Esteban J. Quiñones, Ph.D.

DOJ hides Trump-related Epstein files. And, what to know for the State of the Union An NPR investigation found that the DOJ withheld some Epstein files related to abuse allegations against Trump. And, what you need to know ahead of the president's State of the Union address tonight.

An NPR investigation found that the DOJ withheld some Epstein files related to abuse allegations against Trump. And, what you need to know ahead of the president's State of the Union address tonight. n.pr/4aT95Eh

A lot of people, including me, were wondering how an IRB could ever approve this study.

The answer is that no IRB did. The person who “signed off” on approval from the only ethics board that reviewed it had resigned three years earlier. His signature was used without his knowledge.

Kaitlyn M. Sims - Jail Justice Initiative We are a collective of scholars studying the role of jails in the broader context of the US criminal-legal system. While there has been substantial qualitative and quantitative research on the causes ...

For more info on the JJI: sites.google.com/view/kaitsim...

🚨New publication alert!🚨

Jails are a prominent piece of the US carceral state, yet we often lump them in with prisons and (falsely) assume that they follow similar trends for mass incarceration.

In this piece, we unpack what we lose when we conflate jails and prisons and trace jails' unique role.

Woo hoo I just received another donation on my fundraiser for food banks! But we still have a long way to go before I run that marathon, please chip in! www.classy.org/fundraiser/6...

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NEWS: The Social Security Administration has referred two DOGE employees for Hatch Act violations after discovering contacts with a political group seeking SSA data to overturn election results. www.politico.com/news/2026/01...

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YouTube video by Federal Reserve Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell

Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...

“Tell your children who the cowards were.”

Low-Income Disabled Youth Face Significant Challenges Upon Coming of Age More than 4 in 10 SSI youth lose their benefits when they turn 18 because they have not demonstrated that they meet SSI’s stringent adult definition of disability, even if they continue to have health...

Lots more information on transition-age SSI youth, their outcomes, research on improving the transition to adulthood, and ideas for reform in the paper!

Please give it a read: www.cbpp.org/research/soc...

Low-Income Disabled Youth Face Significant Challenges Upon Coming of Age More than 4 in 10 SSI youth lose their benefits when they turn 18 because they have not demonstrated that they meet SSI’s stringent adult definition of disability, even if they continue to have health...

NEW paper on SSI youth transitioning to adulthood:

More than 4 in 10 low-income disabled children receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits lose eligibility when they turn 18, even though many continue to have work-limiting health conditions. 🧵

www.cbpp.org/research/soc...

What do we know about the State of the Evidence on Climate Action and what insights does it provide?

📢 Join Birte Snilstveit and @estebanjq.bsky.social for 3ie's #E4CA at #COP30 session coming up today!
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A woman in Evanston confronts Border Patrol agents as they temporarily detain a U.S. citizen landscaper. Video obtained @aliceyin.bsky.social

Friends! Do you have a book about public/social policy you're proud of or excited by?

I'm designing a book report section in my upcoming undergrad Public Policy for Social Welfare course--feel free to share recommendations (including self-promo!) for me to add to my list of choices. Thanks!

Why District 65 Must Slow Down on School Closures

We simply can’t close our way to sustainability.

evanstonroundtable.com/2025/10/24/g...

Why District 65 Must Slow Down on School Closures

We simply can’t close our way to sustainability.

evanstonroundtable.com/2025/10/24/g...

Sign the Petition D65: Save Evanston Schools from closure

D65: Save Evanston Schools from closure

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IndyStar 2 . Follow 1h: "All Media School and IU students, faculty and staff should be scared by this blatant attack on someone standing up for what's right," student Editors-ln-Chief Mia Hilkowitz and Andrew Miller said in a statement. Read more: bit.ly/43ebKW1 IndyStar. IDS The original investigative student newsroom of Indiana University Barge suspends Bloomingtonr LITTLE 500 IDS IDS She should've knownbetter:' nt in N eoiencnalt. A INnpttM Indiana University fires IDS adviser amid push to control student newspaper's content

The director of student media at Indiana University was fired amidst a dispute between university leadership and editors at the Indiana Daily Student over what content gets printed in the student newspaper. As director of student media, Jim Rodenbush did not directly oversee or have any say over the content published in the IDS, per a charter between the IDS and the university. But he told IndyStar his firing follows a series of meetings with IU Media School leadership in which it grew increasingly apparent they were expecting him to officially prohibit students from publishing news.

Indiana University has fired the staff director of the student newspaper, after disputes in which university leadership tried to pressure him to prevent students from publishing news.

I rushed home from a work trip in Cape Town to coach kids’ soccer games today.

The ⚽️ games are now canceled bc of ICE activity nearby.

WTAF 🤬😡😤

FUCK 🧊

The dementia-addled president is deeply delusional and his poor mental state is going to lead to American citizens being hurt or killed.

I really need all of us to abandon any impostor syndrome. It’s time.

South Shore Residents Return To Ransacked Apartments After ICE Raid: 'It Looks Like Hell' A "now renting" sign outside touts granite countertops. Inside, residents are trying to make sense of the raid that made their already neglected building even worse.

ICE is running around Chicago harassing people for not being white.

Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States and now it’s commonplace.

That’s not making America great again.

Journalists should never have to fear government retaliation for reporting on government activity, and showing up to work shouldn't result in your family being torn apart.

Mario had the right to work and report in the U.S. at the time he was arrested for livestreaming a protest in June.

He was held for over 100 days in ICE detention, and he did not have the chance to say goodbye to his family in person before being deported.