Lilia Cortina
@liliacortina.bsky.social
UMich Professor. Feminist. Psychologist. Scientist.
Most of the time, I’d rather be playing tennis.
Views are my own.
https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/liliacortina-lab/
Most of the time, I’d rather be playing tennis.
Views are my own.
https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/liliacortina-lab/
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Lilia Cortina
@liliacortina.bsky.social
· Jan 31
DEI is secret sauce of University of Michigan's success | Opinion
Critics of DEI often suggest that it leads to inferior outcomes. At the University of Michigan, that's just not true.
www.freep.com
Should universities double down on DEI? If excellence is the goal, the answer is simple: 100% yes.
A synopsis of the science explaining why 👇🏼
www.freep.com/story/opinio...
A synopsis of the science explaining why 👇🏼
www.freep.com/story/opinio...
From day one, Trump’s policies have been a train wreck—especially for rural and remote communities, all with a big thumbs-up from their Republican reps. In my latest op-ed, I break down the impact here in Michigan: www.freep.com/story/opinio...
Michigan agriculture struggles as Trump drives away migrant labor | Opinion
Trump’s Medicaid cuts, farmworker deportations and media defunding hit rural Michigan hardest — leaving hospitals, crops and communities at risk.
www.freep.com
August 26, 2025 at 12:05 PM
From day one, Trump’s policies have been a train wreck—especially for rural and remote communities, all with a big thumbs-up from their Republican reps. In my latest op-ed, I break down the impact here in Michigan: www.freep.com/story/opinio...
Delighted to share my latest journal article, on rolling back rudeness in the faculty workplace. Full text available here: psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
May 15, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Delighted to share my latest journal article, on rolling back rudeness in the faculty workplace. Full text available here: psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
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We closed the schools with no real plan for how to deal with the repercussions. Just magical thinking that online learning would be as good as in-person teachers.
“Michigan 44th in 4th-grade reading, among bottom 10 for COVID learning loss, report finds”
www.mlive.com/news/2025/05...
“Michigan 44th in 4th-grade reading, among bottom 10 for COVID learning loss, report finds”
www.mlive.com/news/2025/05...
Michigan 44th in 4th-grade reading, among bottom 10 for COVID learning loss, report finds
This Detroit-based nonprofit utilized its 2025 state of education report to call for better school funding and transparency systems from lawmakers.
www.mlive.com
May 13, 2025 at 12:40 AM
We closed the schools with no real plan for how to deal with the repercussions. Just magical thinking that online learning would be as good as in-person teachers.
“Michigan 44th in 4th-grade reading, among bottom 10 for COVID learning loss, report finds”
www.mlive.com/news/2025/05...
“Michigan 44th in 4th-grade reading, among bottom 10 for COVID learning loss, report finds”
www.mlive.com/news/2025/05...
My latest piece in the Detroit Free Press, taking on myths and misconceptions about DEI 👇
www.freep.com/story/opinio...
www.freep.com/story/opinio...
DEI isn't about hiring quotas. It's about opportunity. | Opinion
Detractors reduce DEI to racist rhetoric and bureaucratic bloat. The vision they invoke is an unkind caricature. A distortion. A fiction.
www.freep.com
May 6, 2025 at 4:53 PM
My latest piece in the Detroit Free Press, taking on myths and misconceptions about DEI 👇
www.freep.com/story/opinio...
www.freep.com/story/opinio...
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At a Tuesday night rally in Michigan, President Donald Trump bragged about his economic policies of the last three months.
By Wednesday morning, new data showed the first deceleration of the U.S. economy in three years, and analysts said the country was inching closer to a recession.
By Wednesday morning, new data showed the first deceleration of the U.S. economy in three years, and analysts said the country was inching closer to a recession.
Trump ran on boosting prosperity. Now, economic uncertainty grows.
The messaging strategy does not appear to be working for a president whom voters returned to the White House largely to address economic concerns.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 1, 2025 at 4:29 PM
At a Tuesday night rally in Michigan, President Donald Trump bragged about his economic policies of the last three months.
By Wednesday morning, new data showed the first deceleration of the U.S. economy in three years, and analysts said the country was inching closer to a recession.
By Wednesday morning, new data showed the first deceleration of the U.S. economy in three years, and analysts said the country was inching closer to a recession.
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Pew Research poll: Trump approval
40% approve
59% disapprove
U.S. adults
40% approve
59% disapprove
U.S. adults
April 25, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Pew Research poll: Trump approval
40% approve
59% disapprove
U.S. adults
40% approve
59% disapprove
U.S. adults
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Somewhat ironic that the least qualified, most unfit and incompetent Sec of Defense in American history is the one who abolished DEI.
April 21, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Somewhat ironic that the least qualified, most unfit and incompetent Sec of Defense in American history is the one who abolished DEI.
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Eliminating Head Start. Laying off all the CDC employs who work on lead poisoning. Discrediting childhood vaccines during a measles outbreak. Cutting funds for school lunches.
A look at some of the under-the-radar ways the Trump administration is waging war on America's children: wapo.st/4jcUg2f
A look at some of the under-the-radar ways the Trump administration is waging war on America's children: wapo.st/4jcUg2f
Opinion | Donald Trump’s war on children
The administration is divesting from future generations. It will cost America dearly.
wapo.st
April 18, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Eliminating Head Start. Laying off all the CDC employs who work on lead poisoning. Discrediting childhood vaccines during a measles outbreak. Cutting funds for school lunches.
A look at some of the under-the-radar ways the Trump administration is waging war on America's children: wapo.st/4jcUg2f
A look at some of the under-the-radar ways the Trump administration is waging war on America's children: wapo.st/4jcUg2f
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TOMORROW- Make your voices heard at Indivisible's event, “NO KINGS! 50 State Nationwide Protest (250th Anniversary of the American Revolution)” - sign up NOW! www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
NO KINGS! 50 State Nationwide Protest (250th Anniversary of the American Revolution) · Mobilize
NO KINGS! This a local Indivisible event! Nationwide protest in support of democracy and the US Constitution. The current regime has: illegally defied all court orders; unlawfully terminated federal e...
www.mobilize.us
April 18, 2025 at 8:10 PM
TOMORROW- Make your voices heard at Indivisible's event, “NO KINGS! 50 State Nationwide Protest (250th Anniversary of the American Revolution)” - sign up NOW! www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
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The Trump regime's repeated attacks on "DEI," "wokeness," immigrants, and the trans community have one clear purpose:
If we are angry at each other, we don't look up to see how big corporations and billionaires have rigged markets and siphoned off most of the economy's gains.
If we are angry at each other, we don't look up to see how big corporations and billionaires have rigged markets and siphoned off most of the economy's gains.
April 17, 2025 at 9:45 PM
The Trump regime's repeated attacks on "DEI," "wokeness," immigrants, and the trans community have one clear purpose:
If we are angry at each other, we don't look up to see how big corporations and billionaires have rigged markets and siphoned off most of the economy's gains.
If we are angry at each other, we don't look up to see how big corporations and billionaires have rigged markets and siphoned off most of the economy's gains.
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How do you want tax dollars spent? Democrats use them to help everyone get ahead—like free school meals so kids can focus on learning. Trump? He wants to gut programs like this to pay for a $4.5 trillion tax cut for Elon Musk and the billionaire donors
Thousands of Michigan kids could lose free school meals under GOP plan, state leaders say
Republicans say they want to make the change to ensure only the neediest students get free school meals.
www.freep.com
April 15, 2025 at 7:01 PM
How do you want tax dollars spent? Democrats use them to help everyone get ahead—like free school meals so kids can focus on learning. Trump? He wants to gut programs like this to pay for a $4.5 trillion tax cut for Elon Musk and the billionaire donors
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Donald Trump has committed the most profound, harmful and unnecessary economic error in the modern era. Almost everything he said—on history, economics and the technicalities of trade—was utterly deluded econ.st/3YbbFjq
April 3, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Donald Trump has committed the most profound, harmful and unnecessary economic error in the modern era. Almost everything he said—on history, economics and the technicalities of trade—was utterly deluded econ.st/3YbbFjq
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In Massachusetts, a judge held ICE in contempt for arresting an immigrant during a jury trial.
In Wisconsin, Susan Crawford just showed Elon Musk’s money the door.
And in DC, Cory Booker swept Strom Thurmond back into the dustbins of history.
We need these moments of hope.
#MomSky
In Wisconsin, Susan Crawford just showed Elon Musk’s money the door.
And in DC, Cory Booker swept Strom Thurmond back into the dustbins of history.
We need these moments of hope.
#MomSky
April 2, 2025 at 2:09 AM
In Massachusetts, a judge held ICE in contempt for arresting an immigrant during a jury trial.
In Wisconsin, Susan Crawford just showed Elon Musk’s money the door.
And in DC, Cory Booker swept Strom Thurmond back into the dustbins of history.
We need these moments of hope.
#MomSky
In Wisconsin, Susan Crawford just showed Elon Musk’s money the door.
And in DC, Cory Booker swept Strom Thurmond back into the dustbins of history.
We need these moments of hope.
#MomSky
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Let’s see all those House Republicans in swing districts vote for those huge Medicaid cuts now to pair up with tax cuts for billionaires and corporations, on top of Trump throwing down his tariffs tomorrow. Good luck herding those cats, Mike Johnson.
April 2, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Let’s see all those House Republicans in swing districts vote for those huge Medicaid cuts now to pair up with tax cuts for billionaires and corporations, on top of Trump throwing down his tariffs tomorrow. Good luck herding those cats, Mike Johnson.
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He wore the cheesehead hat in WI. Spent $20 million. Paid people to sign petitions. Paid people to canvas. Did million dollar giveaways. A rally. TV interviews. But I guess people in Wisconsin didn’t appreciate an oligarch trying to buy their civil liberties.
April 2, 2025 at 1:54 AM
He wore the cheesehead hat in WI. Spent $20 million. Paid people to sign petitions. Paid people to canvas. Did million dollar giveaways. A rally. TV interviews. But I guess people in Wisconsin didn’t appreciate an oligarch trying to buy their civil liberties.
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Trump's latest assault on voting rights is a clear violation of the law and your right to have a say in our elections. Our Democratic leaders are fighting to defend the constitution and your fundamental freedoms.
Michigan Democrats, advocates vow to fight Trump election order: ‘We’ll see him in court’ • Michigan Advance
Michigan officials are reacting to President Donald Trump’s executive order overhauling how U.S. elections are administered, including requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote. Signed…
michiganadvance.com
March 28, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Trump's latest assault on voting rights is a clear violation of the law and your right to have a say in our elections. Our Democratic leaders are fighting to defend the constitution and your fundamental freedoms.
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Trump's in full retreat today as his poll numbers slip:
He convened the cabinet to limit Elon after voters pressured Congress.
He delayed the tariffs b/c the market dropped out & created fears of a recession.
He's losing in court b/c DOGE didn't follow the law.
Keep fighting.
He convened the cabinet to limit Elon after voters pressured Congress.
He delayed the tariffs b/c the market dropped out & created fears of a recession.
He's losing in court b/c DOGE didn't follow the law.
Keep fighting.
March 6, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Trump's in full retreat today as his poll numbers slip:
He convened the cabinet to limit Elon after voters pressured Congress.
He delayed the tariffs b/c the market dropped out & created fears of a recession.
He's losing in court b/c DOGE didn't follow the law.
Keep fighting.
He convened the cabinet to limit Elon after voters pressured Congress.
He delayed the tariffs b/c the market dropped out & created fears of a recession.
He's losing in court b/c DOGE didn't follow the law.
Keep fighting.
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"Free speech," Nazi style.
March 5, 2025 at 2:56 AM
"Free speech," Nazi style.
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Re-upping this story I wrote in 2021. Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women with actions that included kissing, groping, hugging and inappropriate comments, according to a long-anticipated report from the state Attorney General's Office. www.usatoday.com/story/life/h...
No one is saying it's rape. They're saying the accusations against Andrew Cuomo matter.
A new report found that Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women. Here's why experts say the accusations should be taken seriously.
www.usatoday.com
March 1, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Re-upping this story I wrote in 2021. Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women with actions that included kissing, groping, hugging and inappropriate comments, according to a long-anticipated report from the state Attorney General's Office. www.usatoday.com/story/life/h...
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UPDATE: Judge CHUTKAN has called a 4pm hearing on the lawsuit over Elon Musk's authority to run DOGE.
February 14, 2025 at 6:50 PM
UPDATE: Judge CHUTKAN has called a 4pm hearing on the lawsuit over Elon Musk's authority to run DOGE.
A new hashtag is trending
February 12, 2025 at 11:27 PM
A new hashtag is trending
Why is President Musk so focused on defunding cancer research, food for poor kids, and health insurance for your grandma? Simple: he wants to divert those funds into big tax cuts for billionaires. Musk is already the richest guy in the world, but wants to be richer. And wants you to pay for it.
February 11, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Why is President Musk so focused on defunding cancer research, food for poor kids, and health insurance for your grandma? Simple: he wants to divert those funds into big tax cuts for billionaires. Musk is already the richest guy in the world, but wants to be richer. And wants you to pay for it.
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Holy shit this cartoon.
February 8, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Holy shit this cartoon.