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Reposted by Karen Benjamin Guzzo, Scott L. Greer, Stacie B. Dusetzina , and 5 more

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Medicare has stopped paying physicians due to the shut down. Standing right on the third rail www.statnews.com/2025/10/15/c...
Medicare payments to doctors paused as government shutdown drags on
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is pausing Medicare payments to doctors, as negotiations tied to the government shutdown drag on.
www.statnews.com
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by Karen Benjamin Guzzo

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The memo “gives Pete Hegseth, the defense secretary, wide authority to repurpose funds, even though no such permission has been granted by Congress.”

THIS IS NOT OKAY.
Trump Signs Memo Expanding His Authority to Spend Federal Money
www.nytimes.com
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Reposted by Karen Benjamin Guzzo, Anna O. Law, Scott L. Greer , and 8 more

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These. Were. Men. In. Their. 30s.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid"
We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.
www.motherjones.com
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by Karen Benjamin Guzzo

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What I mean by "care infrastructure" is childcare, of course, but also paid leave. It's investment in schools, health care, housing, communities. It's vaccines, food safety, gun restrictions. Then maybe moms wouldn't feel as if their children's health & futures are entirely on their shoulders. 2/2
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by Karen Benjamin Guzzo

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When society fails to support caregiving thru its actions despite professing to value motherhood & children, it's no wonder that moms seek ways to find community.

There's nothing wrong w/ that, but w/o robust care infrastructure, moms will continue to feel like they're on their own. 1/2
Motherhood Is in a Political Spotlight, but the Moms Are Shaking It Off
www.nytimes.com
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Reposted by Karen Benjamin Guzzo, Rosemary A. Joyce, Robert C. Richards , and 2 more

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NBC News has reportedly eliminated its NBC BLK, NBC Asian America, NBC Latino and NBC OUT teams
NBC News’ 150 Layoffs Gut Black, Latino, Asian American and LGBTQ+ Diversity Teams
The cuts affected teams across the NBC News operation and came as the network no longer needed to support two different news operations. MSNBC has begun growing its own newsroom, hiring swaths of tale...
www.thewrap.com
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Reposted by Karen Benjamin Guzzo

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This is going to be my soapbox for a while, but we're seeing this jurisprudence change in real time. When Rucho was decided, the Court at least acknowledged that partisan gerrymandering was unfortunate. Today, it's treated as a legit goal for states to pursue and one that VRA districts must respect
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Reposted by Karen Benjamin Guzzo, Valerie Mueller

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UNC-Greensboro is hiring two assistant professors in the Human Development and Family Studies Department! Sociology PhDs are eligible...this is one of the top HDFS programs in the country spartantalent.uncg.edu/postings/32914
Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Studies (two positions)
The Department of Human Development and Family Studies invites applications for two 9-month tenure-track appointments at the Assistant Professor level, starting August 2026. We seek dynamic and colleg...
spartantalent.uncg.edu
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Reposted by Karen Benjamin Guzzo, Anna O. Law, Nathan P. Kalmoe , and 1 more

jamellebouie.net
asylum but only for racists apparently www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
Trump Considers Overhaul of Refugee System That Would Favor White People
www.nytimes.com
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Reposted by Karen Benjamin Guzzo

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"you don’t see the infection you didn’t get"
www.statnews.com/2025/10/14/c...
CDC team running top survey on health and nutrition is laid off
NHANES has collected data on eating patterns, diabetes, and other common diseases for decades. The CDC team that runs it has been fired.
www.statnews.com
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by Karen Benjamin Guzzo

karenguzzo.bsky.social
Childcare is a public good. The return on investment is high (and VERY well-documented). It benefits children, mothers, families, businesses, and the economy.

The lack of a robust childcare infrastructure is a choice the U.S. has made. We could make a different one.

www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/...
Will America finally treat child care as a public good? Some states are about to find out
In November, New Mexico will become the first state to offer free daycare for children as young as 6 weeks. On the other side of the country, child care is a key issue in New York City's mayoral elect...
www.wbur.org
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by Maya Sen — Reposted by Karen Benjamin Guzzo

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Aside from losing many Democratic seats, Black representation in Congress will probably drop from around 14% of seats (nationally representative) to maybe 7 or 8% (not representative)?

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
The Supreme Court Case That Could Hand the House to Republicans
www.nytimes.com
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Reposted by Karen Benjamin Guzzo, Scott L. Greer, Sanford F. Schram , and 1 more

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New, from me: I break down all that is happening with the shutdown.
Shutdowns are bad. But only Trump and Russ Vought are brave enough to ask: what if shutdowns aren’t painful enough? How can we use this as an opportunity to target our political enemies? 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-shutdo...
The Shutdown Shitshow
As Trump uses the shutdown to settle scores, the public bears the cost
donmoynihan.substack.com
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Reposted by Karen Benjamin Guzzo

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📢 Call for Papers 📢
Excited to co-edit a Special Issue on “Time Use and Family Dynamics in Contemporary Europe” in Comparative Population Studies (CPoS)!
We invite submissions using time-use data to advance research on family life across Europe.
🔗 www.comparativepopulationstudies.de/index.php/CP...
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by Karen Benjamin Guzzo

karenguzzo.bsky.social
Home is where your broom is. #legokaren
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Reposted by Karen Benjamin Guzzo, Rosemary A. Joyce, Juan Cole , and 1 more

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The entire HR department at the CDC is gone. Everyone at the IRB, which makes sure studies are conducted ethically and rigorously, and the ethics office, which oversee conflicts of interest for CDC leaders and advisory committee members, were also let go.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Instability and confusion’ as CDC slashes 1,300 jobs before reinstating half
Trump administration says 700 notices were sent in error, while top CDC officer says ‘they didn’t think through what they were doing’
www.theguardian.com
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Reposted by Karen Benjamin Guzzo

robertkelchen.com
This is quite a 7,000-word essay on how American higher education has fared over the last nine months. It's worth your time to read.
Inside the Trump Administration’s Assault on Higher Education
How conservatives learned to stop worrying and love federal power.
www.newyorker.com
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by Philip N. Cohen — Reposted by Karen Benjamin Guzzo, Sibylle Gollac

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123. In 1960, 87% of women got married by the time they were 25 years old. In 2025 it was 24%. (Comment: The 1950s was the closest we got to a compulsory marriage system for women in this country, and the American right has pining for it ever since.) (reposting with sex labels)
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Reposted by Karen Benjamin Guzzo, James Q. Wilson, Brendan Nyhan , and 4 more

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I know it is beside the point because this administration simply wants resegregation but conferences for Black professional associations have always been open to everyone. Typically, the started as a response to white exclusion, and did not replicate that.
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Benjamin McKean @blmckean.bsky.social · 1d
Very bad: OSU unilaterally cancelled the registration of grad students attending the joint conference of the National Society of Black Physicists and the National Society of Hispanic Physicists. And OSU won't fund recruiting at the Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science.
Ohio State changes policy on group conferences after Trump administration threats
A federal investigation into potentially discriminatory practices at Ohio State prompted the university to change its policies regarding conferences.
www.dispatch.com
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Reposted by Karen Benjamin Guzzo, Smith, Dana Howard , and 1 more

blmckean.bsky.social
Very bad: OSU unilaterally cancelled the registration of grad students attending the joint conference of the National Society of Black Physicists and the National Society of Hispanic Physicists. And OSU won't fund recruiting at the Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science.
Ohio State changes policy on group conferences after Trump administration threats
A federal investigation into potentially discriminatory practices at Ohio State prompted the university to change its policies regarding conferences.
www.dispatch.com
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by Karen Benjamin Guzzo

karenguzzo.bsky.social
The privatization of public education is a slow moving disaster. It overpromises, underdelivers, and preys on the highest-need districts and students.
A virtual education company was a lifeline to a rural district. Now they're at war.
What began as an emergency option for New Mexico students during the pandemic has spiraled into dueling lawsuits and drawn government scrutiny.
www.nbcnews.com
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by Karen Benjamin Guzzo

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This real estate market has people saying “yeah, well how haunted is it, really? We can handle a few ghosts and monsters.” #legokaren
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by Karen Benjamin Guzzo

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Expected but still painful.
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Drug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 2d
NIH Study Sections are on hold...again. drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2025/10/13/n...
NIH Study Sections are on hold…again.
The primary input to deciding on the merit of proposals submitted to the NIH for potential funding, as most of my remaining blog audience well knows, is the outcome of the initial peer-review proce…
drugmonkey.wordpress.com
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Reposted by Karen Benjamin Guzzo, Joshua S. Weitz, Jason Williams

drugmonkey.bsky.social
NIH Study Sections are on hold...again. drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2025/10/13/n...
NIH Study Sections are on hold…again.
The primary input to deciding on the merit of proposals submitted to the NIH for potential funding, as most of my remaining blog audience well knows, is the outcome of the initial peer-review proce…
drugmonkey.wordpress.com
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Reposted by Karen Benjamin Guzzo

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BREAKING: North Carolina Republicans announce plans to vote on a new U.S. House map as a nationwide redistricting battle unfolds.
North Carolina GOP announce plans to vote on new House map amid nationwide redistricting battle
North Carolina Republican legislative leaders say they will vote next week on redrawing the state’s U.S.
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Reposted by Karen Benjamin Guzzo, Aaron Sojourner, Nathan P. Kalmoe

victorerikray.bsky.social
Between this, the resegregation of the military, and the retooling of the Department of Justice to focus on (fake) discrimination against white Christians, and eviscerating Civil Rights Act enforcement, they have nearly erased the structural legacy of the Civil Rights Movement.
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 2d
Wednesday is gonna be a rough day:

The Supreme Court will be hearing oral argument in a pair of cases that threaten what little remains of the federal government’s ability to protect voters from racial gerrymandering under the Voting Rights Act

ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/louis...
Louisiana v Callais: The Republicans Justices Are Getting Ready to Finish Off the Voting Rights Act
In Louisiana v Callais, John Roberts will have the chance to finish his decades-long war on. voting rights.
ballsandstrikes.org
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Reposted by Karen Benjamin Guzzo, Nandita Sharma, Philip Nel , and 14 more

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PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD!!

The University of Texas-Austin is beginning a process to eliminate the Black Studies, Latino Studies, and Gender Studies departments in the College of Liberal Arts. This is a grave threat to the educational liberty of students, faculty, staff, and the people of Texas. 1/
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Reposted by Karen Benjamin Guzzo, Joshua S. Weitz, Jason Williams

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This is a powerful account from a PhD student whose fellowship was terminated by NIH because it was part of a "diversity" program without any other considerations or understanding of what the program or the students were actually doing.

undark.org/2025/10/09/o...

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NIH Student Grant Cancellation Will Weaken Scientific Innovation
The termination of federal F31 diversity fellowships puts many graduate students in a bind — and U.S. science at risk.
undark.org
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by Karen Benjamin Guzzo

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I try so hard to say no!
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by Karen Benjamin Guzzo

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8th and damn-well-better-be-final T&P external letter done for the year.
a woman in a green sweater is covering her face with her hands and says `` no more '' .
ALT: a woman in a green sweater is covering her face with her hands and says `` no more '' .
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