Anna R. Haskins

Life after Incarceration The Forum on Racial Justice in America will host a panel on reentry, justice, and belonging in Robsham Theater on November 4

Looking forward to this visit to Boston College co-hosted by the Forum on Racial Justice and the BC Prison Education Program to talk about reentry, justice, and belonging post incarceration www.bc.edu/content/bc-w...

Talking about writing, social justice, and the drop of the new graphic edition of Dead Man Walking with @sisterhelen.org! (also going on a mini golfcart adventure)

✨Happy Fresh Take Friday!✨

Thinking about turning your SoE article into a research or policy brief? You should! Check out this helpful guide from Editorial Board member Christina Ciocca Eller. www.christinacioccaeller.com/research-bri...

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We are in for a treat with this week's visit from Pam Herd! @ndsociology.bsky.social and the new ND Population Analytics can't wait to host @pamherd.bsky.social

How to reveal a parent's hidden story Writers share advice on how to sensitively interview family members about painful or traumatic memories. These conversations may get loved ones to open up — and deepen our connections with them.

This was beautiful to read | How to capture a parent's hidden story: Advice from writers and memoirists

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📚 The new school year is starting in many places. If you’re a teacher, student, or parent, here are a few ways Our World in Data might be useful to you right now 🧵

Our work is used in classrooms around the world — from top universities to local schools.

A line graph titled "A comparison of World Bank estimates of extreme poverty" illustrates the global number of people living in extreme poverty. Two distinct lines are present: one in dark brown representing the previous estimates using a poverty line of $2.15 per day measured in 2017 prices, and another in blue for the latest estimates utilizing a new poverty line of $3 per day measured in 2021 prices. The brown line trends downward, starting around 2 billion in 1990 and reaching 692 million in 2024. The blue line, starting slightly higher at roughly 2.3 billion, shows a similar decline, reaching 817 million in 2024. The difference between the lines — 125 million — indicates the increase in the estimated number of people living in extreme poverty due to the new measurement criteria. The note at the bottom indicates that data has been adjusted for inflation and differences in living costs using international dollars from 2017 and 2021. The data source is the World Bank (2025)

The latest World Bank data counts 125 million more people as living in extreme poverty — but the world has not gotten poorer.

Well, now I wanna buy a beer from fancy Clancy.

“The town had a basketful of feelings good and bad about Joe's positions and possessions, but none had the temerity to challenge him.They bowed down to him rather, because he was all of these things, and then again he was all of these things because the town bowed down.”

—Zora Neale Hurston

“‘the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice’ …It doesn’t bend on its own. History tells us we often have to apply force needed to make sure that the arc gets where it needs to go. This is one of those times.”

Smithsonian artists and scholars respond to White House list of objectionable art A page published by the White House entitled "President Trump Is Right About the Smithsonian" lists exhibits, educational sites and more that the administration seems to take issue with.

Smithsonian artists and scholars respond to White House list of objectionable art

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‘So Many Threats to Kids’: ICE Fear Grips Los Angeles At Start of New School Year Federal immigration raids in Los Angeles are scaring families away from school, and the new year hasn’t even started yet.

"Federal immigration raids in Los Angeles are scaring families away from school, and the new year hasn’t even started yet."
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#FFdata at #ASA2025: Tomorrow (2pm) at the Hyatt Regency the FFCWS Data Support Team will host a workshop, "What's New with the Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study? Exploring 22 Years of Data with the Data Support Team."
Don’t miss it! tinyurl.com/yc2kh6ar

Learn about the Department of Sociology at the University of Notre Dame ‪@notredame.bsky.social‬ & other sociology depts in the 2025 ASA Guide to Graduate Departments of Sociology. Now completely online and free for ASA members. Also available for a fee to nonmembers. https://bit.ly/ASAGradGuide‬‬‬‬

Today we kick off the ASA 2025 Annual Meeting, where sociologists share knowledge & new directions in research & practice. Read ASA President Adia M. Harvey Wingfield’s welcome message: bit.ly/3IzyR6a.

This snapshot of the ASA 2025 Annual Meeting shows the numerous presenters who will be sharing sociological knowledge during the meeting. That’s 1,055 presenters on Saturday; 880 on Sunday; 948 on Monday; and 679 on Tuesday.

📣 Calling all demographers! We are hiring at Notre Dame!

Apply here:
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I think the use of chatbots for stuff like this is intended to train people to use it to avoid everything that’s painful or hard. It can write the obituary, the breakup text, the complaint letter. It’s meant to separate humans from their difficult feelings. Seems bad.

This, James Baldwin’s birthday, is the perfect day for this passage from NO NAME IN THE STREETS.

It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have," Baldwin wrote in his essay No Name in the Street.

Postdoctoral Scholar - Evaluation Center Position Information: We invite applications for a full-time Postdoctoral Scholar position in the College of Education at the University of Kentucky. Housed with the College’s Evaluation Center, this ...

Postdoc opening in education for the upcoming year: ukjobs.uky.edu/postings/592...

A Starter Pack of Resources for New Teachers We’ve gathered some of the best resources for new teachers in one place!

Will the first day of school be your first as a teacher? 🧑‍🏫 🌟 If so, this resource collection is for you!

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How Scientific Empires End And what it means for America

The rapid decline of American science has few precedents in history, argues @rossandersen.bsky.social. We are witnessing an unparalleled act of self-sabotage:

Trump administration blocks NIH from awarding any research grants and contracts The order applies to the entirety of new and, possibly, ongoing research grant dollars that go to universities and academic medical centers.

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If this stands, the extent of impact is arguably immeasurable. The slow trickle of funding from NIH, NSF, & other federal agencies this year from the obstruction & impoundment of funding has already cut short not just projects & careers, but lives. This decision is magnitudes worse.

The damage that is being done will not be reverted through the pendulum swing of simple party politics.

They have destroyed the administrative state.

They have created a secret police. With camps.

They have placed apparatchiks in lifetime positions.

Even megastars like Venus Williams get the health insurance blues In the U.S., as nowhere else, health insurance and employment are deeply connected. And that means confusion can snare even elite athletes.

Venus Williams and her health insurance: 4 things to know : Shots - Health News

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My academic job offer was rescinded. I’ll keep going—but U.S. researchers are running out of road Despite an uncertain future, this postdoc will “keep doing the science I love while I still have a bench”

A beautifully written piece on a terrible time

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There is hope for us 45 year old women out there 😉

At the Coalface Notes from the working end of academia during the assault

An excellent description of what it is like to work as a professor in the US right now.. musgrave.substack.com/p/at-the-coa...

The current administration's systematic dismantling of our research infrastructure—402 documented attacks in just 6 months—represents more than policy disagreement. It's an abandonment of the principle that knowledge should serve the common good and expand opportunity for all communities.