Philip N Cohen
@philipncohen.com
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
Website: philipncohen.com
Blog: familyinequality.com
New book: Citizen Scholar: Public Engagement for Social Scientists https://cup.columbia.edu/book/citizen-scholar/9780231555418
Website: philipncohen.com
Blog: familyinequality.com
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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...
familyinequality.wordpress.com/tag/pronatal...
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
The pronatalism will continue until moral improves.
ht @katemanne.bsky.social
February 11, 2026 at 12:29 AM
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
The pronatalism will continue until moral improves.
ht @katemanne.bsky.social
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.
February 10, 2026 at 10:37 PM
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.
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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
February 10, 2026 at 12:19 PM
The Francesca Gino saga has reached its logical conclusion: the LinkedIn post about what my adversity has taught me to launch “consulting services”.
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](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:iwjcgn5pt2krm2lmav2mdcyz/bafkreifkexzsxqeymioaitujeuzz4uszwbjvrst4majbm5xkidr6jvucky@jpeg)
February 10, 2026 at 9:49 PM
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.
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.
Question: Why does a patriot but their nation - instead of all humanity - above themself?
Answer: Nationalism.
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
February 10, 2026 at 9:41 PM
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.
Question: Why does a patriot but their nation - instead of all humanity - above themself?
Answer: Nationalism.
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One of every thousand American residents has been taken into custody by ICE in the last year.
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...
That's 2%! www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
Congresswoman Uses Simple Math To Show How Broken ICE Is
www.huffpost.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:11 PM
One of every thousand American residents has been taken into custody by ICE in the last year.
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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/
This graph showing “habeas cases” suddenly leaping in 2025 —
is terrifying.
dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/
February 10, 2026 at 7:37 PM
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/
This graph showing “habeas cases” suddenly leaping in 2025 —
is terrifying.
dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/
Raising questions always means answering questions
February 10, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Raising questions always means answering questions
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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...
www.swarthmore.edu/u...
February 10, 2026 at 5:27 PM
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...
www.swarthmore.edu/u...
Thanks but no thanks
February 10, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Thanks but no thanks
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
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
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.
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.
February 10, 2026 at 5:08 PM
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
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
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Thank you for clarifying that you didn't leave any of your children behind after you brought them to Literal Child Rape Island, sir.
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
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
February 10, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Thank you for clarifying that you didn't leave any of your children behind after you brought them to Literal Child Rape Island, sir.
February 10, 2026 at 3:25 PM
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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
February 10, 2026 at 12:58 PM
UNC is close to finalizing its policy which outlines permissible circumstances to *SECRETLY RECORD FACULTY IN THE CLASSROOM.*
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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"
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.
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
February 10, 2026 at 4:39 AM
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"
It's funny the scales on the two figures are different but they both show a 6-point change...
February 10, 2026 at 5:10 AM
It's funny the scales on the two figures are different but they both show a 6-point change...
(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.)
February 10, 2026 at 5:04 AM
(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.)
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.)
February 10, 2026 at 4:39 AM
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.)
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"
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.
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
February 10, 2026 at 4:39 AM
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"
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.
February 10, 2026 at 4:31 AM
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.
This is a simple test of knowledge, an empirical matter, treated, as we do, as an opinion
Extremely or very confident Donald Trump acts ethically in office
White evangelicals 40%
US adult avg. 21%
Unaffiliated 10%
Black Protestants 7%
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2026/02/09/white-evangelicals-remain-among-trumps-strongest-supporters-but-theyre-less-supportive-than-a-year-ago/
White evangelicals 40%
US adult avg. 21%
Unaffiliated 10%
Black Protestants 7%
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2026/02/09/white-evangelicals-remain-among-trumps-strongest-supporters-but-theyre-less-supportive-than-a-year-ago/
February 10, 2026 at 4:27 AM
This is a simple test of knowledge, an empirical matter, treated, as we do, as an opinion
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My hot take: don’t ban books.
Canadian publishers condemn Alberta's decision to proceed with its discriminatory book ban. The ban restricts access to literature, undermines professional expertise & diverts public resources away from actual learning. @lpgcanada.bsky.social @youralberta.bsky.social publishers.ca/alberta-book...
Canadian Publishing Industry Condemns Implementation of Alberta Book Ban - Association of Canadian Publishers
publishers.ca
February 10, 2026 at 2:01 AM
My hot take: don’t ban books.
It's so helpful! No, not like that. Or that. Actually, just read the manual
February 10, 2026 at 12:32 AM
It's so helpful! No, not like that. Or that. Actually, just read the manual
Oh no, how will UMD people access the Enterprise Resource Planning Services Workday Human Capital and Finance Virtual Agent without new AI products?!
This guy oversaw two CEO replacements for himself, and undermined both of them. Failure to develop AI products is his fault. This is bad news for Workday. www-cnbc-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.cnbc...
Workday CEO Carl Eschenbach is stepping down, co-founder Aneel Bhusri to take over
The company's co-founder, Aneel Bhusri, who has previously served as chief executive, will replace Eschenbach.
www-cnbc-com.cdn.ampproject.org
February 10, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Oh no, how will UMD people access the Enterprise Resource Planning Services Workday Human Capital and Finance Virtual Agent without new AI products?!
