Michelle S. Phelps
@michellesphelps.bsky.social
Professor at UMN, Sociologist, Mom | Books: Breaking the Pendulum on criminal justice & The Minneapolis Reckoning on the politics of policing | www.michellesphelps.com.
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i feel…nuts
Q: Are you affirming that you think President Trump is a fascist?
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
November 21, 2025 at 8:56 PM
i feel…nuts
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I wrote about how an Iraq-war era military contractor ended up as a mall cop cracking down on a protest encampment in Minneapolis the summer after the George Floyd protests. This is the story of Nathan Seabrook and long arc of the war on terror. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
How a mercenary became a Minneapolis mall cop
After the George Floyd protests, a former military contractor named Nathan Seabrook brought the war home.
www.motherjones.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I wrote about how an Iraq-war era military contractor ended up as a mall cop cracking down on a protest encampment in Minneapolis the summer after the George Floyd protests. This is the story of Nathan Seabrook and long arc of the war on terror. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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November 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
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Because of this incident, the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota has opened its Detention Line today (11/18) until 5:00. If individuals have a family member who has been detained, they are available to help at 651.641.1011. Additional resources can be found at stpaul.gov/immigration-resources.
November 18, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Because of this incident, the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota has opened its Detention Line today (11/18) until 5:00. If individuals have a family member who has been detained, they are available to help at 651.641.1011. Additional resources can be found at stpaul.gov/immigration-resources.
It's been 10 year since Jamar Clark was shot and killed in North Minneapolis. The uprising in 2020 is hard to imagine without the work of activists and people who showed up in 2015 to demand better and we're going to spend years grappling to understand the impacts of summer 2020's reckoning.
Nearly 10 years ago Jamar Clark, a Black man, was killed by two white Minneapolis police officers. In the years since, activism in Minneapolis and the nation has changed.
Outrage around Jamar Clark’s killing by police has rippled through the last decade
It’s been 10 years since a Minneapolis police officer shot Jamar Clark, an unarmed 24-year-old Black man, during a confrontation. The frustration, anger and highly visible demonstrations led to change...
www.mprnews.org
November 13, 2025 at 10:54 PM
It's been 10 year since Jamar Clark was shot and killed in North Minneapolis. The uprising in 2020 is hard to imagine without the work of activists and people who showed up in 2015 to demand better and we're going to spend years grappling to understand the impacts of summer 2020's reckoning.
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This is far worse than anyone expected.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump Administration to Drastically Cut Housing Grants
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:21 AM
This is far worse than anyone expected.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
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"don't worry, he's just into 15-year-olds" perhaps not as exculpatory as you think
Also 15-year-olds are not "barely legal." They are minors.
Also 15-year-olds are not "barely legal." They are minors.
Megyn Kelly: "I know somebody very close to this case…Jeffrey Epstein, in this person's view, was not a pedophile…He was into the barely legal type, like he liked 15 year old girls…He wasn't into like 8 year olds…There's a difference between a 15 year old and a 5 year old."
November 13, 2025 at 5:21 PM
"don't worry, he's just into 15-year-olds" perhaps not as exculpatory as you think
Also 15-year-olds are not "barely legal." They are minors.
Also 15-year-olds are not "barely legal." They are minors.
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Everyone’s talking about alternative response — but few are looking under the hood at how 911 dispatch actually works. My new piece with @barryfriedman1.bsky.social in @vitalcitynyc.bsky.social explores why the design of dispatch protocols matters so much.
www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/the...
www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/the...
Vital City | The Devil Is in the Details (of 911 Dispatch)
Helping people with serious mental illness hinges on giving better tools and guidance to those who take emergency calls.
www.vitalcitynyc.org
November 6, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Everyone’s talking about alternative response — but few are looking under the hood at how 911 dispatch actually works. My new piece with @barryfriedman1.bsky.social in @vitalcitynyc.bsky.social explores why the design of dispatch protocols matters so much.
www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/the...
www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/the...
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Jury said no, it mayo not please the court
November 6, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Jury said no, it mayo not please the court
Minneapolis is not New York. Four more years of teaching folks how to pronounce "Frey" I guess.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Jacob Frey wins re-election as mayor of Minneapolis.
November 5, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Minneapolis is not New York. Four more years of teaching folks how to pronounce "Frey" I guess.
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You can get a hardback copy of The Minneapolis Reckoning now for just $9 as PUP books go on sale (sale code: SAVE70). The paperback version is coming May 2026 but this is an even better deal.
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
October 25, 2025 at 12:13 AM
You can get a hardback copy of The Minneapolis Reckoning now for just $9 as PUP books go on sale (sale code: SAVE70). The paperback version is coming May 2026 but this is an even better deal.
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
You can get a hardback copy of The Minneapolis Reckoning now for just $9 as PUP books go on sale (sale code: SAVE70). The paperback version is coming May 2026 but this is an even better deal.
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
October 25, 2025 at 12:13 AM
You can get a hardback copy of The Minneapolis Reckoning now for just $9 as PUP books go on sale (sale code: SAVE70). The paperback version is coming May 2026 but this is an even better deal.
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
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Obama wore a tan suit.
October 22, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Obama wore a tan suit.
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Mpls, starting now on tpt 2, a look at MPD, it’s history and attempt at “reform” since 2020
October 22, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Mpls, starting now on tpt 2, a look at MPD, it’s history and attempt at “reform” since 2020
I'm apparently a month behind on this news, but the 2024 ASA Jobs report is up -- www.asanet.org/wp-content/u.... See below for the banner finding (new asst prof jobs posted down from 283 in 2023 to 200 in 2024).
October 21, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I'm apparently a month behind on this news, but the 2024 ASA Jobs report is up -- www.asanet.org/wp-content/u.... See below for the banner finding (new asst prof jobs posted down from 283 in 2023 to 200 in 2024).
Coming off a recruitment event for UMN Sociology (where as of now, we are still admitting a small but fully-funded cohort...) and oof. Gonna have to sit with this one. I think it really hinges on whether jobs are ever coming back. There's no Q tho that higher ed is at a grim inflection point.
This is very bleak for institutional science, but as someone on the job market this cycle, I think it is kind of a blessing in disguise for people who were considering applying to PhD programs next cycle... The academic jobs just don't really exist anymore
October 21, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Coming off a recruitment event for UMN Sociology (where as of now, we are still admitting a small but fully-funded cohort...) and oof. Gonna have to sit with this one. I think it really hinges on whether jobs are ever coming back. There's no Q tho that higher ed is at a grim inflection point.
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Wow. Harvard nuking its PhD programs
- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
Harvard FAS Cuts Ph.D. Seats By More Than Half Across Next Two Admissions Cycles | News | The Harvard Crimson
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences slashed the number of Ph.D. student admissions slots for the Science division by more than 75 percent and for the Arts & Humanities division by about 60 percent for th...
www.thecrimson.com
October 21, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Wow. Harvard nuking its PhD programs
- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
I recorded this podcast last year, when the openings around creative public safety models felt more robust. But the lessons today are the same. You can't police your way out of crisis.
📣 Professor Michelle Phelps was a recent guest on the Guns Unpacked podcast, where she discussed her latest book and the real-world impact of police abolition policy.
Check it out!
Check it out!
Dr. Michelle Phelps on Lessons from Minneapolis on Policing and Community Violence Intervention | Podcast Episode on RSS.com
In today’s episode of Guns Unpacked, we welcome Dr. Michelle Phelps, an associate professor of Sociology at the University of Minnesota. Phelps is an expert on probation, criminal justice reform, and ...
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October 20, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I recorded this podcast last year, when the openings around creative public safety models felt more robust. But the lessons today are the same. You can't police your way out of crisis.
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Once again, we are where we are bc there aren't yet enough Republicans who are now former Republicans like @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social, who put democracy & the rule of law above power & policy wins. The only way democracy will survive is if more folks follow his lead.
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
This sign spoke to me.
(apologies for being such a bad photographer that I cut this fellow former Republican’s head out of the photo)
(apologies for being such a bad photographer that I cut this fellow former Republican’s head out of the photo)
October 18, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Once again, we are where we are bc there aren't yet enough Republicans who are now former Republicans like @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social, who put democracy & the rule of law above power & policy wins. The only way democracy will survive is if more folks follow his lead.
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
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Just received from a colleague: looks like Penn is going to join the universities refusing the extortionary Trump "compact". I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win
October 16, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Just received from a colleague: looks like Penn is going to join the universities refusing the extortionary Trump "compact". I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win
every news story is worse than the one before
October 3, 2025 at 5:41 PM
every news story is worse than the one before
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I’m told ICE attacked us—despite us being off the street, courtesy of the state police—to create a spectacle because Kristi Noem was present today. Here’s some footage of her and her team on the roof of Broadview. Everything is content creation to these fascists.
October 3, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I’m told ICE attacked us—despite us being off the street, courtesy of the state police—to create a spectacle because Kristi Noem was present today. Here’s some footage of her and her team on the roof of Broadview. Everything is content creation to these fascists.
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We are excited to announce the upcoming conference of the Sociologists of Minnesota, hosted by Macalester College in St. Paul, on October 3rd and 4th, 2025.
For more information about the conference or its details, please visit the Sociologists of Minnesota | 2025 Conference website.
For more information about the conference or its details, please visit the Sociologists of Minnesota | 2025 Conference website.
Sociologists of Minnesota | 2025 Conference
A professional association whose mission is to promote and develop an understanding of sociology and sociological practice in the state of Minnesota.
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September 3, 2025 at 4:38 PM
We are excited to announce the upcoming conference of the Sociologists of Minnesota, hosted by Macalester College in St. Paul, on October 3rd and 4th, 2025.
For more information about the conference or its details, please visit the Sociologists of Minnesota | 2025 Conference website.
For more information about the conference or its details, please visit the Sociologists of Minnesota | 2025 Conference website.
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there's been a rash of recent mass shootings in minneapolis. but crime is actually down. why doesn't it always feel that way? i looked into it. www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
Minneapolis crime is down — even if it doesn’t always feel that way
Producer Gretchen Brown talked with University of Minnesota Sociology Professor Michelle Phelps to try to make sense of the gap in crime perception versus reality.
www.mprnews.org
October 1, 2025 at 4:41 PM
there's been a rash of recent mass shootings in minneapolis. but crime is actually down. why doesn't it always feel that way? i looked into it. www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...