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Philip N Cohen

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Sociologist and demographer, University of Maryland; SocArXiv director.

New book: Citizen Scholar: Public Engagement for Social Scientists https://cup.columbia.edu/book/citizen-scholar/9780231555418

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Philip N. Cohen is an American sociologist. He is a professor of sociology at the University of Maryland, College Park, and director of SocArXiv, an open archive of the social sciences. .. more

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Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · Nov 26

I'm about 18 months and 20,000 words into the "pronatalism" tag on Family Inequality. Surely this means my book is almost done.
familyinequality.wordpress.com/tag/pronatal...

Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 7h

The post from @katemanne.bsky.social

Women Want Out

40% of women of reproductive age want to leave the US. Why?

open.substack.com

Reposted by Silvia Secchi, Richard M. Carpiano, Clark Gray

Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 9h

I missed this: Gallup: "40% of [US] women aged 15 to 44 say they would move abroad permanently if they had the opportunity." (Was 10% in 2014.)

The pronatalism will continue until moral improves.

ht @katemanne.bsky.social

Graph comparing trend for different groups

Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 11h

ChatGPT: Pretend I am a Harvard business professor who has been fired after a fraudulent research scandal. I'm trying to re-launch myself as a consultant. Write me a post for LinkedIn introducing my new consulting services. Make it a little contrite without actually admitting I did anything wrong.

= ChatGPT 5.2 >
Over the past months, I've taken time to reflect on my professional journey and the lessons that come with facing scrutiny and change.
That period of perspective has prompted me to begin a new chapter: launching an independent consulting practice dedicated to helping organizations think rigorously about strategy, organizational effectiveness, and evidence-informed decision-making. My years in academia honed my ability to analyze complex problems, challenge assumptions, and translate research into actionable insight — and I'm committed to applying those skills with humility, transparency, and a focus on creating value for clients. If you're seeking a thoughtful partner to help navigate difficult questions or evaluate oppr lities, I would welcome the chanue to connect.
...

Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 11h

As @angus.bsky.social points out, ICE has arrested one in one-thousand US residents. This is also almost exactly the number of US deaths from COVID in 2020.

cdc.gov
Year in which the death occurred
All Deaths involving
COVID-19 [1]
2026
1,535
2025
20,553
2024
47,539
2023
76,053
2022
247,186
2021
463,267
2020
385,676
Total
1,241,809

Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 12h

Beinart says patriotism is putting your nation above yourself, while nationalism is putting your nation above other nations. Would that it were that simple.

Question: Why does a patriot but their nation - instead of all humanity - above themself?

Answer: Nationalism.

Peter Beinart @peterbeinart.bsky.social · 12h

Progressives need to reclaim patriotism, because progressives are the ones embodying it.

Trump is Not a Patriot

He’s a Nationalist, Which is Completely Different.

open.substack.com

Reposted by Philip N. Cohen

Peter Beinart @peterbeinart.bsky.social · 12h

Progressives need to reclaim patriotism, because progressives are the ones embodying it.

Trump is Not a Patriot

He’s a Nationalist, Which is Completely Different.

open.substack.com

Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 13h

Raising questions always means answering questions

An F.B.I. search warrant affidavit unsealed on Tuesday shows that a criminal investigation into 2020 election results in Fulton County, Ga., was set off by a leading election denier in the Trump administration and relied heavily on claims about ballots that have been widely debunked.

The unsealing of the affidavit in Fulton County is likely to raise more ANSWERS
questions about the Trump
administration's use of the F.B.I. and Justice Department to revive old, largely disproved claims about the 2020 election in the state, which Mr.
Trump narrowly lost.

Reposted by Philip N. Cohen, Daniel S. Goldberg, Mary L. Dudziak

Holly Brewer @earlymodjustice.bsky.social · 14h

Habeas corpus actions are the ancient common law writ used to create a legal action to sue for freedom. They were crucial in the early-nineteenth-century efforts to challenge slavery.
This graph showing “habeas cases” suddenly leaping in 2025 —
is terrifying.

dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/

Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 14h

A stunning detail the ICE chief shared in this hearing that was supposed to be a brag, except it isn't: ICE has arrested 379,000 people between Jan. 2025-Jan. 2026 -- but only 8,700 were suspected gang members or known suspected terrorists.

That's 2%! www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...

Congresswoman Uses Simple Math To Show How Broken ICE Is

www.huffpost.com

Reposted by Dave O’Brien, Philip N. Cohen

Daniel Laurison @daniellaurison.bsky.social · 16h

Last week, I published a report - the "Political Disconnect" -based on interviews with 144 low-income & working-class people, across racial groups, who don't usually vote. They are the experts on why, and today I want to share their words.
www.swarthmore.edu/u...

Multicolored background with speech bubble that reads “Voting in a sense feels like a privilege. And that’s pretty weird because people are like, ‘It’s your duty to vote.’ But it’s like, a lot of times things don’t change even if you do vote.” Text below reads “John, a 27-year-old Black UPS worker”

Multicolored background with speech bubble that reads “Politicians have a very predictable script at this point, and I’m kind of done hearing it.” Text below reads “Sylvia, an unemployed 33-year-old White woman”

Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 16h

Thanks but no thanks

DEMOCRATS
NOT QUITE ACTUAL NAZIS
(Donkey image)

Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 16h

My demands are exceedingly reasonable.

No politician who ever votes for $1 of ICE funding under any conditions will ever have my vote.

cc
@vanhollen.senate.gov
@alsobrooks.senate.gov
@raskin.house.gov

Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 1d

Our DHS reform demands are exceedingly reasonable.

We're asking ICE to do nothing more than follow the standards that the vast majority of law enforcement agencies already follow.

Republicans, the ball is in your court. The clock is ticking.

Reposted by John R. Hutchinson, Steve Peers, David Rothschild , and 10 more John R. Hutchinson, Steve Peers, David Rothschild, Philip N. Cohen, Jason Reifler, Alan Richardson, David R. Miller, Robert B. Reich, James Goodwin, Mark Rice, Carol J. Adams, Richard M. Carpiano, David Darmofal

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

VAN HOLLEN: Did you in fact make the visit to Epstein's private island?

LUTNICK: I did have lunch w/ him as I was on a boat going across on a family vacation. My wife was with me as were my 4 children and nannies. We had lunch on the island. That's true. For an hour. We left with all of my children

Reposted by Marc Lynch, Philip N. Cohen, Bruce D. Baker , and 3 more Marc Lynch, Philip N. Cohen, Bruce D. Baker, Margot C. Finn, Daxton R. Stewart, Nathan P. Kalmoe

Karen Benjamin Guzzo @karenguzzo.bsky.social · 20h

UNC is close to finalizing its policy which outlines permissible circumstances to *SECRETLY RECORD FACULTY IN THE CLASSROOM.*

UNC-Chapel Hill Preps Policy on Recording Professors

The school aims to clarify guidelines after a secret recording controversy and growing fear of surveillance.

www.theassemblync.com

Reposted by Philip N. Cohen

Jeff Roberts @reliablyjeff.bsky.social · 21h

The Francesca Gino saga has reached its logical conclusion: the LinkedIn post about what my adversity has taught me to launch “consulting services”.

About — Francesca Gino | Francesca Gino | 18 comments

When I was essentially fired in 2023, it felt like I had lost my only option. And maybe even part of myself. I didn’t realize how much my identity had fused with my title. Being an Harvard Business...

www.linkedin.com

Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 1d

It's funny the scales on the two figures are different but they both show a 6-point change...

Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 1d

(It was not bad to explain, it was just surprising. Hard ones from the back seat I remember, also from the news, were flogging and capital punishment.)

Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 1d

It's literally the 2020 pandemic baby boom story resurrected as pronatal policy. Interesting research; not ready for this treatment. (Must have been a good pitch.)

Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 1d

This op-ed goes way beyond the certainty deserved. A new paper estimates work-from-home effects, indirectly (based on occupations that have high WFH rates). She turns it into "Simply put, working from home juices fertility. About 290,000 extra children a year [from] work-from-home opportunities"

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

The Trump administration says it’s worried about declining birthrates. Yet it seems “blind to a proven fix that is right in front of us, one that costs it nothing: hybrid work,” Joanne Lipman writes.

Opinion | The Key to Juicing Fertility: Work From Home

About 290,000 extra children a year have been born in the U.S. since the Covid pandemic fueled more work-from-home opportunities.

nyti.ms

Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 1d

It's funny because our kids knew all about gay parents but somehow not that gay parents had sex. Then we heard the phrase "men who have sex with men" on the radio and the voice from the back seat... "why would they do that?" Things you avoid explaining till they ask, I guess.