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Rural sociologist whose passion is making the world a better place through food.
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It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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When we say “billionaires should not exist,” what we mean is:
Instead of billionaires…
Everyone should have healthcare.
Everyone should have housing.
Everyone should have access to healthy food and clean water.
Billionaires are a policy failure.
Instead of billionaires…
Everyone should have healthcare.
Everyone should have housing.
Everyone should have access to healthy food and clean water.
Billionaires are a policy failure.
December 13, 2025 at 10:30 PM
When we say “billionaires should not exist,” what we mean is:
Instead of billionaires…
Everyone should have healthcare.
Everyone should have housing.
Everyone should have access to healthy food and clean water.
Billionaires are a policy failure.
Instead of billionaires…
Everyone should have healthcare.
Everyone should have housing.
Everyone should have access to healthy food and clean water.
Billionaires are a policy failure.
So sad to see this at my alma mater.
It's over.
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
BREAKING: ‘This hurts’: UNL eliminates 4 programs despite faculty, student pleas
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln eliminates the Earth and atmospheric sciences 8-0, educational administration 7-1, statistics 7-1, textiles, merchandising and fashion design 7-1 programs.
www.dailynebraskan.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:40 AM
So sad to see this at my alma mater.
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From where I am standing, I know this is the movement I have been working toward. I feel the rafters shaking and the walls moving. I feel the aftershock of the work that went into Aftyn’s race and how it’s rippling out into red states across the country.
open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...
open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...
Stress Fractures
Running everywhere
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December 3, 2025 at 7:59 PM
From where I am standing, I know this is the movement I have been working toward. I feel the rafters shaking and the walls moving. I feel the aftershock of the work that went into Aftyn’s race and how it’s rippling out into red states across the country.
open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...
open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...
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The AEA has imposed a lifetime ban on Lawrence H. Summers’ membership and participation in AEA activities. See the full statement here. www.aeaweb.org/news/aea-sta...
Statement from the American Economic Association
www.aeaweb.org
December 2, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The AEA has imposed a lifetime ban on Lawrence H. Summers’ membership and participation in AEA activities. See the full statement here. www.aeaweb.org/news/aea-sta...
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🧵This 58-year-old nurse from Maryland is seen being violently dragged along the ground by officials in Ghana.
Trump deported her there.
This abhorrent & disgusting abuse of a woman who saved American lives and cared for injured and ill Americans for 30 years.
All the details below are worse.
Trump deported her there.
This abhorrent & disgusting abuse of a woman who saved American lives and cared for injured and ill Americans for 30 years.
All the details below are worse.
Woman deported from Maryland shown on video being dragged in Ghana
Rabbiatu Kuyateh was detained this summer at her annual ICE check-in, her son said. She moved to the D.C. area 30 years ago as she fled civil war in Sierra Leone.
www.nbcnews.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:30 AM
🧵This 58-year-old nurse from Maryland is seen being violently dragged along the ground by officials in Ghana.
Trump deported her there.
This abhorrent & disgusting abuse of a woman who saved American lives and cared for injured and ill Americans for 30 years.
All the details below are worse.
Trump deported her there.
This abhorrent & disgusting abuse of a woman who saved American lives and cared for injured and ill Americans for 30 years.
All the details below are worse.
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Part of this week’s newsletter was inspired by the post below. Was there a way to show the distance between normal Americans and the super wealthy?
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www.howtoreadthisch.art/putting-the-...
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November 15, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Part of this week’s newsletter was inspired by the post below. Was there a way to show the distance between normal Americans and the super wealthy?
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www.howtoreadthisch.art/putting-the-...
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www.howtoreadthisch.art/putting-the-...
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Jeffrey Epstein Was a Warlord. We Have to Talk About It.
www.thenation.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:22 PM
This is fascinating!
ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy
November 13, 2025 at 11:50 AM
This is fascinating!
Oh my
Three future PAA presidents (Taeuber, Taeuber, Whelpton) and one ASA president (Hankins) wrote positive pieces in American Journal of Sociology in the 1930s about Hitler's pronatalist policies.
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October 25, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Oh my
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Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?
October 23, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?
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Norbert Wilson and colleagues at the Duke World Food Policy Center will be discussing the end of U.S. food security measurement on the Current Population Survey (CPS), with several colleagues and me, in a webinar Nov 20 11am eastern. wfpc.sanford.duke.edu/webinar-what...
Webinar: What We Lose as USDA Household Food Security Reporting Ends - World Food Policy Center
November 20, 2025 | 11:00 AM-Noon EST This free webinar will explore the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) annual survey of household food security, and…
wfpc.sanford.duke.edu
October 22, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Norbert Wilson and colleagues at the Duke World Food Policy Center will be discussing the end of U.S. food security measurement on the Current Population Survey (CPS), with several colleagues and me, in a webinar Nov 20 11am eastern. wfpc.sanford.duke.edu/webinar-what...
I feel so seen.
I am An Old.
(I read way faster than people speak, so I'm almost always going to prefer text over video. I can also read without disturbing anyone nearby without requiring headphones)
(I read way faster than people speak, so I'm almost always going to prefer text over video. I can also read without disturbing anyone nearby without requiring headphones)
The real generational divide is people who refuse to watch a video if it could be an article versus people who refuse to read an article if it could be a video
September 30, 2025 at 10:04 PM
I feel so seen.
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A new Food Bytes post on The Food Archive of "nibbles" on all things climate, food, nutrition, policy and culture. Up this month? Sushi! Pizza! Food environments! Meat lobbying! NCDs! Check it out: shorturl.at/2TNJX
Food Bytes: September 2025 Edition — The Food Archive
FOOD BYTES IS A (ALMOST) MONTHLY BLOG POST OF “NIBBLES” ON ALL THINGS CLIMATE, FOOD, NUTRITION SCIENCE, POLICY, AND CULTURE. Food Bytes is back after taking August off (already practicing my ferrago...
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September 29, 2025 at 11:42 AM
A new Food Bytes post on The Food Archive of "nibbles" on all things climate, food, nutrition, policy and culture. Up this month? Sushi! Pizza! Food environments! Meat lobbying! NCDs! Check it out: shorturl.at/2TNJX
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1. The Trump Administration has disqualified thousands of rural communities from receiving expected funding to build broadband networks. "There’s going to be a lot of frustration with these changes and the way it walked back from what was going to be a very promising outcome.”
September 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
1. The Trump Administration has disqualified thousands of rural communities from receiving expected funding to build broadband networks. "There’s going to be a lot of frustration with these changes and the way it walked back from what was going to be a very promising outcome.”
⬇️⬇️⬇️🤦♀️ such an important point!
Republicans in Congress are dealing big blows to small businesses right now. One looming one is the dramatic increase in health insurance costs for those who buy through the ACA marketplaces. Half— half! — of people under 65 using the marketplaces are small business owners and employees.
About Half of Adults with ACA Marketplace Coverage are Small Business Owners, Employees, or Self-Employed | KFF
This analysis estimates that 48% of adults under age 65 with individual market coverage are either employed by a small business with fewer than 25 workers, self-employed entrepreneurs, or small…
www.kff.org
September 24, 2025 at 12:54 PM
⬇️⬇️⬇️🤦♀️ such an important point!
It’s a sad state of affairs when this becomes a concern.
Lemme guess. Kenvue (the company that makes Tylenol) refused to give him campaign money?
September 23, 2025 at 3:12 AM
It’s a sad state of affairs when this becomes a concern.
@mattcrf.bsky.social “As I consider all of the disruptions we’re encountering in Iowa, in the United States, and globally, I’m challenged to lean into my belief in the possibility of a hopeful and abundant future.” We need to re-envision democracy from the ground up.
substack.com/@mattrussell...
substack.com/@mattrussell...
Matt Russell (@mattrussellcrf)
We are not being called to restore our democracy. We’re being called to invest in a new vision of what democracy can be. We have hundreds of years of experience to draw on. But we cannot simply go bac...
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September 20, 2025 at 10:20 PM
@mattcrf.bsky.social “As I consider all of the disruptions we’re encountering in Iowa, in the United States, and globally, I’m challenged to lean into my belief in the possibility of a hopeful and abundant future.” We need to re-envision democracy from the ground up.
substack.com/@mattrussell...
substack.com/@mattrussell...
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Farmworkers keep America’s food system alive, but immigration raids & stalled reforms are reshaping their lives and our supply chains.
Join Investigate Midwest tomorrow, Sept. 18 at noon CST for a free virtual panel on the future of farm labor.
RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/immigratio...
Join Investigate Midwest tomorrow, Sept. 18 at noon CST for a free virtual panel on the future of farm labor.
RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/immigratio...
September 17, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Farmworkers keep America’s food system alive, but immigration raids & stalled reforms are reshaping their lives and our supply chains.
Join Investigate Midwest tomorrow, Sept. 18 at noon CST for a free virtual panel on the future of farm labor.
RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/immigratio...
Join Investigate Midwest tomorrow, Sept. 18 at noon CST for a free virtual panel on the future of farm labor.
RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/immigratio...
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Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.
substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
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This loos fascinating! Thanks for posting @tressiemcphd.bsky.social!
“While each approach contributes to an economic sociology of the far right, the article contends that the materialist approach is central for articulating these findings with those of broader far-right studies.”
"the rise of reactionary politics is an epochal trend that reshapes markets and capitalist systems in depth"
@theobourgeron.bsky.social in @jcultecon.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@theobourgeron.bsky.social in @jcultecon.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
September 14, 2025 at 5:55 PM
This loos fascinating! Thanks for posting @tressiemcphd.bsky.social!
The comments are even better!
You’re think *you’re* depressed? Try being at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association right now with 5,000 political scientists presenting their work on the state of democracy, public opinion, and media.
They are also drinking heavily.
They are also drinking heavily.
September 13, 2025 at 4:32 PM
The comments are even better!
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Okay. I just came back to this and you aren’t calling these efforts resegregation yet, you absolutely should be
August 31, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Okay. I just came back to this and you aren’t calling these efforts resegregation yet, you absolutely should be