Danielle Charlemagne, PhD

Black folks and immigrants have long lived in a "perogative state" when it comes to law enforcement, and maybe pundits at the largest national outlets should recognize that their past support for punitive policing and immigration enforcement laid the groundwork for the current moment.

It’s an important thing to (re)call how you arrived at the understandings you now currently take for granted. Research talks, I find, help with this.

Our broken child care system can learn a lot from New Mexico - the state that is leading the way in guaranteeing free child care for all.

There is no better rate of return than investing in our children.

The rest of the country should follow New Mexico’s lead.

a couple uses of attention I see: 1. Distance-producing; 2. Closeness producing.

Some leverage our attention to alienate us from political life (through saturation, to leave it in the hands of “big-actors”) or draw us in (through intimacy, stories, shared place).

Both intentional & effective 2/2

Just back from my walk and thinking again about how central mastery of the attention economy is to the future of politics.

We are noticing a spectrum of strategy between the political left and right and their theory of attention’s affects in power:

Alienation <——> Intimacy

Proximity politics 1/2

Congratulations! Sounds like a stellar project!

On that last post: I genuinely cannot think of any good-faith reason to bar international adoptions from those 39 countries. Under this new ban, consulates will refuse adoption visas for any baby from Cuba, Haiti, Venezuela, Nigeria, or any of the 39 other countries.

How convenient.

hot grading tip: set a timer.

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another fave, ”first, make it exist, then make it good“.

The twilight zone continues…

I also appreciate the deference here to the voting body. This kind of fidelity to democratic process is a refreshing thing to rewatch and replay in this moment.

Her smirk :)

A New Era for NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is ready to work to make New York safe and affordable for all of its residents.

Transition2025.com

Solid mentorship: a smart thing to do for emerging scholars and to guide scholars to do as they enter the job market. that said, check these folks out!📯

Here's my thread of this year's new scholars in Economics of Education and Education Policy.

These PhD students and postdocs are on the job market, so take a look (and spread the word to others who might benefit from exposure).

And now onto the scholars... 👇

👋 I'm Danielle, and I'm on the #econjobmarket this year!

Let's start with a student describing her segregated school:

"The school felt temporary. Built like a warehouse with aluminum siding . . . I had a slipshod education"

The twist? The student is white, and her school is private.

A JMP 🧵 -->

Every state is purple.

A fence post at New York’s Bowling Green still showing the rough saw marks where, in July 1776, colonists cut off the crowns that used to adorn the tops.

Colonists also pulled down a statute of King George III that once stood where the fountain is today.

I regret to confirm, waking up early before your household is often really really productive and mind-clearing. Woke up early (before 5!) and decided to just get to the things on my mind that had me up before 5. Did well for my checklist :).

Why Protests Should Be Promises Modern movements that aim to advance racial equity should withhold and promise, rather than perform, writes Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò

we should all go out on October 18 and it's good that so many of us are planning to. but we should all start talking to each other about what we're going to do next, too - what we will withhold together if the abuses continue. we can go on offense, too!

time.com/collections/...

The fact that these conditions are made increasingly unsurvivable for so many, is actually the point.

The Virginia Senate just told UVA it’s not getting state funding if it accepts the compact since UVA exists to serve Virginia, its residents, & their interests—not be a tool of the federal govt. Scoop from our student newspaper, who’ve been doing vital reporting www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...

Four cheers for MIT.

orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...

When the carrot comes with strings attached, it's just a stick in disguise.

🗣️THIS is the message!!

Brava, Congresswoman @aoc.bsky.social!!

“When I face the desolate impossibility of writing five hundred pages, a sick sense of failure falls on me, and I know I can never do it. Then gradually, I write one page and then another. One day's work is all I can permit myself to contemplate.”
― John Steinbeck

#WritingSky #AcademicSky

The lessons I learned from 'Alligator Alcatraz' Podcast Episode · It's Been a Minute · 09/03/2025 · 19m

A history of alligator paraphernalia, “Alligator Bait,” the “catchy”reinforcement of race and the sliding scale of “citizenship” as we know it.

#Seaweed farms are a dual solution for climate change & sustainable energy.
- don't require freshwater, fertilizer, or arable land to grow, making it one of the most eco-friendly resources
- naturally absorbs massive amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through photosynthesis helping
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