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Mary Waters

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

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 · 7d

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.
substack.com/@ricbayly/no...

Ric Bayly (@ricbayly)

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 · 7d

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.

Edwin Antony @professorantony.bsky.social · Jul 23

Funding policy for 2025 from NCI. Was just released: 4 percentile…maybe!
www.cancer.gov/grants-train...

Funding Policy - Research Grants

NCI funding policy for research project grant (RPG) awards reflects the funding goals of the institute, NIH, and HHS.

www.cancer.gov

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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.

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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.

Michael Clemens @mclem.org · Apr 15

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Mary Waters @marywaters.bsky.social · Apr 2

Thanks!

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.

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.
academic.oup.com/jah/article/...

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...

apnews.com

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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.”

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · Feb 1

In a functioning democracy, a President who pardoned a mob that assaulted the Capitol while trying to overturn the election, and who then fired the prosecutors who put them behind bars, would be removed from power.

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Mary Waters @marywaters.bsky.social · Jan 30

This guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace tells me faculty have been preparing for this their whole lives, especially training in faculty meetings. Some of the advice:

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · Jan 28

The union representing thousands of janitors said ICE went to multiple downtown San Francisco offices but that building security kept them from entering, KTVU reports.

“Union president Olga Miranda said the janitors were relieved that someone spoke up for them.”

www.ktvu.com/news/ice-age...

ICE agents in downtown San Francisco blocked by building security

Local 87, the union representing 6,000 janitors in the private sector, said federal agents went to multiple downtown office buildings late Friday afternoon, but that building security kept them from e...

www.ktvu.com

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Bart Bonikowski @bartbonikowski.bsky.social · Jan 28

As we’ve seen repeatedly since 2015, the US media & political leadership are wholly incapable of adequately handling creeping authoritarianism. Normalizing at every turn, taking the “high” road, engaging in pathological bothsidesism. They continue believing it couldn’t happen here. It’s happening.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · Jan 27

NEW — OMB temporarily pauses all agency grants and loans programs.

Per copy of memo: "The use of Federal resources to advance Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering policies is a waste of taxpayer dollars that does not improve the day-to-day lives of those we serve."

SUBJECT:
Temporary Pause of Agency Grant, Loan, and Other Financial Assistance Programs
'The American people elected Donald J. Trump to be President of the United States and gave him a mandate to increase the impact of every federal taxpayer dollar. In Fiscal Year 2024. of the nearly $10 trillion that the Federal Government spent, more than $3 trillion was Federal financial assistance, such as grants and loans. Career and political appointees in the Executive Branch have a duty to align Federal spending and action with the will of the American people as expressed through Presidential priorities. Financial assistance should be dedicated to advancing Administration priorities, focusing taxpayer dollars to advance a stronger and safer America, eliminating the financial burden of inflation for citizens, unleashing American energy and manufacturing, ending wokeness" and the weaponization of government, promoting efficiency in government, and Making America Healthy Again. The use of Federal resources to advance Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering policies is a waste of taxpayer dollars that does not improve the day-to-day lives of those we serve.
This memorandum requires Federal agencies to identify and review all Federal financial assistance programs and supporting activities consistent with the President's policies and requirements. For example, during the initial days of his Administration, President Donald J Trump issued a series of executive orders to protect the American people and safeguard valuable taxpayer resources, including Protecting the American People Against Invasion (Jan. 20, 2025).
Reevaluating and Realigning United States Foreign Aid (Jan 20, 2025), Putting America First in International Environmental Agreements (Jan. 20, 2025). Unleashing American Energy (Jan. 20.
2025). Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing (Jan. 20.

ent these orders, each agency must complete a comprehensive analysis of all jal assistance programs to identify programs, projects, and activities that any of the President's executive orders. In the interian, to the extent applicable law, Federal agencies must temporarily pause all activities related disbursement of all Federal financial assistance, and other relevant agency nay be implicated by the executive orders, including, but not limited to, financial
surice tot foreign nongovernmental organizations, DEL woke gender ideology, and the
pause will provide the Administration time to review agency programs of the funding for those programs consistent with the law and the he temporary pause will become effective on January 28, 2025, at 5:00
rehensive analysis. Federal agencies must immediately deadlines for assistance programs arising while the les must report this information to OMB along with an directs Federal agencies to pause all activities associated
conducting merit review panels
No later than Febrar
- 10. 2025, agencies shail submit to OMB detailed information on
any programs projects or activities subject to this pause. Each agency must pause. (i) issuance of disbursement of Federal funds under all open awards, and (il) other relevant
has reviewed provided guidance to your agency with respect to the information
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recordin
grant and ptions allowing Federal agencies to issue new awards or take other case basis.
To the extent required by law, Federal agencies may continue nistrative actions. such as closeout of Federal awards (2 CFR 200.344), or expressly required by law

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Mary Waters @marywaters.bsky.social · Jan 27

Just felt an earthquake in Cambridge MA. I havent felt anything like that since I lived in Berkeley CA

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Mary Waters @marywaters.bsky.social · Jan 24

The brilliant Theda Skocpol on what to do next.
newrepublic.com/article/1905...

How to Take Heart From What Really Worked in the First Resistance

Marches and lawsuits are fine, but the real wins over MAGA last time were powered by grassroots activists pushing from thousands of districts across the country.

newrepublic.com

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · Jan 23

The assault on NIH is a test for how the national media covers the Trump admin: Trump is shutting down medical research!

That is easy to communicate. Will they treat it as a 5 alarm fire in a way that forces the government to respond, or will they downplay & caveat it?

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Mary Waters @marywaters.bsky.social · Jan 3

My graduate student Saul Ramirez has been studying people who have been deported to Mexico. He has a terrific op ed in today's LA Times. www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

Opinion: Why Trump's plan to deport millions will fall far short of what it promises

Many of the immigrants removed from the United States inevitably come back, driven by connections here and risks in their countries of origin.

www.latimes.com

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