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Social scientist, demographer at Harvard. I study immigration, disasters.

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Mary C. Waters is an American sociologist, demographer and author. She is the John L. Loeb Professor of Sociology and the PVK Professor of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University. Much of her work has focused on immigrants, the meaning of racial and ethnic identity, and how immigrants integrate into a new society. Waters chaired the 2015 National Research Council Panel on The Integration of Immigrants into American Society. .. more

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Mary Waters @marywaters.bsky.social · 6d
Indian Summer: The Secret History at the End of An Empire by Alex Von Tunzelmann

The Convert: A Tale of Exile and Extremism by Deborah Baker

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Mary Waters @marywaters.bsky.social · 6d
Last Call at the Hotel Imperial: The Reporters who took on a world at war by Deborah Cohen.

All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days: The True story of the American woman at the heart of the German resistance to Hitler By Rebecca Donner

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Mary Waters @marywaters.bsky.social · 6d
If only he had resigned from the university in 2006. He would have saved the university a lot of shame and embarrassment. He resigned from the presidency but remained at the university. He is unfortunately still a professor at Harvard. I would think the NYT would be more careful about facts.

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Mary Waters @marywaters.bsky.social · 8d
But unfortunately still in at Harvard.

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CNN @cnn.com · 9d
Sen. Elizabeth Warren said Harvard University should sever ties with Larry Summers, the school’s former president and one of its most prominent faculty members to hold Summers accountable for his intimate friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
https://cnn.it/4oLRqEo

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Mary Waters @marywaters.bsky.social · 21d
Thank you!

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Mary Waters @marywaters.bsky.social · 22d
When we wrote our book on children of immigrants in NY we said they would inherit the city. Tonight one of them did!

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Mary Waters @marywaters.bsky.social · 22d
When this happened I was stuck in Dallas overnight because of a plane cancellation. When I called home and told my young daughter I was staying overnight in Texas, she said "Mommy please don't do that, the vice president is shooting people in Texas".

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Ric Bayly @eatinginamerica.substack.com · Oct 27
RFK setting the U.S. #DietaryGuidelines?
Uh, dead brain worm, likely eaten; recs raw milk, red meat, #saturatedfat for health; eats “a ton of vitamins”, no unprocessed fruits or veggies; ate so much tuna & perch his blood had 10x mercury limit and caused memory loss. EatingInAmerica.substack.com.
AI generated RFK, Jr. being licked by cows, favored sources for his raw milk and saturated fat. The cows are saying "I have raw milk..." and "I have lots of saturated fat..."

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Mary Waters @marywaters.bsky.social · Oct 3
This post and podcast from the substack Eating in America is on the giant Food and Drug Administration loophole that allows the food industry to put toxic food on our plates without oversight or even our knowledge. Its really outrageous.
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Today’s podcast and post on Eating in America is about the giant Food and Drug Administration loophole — even Secretary of Health RFK, Jr. is upset about it — that allows the food industry to put toxi...
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Mary Waters @marywaters.bsky.social · Oct 3
Eating in America is a great new substack on our food system and environment, from what is in the food we eat to what is being done to keep it safe and healthy.
You can read Eating in America and subscribe at eatinginamerica.substack.com
Eating in America | Ric Bayly | Substack
Eating in America is for you and your family. We look closely at what is in our food, who's making it safe and who's making it not safe, and the changes that are taking place in our food system, cultu...
eatinginamerica.substack.com

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Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · Jan 28
i guess this explains a lot

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Mike Feigin 🥯 @mikefeigin.bsky.social · Jul 23
“With these considerations, we expect to fund through the 4th percentile.”

There it is, in black and white, the destruction of cancer research in the US.

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Mary Waters @marywaters.bsky.social · Jul 14
Congratulations Neil! The NAS needs you and you will do such a great job!

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · Apr 26
Two Naval Academy faculty members have resigned, and 18 more have taken early retirement. One was offered a place of honor at the annual dedication parade. He declined, telling the academy’s superintendent:
He cited a line all incoming students had to memorize when he began his studies there 55 years ago: “Where principle is involved, be deaf to expediency.” “No matter what you have done before,” he wrote, “your legacy will be that of a careerist who banned Maya Angelou but retained Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf.’”

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Mary Waters @marywaters.bsky.social · Apr 21
Pope Francis was a good man. I had the honor to meet him at a Vatican conference on climate change. He led the way on two issues I care deeply about: support for migrants and addressing climate change. The world feels even heavier today without his leadership.

Reposted by Mary C. Waters, Peter J. Spiro, Speranţa Dumitru

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · Apr 15
Our research shows that ending birthright citizenship "would cause serious harm…to the entire United States."

It is my honor to join with 95 other social scientists, all of us specialists in US immigration, in signing this new Amicus Curiae brief.

☞ storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Mary Waters @marywaters.bsky.social · Apr 15
I also signed this brief. It is an excellent summary of the research on the benefits of birthright citizenship.
mclem.org Michael Clemens @mclem.org · Apr 15
Our research shows that ending birthright citizenship "would cause serious harm…to the entire United States."

It is my honor to join with 95 other social scientists, all of us specialists in US immigration, in signing this new Amicus Curiae brief.

☞ storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Mary Waters @marywaters.bsky.social · Apr 2
Thanks!

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Mary Waters @marywaters.bsky.social · Apr 2
There is a lawsuit that I have seen advertised against Harvard saying it was against the law to pay us monthly and we could be owed damages. I dont understand it. Did the university tell you about the deductions coming every pay period? Thanks for this heads up.

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Mary Waters @marywaters.bsky.social · Mar 14
Congratulations Matt. Its a great paper!

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Mar 14
Bernie Sanders: "If you do nothing, you sit back and say, 'it's gonna be terrible.' And that's right. A shutdown will be terrible. But our job is to put the onus on the Republican president, the Republican House, the Republican Senate, the people who control the govt"

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M.A. Program in International Migration Studies at CUNY @gc-migration.bsky.social · Mar 4
📌 Please join us for the next Immigration Seminar Series event, on TU 3/18, 4:15-6:15pm EST, with Prof. Mary Waters, who will talk about "Climate Change and Migration: Challenges and Opportunities." You can attend the talk in person at the CUNY Graduate Center or online. Register: bit.ly/MaryWaters

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Mary Waters @marywaters.bsky.social · Feb 26
One of my earliest memories is of being very sick with the measles when I was 5 years old in 1963. My mother told me it was right before the vaccine was available. In 2025 a child has died from measles and others are suffering because of ignorance and deliberate anti-science propaganda. Shameful.

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · Feb 26
Republicans are too chickenshit to hold town halls. Shocker.

Here’s an idea: Democrats, hold town halls in Republican districts.

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Steven Ruggles @stevenruggles.bsky.social · Feb 16
Our paper on the politics of Census Bureau technology argues that Clinton's radical downsizing of the federal workforce led to a loss of expertise that had taken decades to build, massive outsourcing to the private sector, and an explosion of costs.
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Graph of executive branch employment , showing massive decline in the 1990s.

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · Feb 11
Today, “Pope Francis issued a major rebuke Tuesday to the Trump administration’s mass deportation of migrants, warning that the forceful removal of people purely because of their illegal status deprives them of their inherent dignity and ‘will end badly.’” apnews.com/article/pope...
Pope rebukes Trump administration over migrant deportations, and appears to take direct aim at Vance
Pope Francis has issued a major rebuke to the Trump administration’s mass deportation of migrants. He warned that the program to forcefully deport people purely because of their illegal status deprive...
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · Feb 3
Dear Democratic Leaders: here’s a free idea, send members of congress into the buildings where Elons people are and see what they’re doing. Dare them to stop you.

Do something

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · Feb 3
Just spitballing, but things that could happen today:
*Court injunction protecting USAID
*Dems demand hearings on Musk's role
*Someone introduce articles of impeachment
*Dem officeholders go to USAID offices with USAID workers
*Refuse to conduct any more Senate confirmations until this is resolved

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Rick Wilson @therickwilson.bsky.social · Feb 2
1/ OK, Democratic members of Congress in the US Senate. It’s time for some tough love.

I am aware your pollsters and consultants tell you things like “the American people want us to work together” and “ focus on prescription drug prices in the economy.”