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James M. Thomas (JT) @insurgentprof.bsky.social · Aug 14

For The Conversation, I wrote about how White Southerners are making sense of what it means to be White in these times.

In a nutshell, it’s complicated.

I hope you’ll read and share widely.

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‘It’s a complicated time to be a white Southerner’ − and their views on race reflect that

How do white Southerners think about their racial status in a world that is scrutinizing white advantages? Researchers found people across the political spectrum grappling with what being white means.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · Jul 16

How segregated are your local private schools?

With our database, look up the demographics of private schools across the country and see how they compare to the public schools nearby.

By @cerealcommas.bsky.social @natlash.bsky.social @bxroberts.org

Private School Demographics — ProPublica

Look up the demographics of private schools across the country and see how they compare to the public schools nearby.

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Stef Adriaenssens @stefa3.bsky.social · Jun 11

Sometimes good research just finally provides well-designed evidence for an assumption many hold: supply in sex work is driven by economic slumps.
doi.org/10.1016/j.jp...

Redirecting

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Grant Goehring @grant-goehring.bsky.social · Jun 30

Excited to see my first paper out!

Journal of Public Economics @jpube.bsky.social · Jun 30

Just published in @jpube.bsky.social:

"Fallen women: Recessions and the supply of sex work"

By @grant-goehring.bsky.social

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#econsky #publiceconomics

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Danielle Graves Williamson @daniellecgw.bsky.social · Jun 27

(and, of course, see Bob Jones v. US). Many segregation academies and racially discriminatory schools only started admitting Black students once their tax exempt status was threatened by the IRS (and even then, enforcement was spotty at best) (www.oyez.org/cases/1982/8...)

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Danielle Graves Williamson @daniellecgw.bsky.social · Jun 27

This has happened before: as late as 1982, Goldsboro Christian School in North Carolina did not admit Black students because “We believe that God in his plan and purpose and wisdom separated men into . . . races and that those races should be preserved” (source: www.nytimes.com/1982/01/18/u...)

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ProPublica @propublica.org · Jun 21

ProPublica identified 20 segregation academies in Mississippi that received almost $10 million over the course of six years through a state-funded program.

At least eight opened with an early boost from state-funded vouchers in the 1960s.

(Published Nov. 2024)

Segregation Academies in Mississippi Are Benefiting From Public Dollars, as They Did in the 1960s

ProPublica identified 20 schools in the state that likely opened as segregation academies and have received almost $10 million over the past six years from the state’s tax credit donation program.

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Danielle Graves Williamson @daniellecgw.bsky.social · Jun 6

Thank you!

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Danielle Graves Williamson @daniellecgw.bsky.social · Jun 6

aw thanks Sophie!

Danielle Graves Williamson @daniellecgw.bsky.social · Jun 6

Thank you!!

Danielle Graves Williamson @daniellecgw.bsky.social · Jun 5

This is great! I don't think enough of the dissertation fellows are on bsky to make a starter pack--I could only find 4 and the limit is 8 😅

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Danielle Graves Williamson @daniellecgw.bsky.social · Jun 5

congrats to you as well!! excited to see that project

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Danielle Graves Williamson @daniellecgw.bsky.social · Jun 5

Thank you Josh and thank you NAED/Spencer--I never expected to get this fellowship and am incredibly honored to be part of this community. Congratulations to the other fellows, and I look forward to meeting y'all in the fall!

Joshua Goodman @joshua-goodman.com · Jun 5

I'm thrilled that BU Economics' very own @daniellecgw.bsky.social is one of this year's NAEd/Spencer Dissertation Fellows!

Danielle does fascinating historical / labor / education work on "segregation academies" in the US South. Read more about her work here 👇

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James Feigenbaum @jamesfeigenbaum.bsky.social · Apr 4

Friday night of an insane news week is the optimal timing for this right?

The Quarterly Journal of Economics @qjeharvard.bsky.social · Apr 4

Recently accepted by #QJE, “‘Descended from Immigrants and Revolutionists:’ How Family History Shapes Immigration Policymaking,” by Feigenbaum (@jamesfeigenbaum.bsky.social), Palmer (@maxwellpalmer.com), and Schneer: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...

“Descended from Immigrants and Revolutionists:” How Family History Shapes Immigration Policymaking*

Abstract. Does family history matter for policymaking in democracies? Linking members of Congress to the census, we observe countries of birth for members,

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Danielle Graves Williamson @daniellecgw.bsky.social · Mar 26

YEAH!!!

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Katie Mangan @katiemangan.bsky.social · Mar 25

For weeks, as contracts were halted, workers fired, and a center created in 1867 essentially dismantled overnight, workers scrambled to save data used to inform educational policy and practice. Here’s how it looked from inside.
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‘Breathtakingly Irresponsible’: Former Workers Decry Decimation of Education Dept.’s Data Warehouse

Fired NCES and IES employees describe a mad dash to save data that has informed higher education policy and practice since the days of Abraham Lincoln.

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Trevon Logan @trevondlogan.bsky.social · Mar 19

I’ve been saying for years that allowing racial segregation in public accommodations was a goal of the right-wing conservative movement. It’s one reason I study this type of segregation. We are closer to a reality of legal racial segregation than anytime since 1964. www.npr.org/sections/sho...

'Segregated facilities' are no longer explicitly banned in federal contracts

The Trump administration cut a clause from federal contracting rules that had been on the books since the 1960s: Companies are no longer explicitly prohibited from having segregated facilities.

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Danielle Graves Williamson @daniellecgw.bsky.social · Mar 19

congratulations!!

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Alabama Reflector @alabamareflector.com · Mar 17

Editor @brianlyman.bsky.social writes that the U.S. Department of Education is one of the few forces pushing against Alabama's centuries-old efforts to deny poor and disadvantaged children a proper education. And a reminder of the racist origins of the state's system of funding public schools.

Don't cheer, Gov. Ivey: Killing the Department of Education will hurt Alabama students • Alabama Reflector

Gov. Kay Ivey is a sure-footed politician. She’s walked the narrow and dangerous path of Alabama politics all the way to summit. It requires focus, dedication and balancing performative apathy and win...

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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · Mar 17

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John Fallon @john-fallon-econ.com · Mar 14

Just saw a great paper by @michaelbriskin.bsky.social ! He shows that WWII led to a massive teacher shortage that led to lower wages and lower educational attainment for affected students #AEFP2025 #Econsky

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Maggie Jones @maggieecjones.bsky.social · Mar 14

New WP with @trevondlogan.bsky.social, David Rosé, and @drlisadcook.bsky.social ⬇️ We study how the intersection of consumer discrimination and market power shapes firm behavior, including pricing decisions using new data on the prices of firms by discriminatory status from 1940-1960.

NBER @nber.org · Mar 13

Evidence from over 25,000 prices shows that monopoly power blunted consumer preferences for discrimination, and Black consumers paid higher prices in the non-discriminatory market, from Maggie E.C. Jones, Trevon D. Logan, David Rosé, and Lisa D. Cook https://www.nber.org/papers/w33547

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Danielle Graves Williamson @daniellecgw.bsky.social · Mar 10

I'll be at AEFP presenting my work on segregation academies: all-white private schools established during the 1960s-70s to circumvent public school integration. Bring your coffee (and your feedback!) to Soc Dynamics of School Choice at 8:15 Thursday: virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/event/42278/...

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Bitsy Perlman @bitsyperlman.bsky.social · Jan 23

It's such a weird thing to hear the news and think "that's bad, but also I have a paper about (an aspect) of that"

Funding delays are really not great for people who work in science. Funding delays of > 30 days lead to:

- 40% increase in scientists exiting US labor force
- 20% decrease in wages

Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · Jan 23

Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring www.science.org/content/arti...

Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring

Researchers facing

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