according to witness in New York drug case Subhead: President Juan Orlando Hernandez allegedly sought access to a cocaine lab run by Geovanny Fuentes, an accused drug trafficker who is due to go on trial in New York in March. By: Jeff Ernst Published January 9, 2021 - 06:09 PM EST.

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Jennifer Richeson @jaricheson.bsky.social · Nov 25
Congratulations!!! 🎉
ahbailey.bsky.social April Bailey @ahbailey.bsky.social · Nov 25
Ah!! So thrilled for this. The past winner list is chock-full of folks I've looked up to for years and been personally inspired by including Melissa Ferguson, Larisa Heiphetz
@drlarisa.bsky.social, and gendered cognition giants Kristina Olson, Ashley Martin
jackiemchen.bsky.social Jackie Chen @jackiemchen.bsky.social · Nov 21
The International Social Cognition Network (ISCON) is pleased to announce Dr. April Bailey as the 2025 winner of the Early Career Award! Dr. Bailey is a Lecturer of Psychology at the University of Edinburgh. She earned her B.A. from Colgate University and her PhD in 2019 from Yale University.

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April Bailey @ahbailey.bsky.social · Nov 25
Ah!! So thrilled for this. The past winner list is chock-full of folks I've looked up to for years and been personally inspired by including Melissa Ferguson, Larisa Heiphetz
@drlarisa.bsky.social, and gendered cognition giants Kristina Olson, Ashley Martin
jackiemchen.bsky.social Jackie Chen @jackiemchen.bsky.social · Nov 21
The International Social Cognition Network (ISCON) is pleased to announce Dr. April Bailey as the 2025 winner of the Early Career Award! Dr. Bailey is a Lecturer of Psychology at the University of Edinburgh. She earned her B.A. from Colgate University and her PhD in 2019 from Yale University.