@lsayer.bsky.social
Sociologist/demographer @ University of Maryland studying inequalities in time use over the life course and how those relate to relationship quality and stability.
Why do Black kids in nuclear families struggle to succeed while white kids in these families flourish?
What do these inequalities tell us about the power & limits of the two-parent family?
Check out my new piece in @harpersbazaar.com.web.brid.gy to learn more www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/feat...
sweet christ on a bird flu biscuit how was he ever confirmed
04.09.2025 22:11 β π 410 π 162 π¬ 14 π 8
"I believe that we must set the example of supporting the party's nominee," Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said of Democratsβsuch as Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffriesβwho haven't endorsed NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani. www.commondreams.org/news/aoc-zoh...
04.09.2025 16:26 β π 41 π 18 π¬ 3 π 3Starts with questionable assumption married women are happier than other women?
02.09.2025 23:49 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Never peer reviewed, data and code never shared, always straight to press release and reports by credulous media friends (coming soon to the Atlantic and Deseret News)
02.09.2025 22:58 β π 18 π 4 π¬ 2 π 2
This style of reporting is atrocious. Governor Cook has not been fired. The President has βpurportedβ to fire her. Governor Cook knows the president has no such power to do soβsee her statement for details. We need a better media who does not accept every half baked narrative from the White House
28.08.2025 16:29 β π 18 π 10 π¬ 1 π 0We're living in a Dual State per Fraenkel's Dual State theory of fascism. Who's written about effective mobilization against Dual States?
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I never planned on writing a book. Few demographers do. But 9yrs ago, I unearthed a puzzling finding that upended everything I thought I knew about race and family structure. And I knew I had to share it with the world.
Check out this video to learn more: www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8BxtCBd/
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25.08.2025 21:44 β π 1737 π 251 π¬ 22 π 6D.C. has more residents than two U.S. states. They pay more per capita in federal taxes than any other state.
But they donβt get a serious seat at the table to decide how theyβre governed.
D.C. statehood now.
We are already off to an amazing start! lcc.umn.edu/DIRC
04.08.2025 15:40 β π 3 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0Maybe it's time for the Fed -- which already runs a number of surveys through its regional banks -- to start running its own surveys to monitor unemployment and prices, the two components of its dual mandate.
01.08.2025 18:38 β π 44 π 15 π¬ 1 π 2I'll feature this insightful take on fertility this fall in Social Demography seminar.
25.07.2025 13:45 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
via @minnpop @ipums.bsky.social Support the ATUS - Submit a Comment to the Federal Register by Monday (July 28)
23.07.2025 20:11 β π 2 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0I think this article is correct that some of the lawyers feel shame but my suspicion about the balaclavas is that the agents wear them in order to look more intimidating.
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Read the special issue of NCFR's Family Relations today!
We are thrilled to announce that Family Relations, an official journal of NCFR, has released its special issue with the theme "Artificial Intelligence in Everyday Family Life." Discover the impact that these technologies can have on families and relationships. #familyrelations #AI
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Infographic titled βOne Court, Two Standardsβ compares how the Supreme Court used emergency powers to rule on lower-court injunctions against the Biden and Trump administrations. Two panels show: β’ Biden Administration: Lower courts blocked policies in 21 cases. All 21 cases are represented by red squares, indicating that 0% of injunctions/TROs were lifted by SCOTUS. β’ Trump Administration: Lower courts blocked policies in 86 cases. 66 green squares and 20 red squares show that 77% of injunctions/TROs were lifted by SCOTUS. Key takeaway box below reads: βUsing its βshadow docket,β the Supreme Court granted emergency relief to lift 77% of lower-court injunctions against the Trump administration. It lifted 0% of those against the Biden administration.β Sources and notes below include: CourtListener data through July 7, 2025; analysis by Adam Bonica.
The Supreme Courtβs βshadow docketβ has cast very different shadows depending on which party holds the White House.
When lower courts blocked Trump admin policies, SCOTUS intervened on an emergency basis to lift those orders in 77% of cases.
For the Biden administration, that number was 0%.
This is an excellent and clear-eyed indictment of how the New York Times and their ilk are collaborating in authoritarianism.
09.07.2025 12:38 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Agree + we need from Democrats viral outreach about the positive outcomes government services and programs provide to people. Not the "Reagan Lite" offered during/post-Reagan.
09.07.2025 17:21 β π 12 π 5 π¬ 2 π 0Incredible. I never thought I would see a poster session as protest. πͺ
08.07.2025 18:31 β π 135 π 39 π¬ 0 π 0
The call for @wfrn.bsky.social papers is open! Join us in lovely Montreal June 17-20. The 2026 theme is Centering Care across the Life Course. Preconferences for Early Career Fellows and Predocs, plus plenty of social activities.
Submit by Oct 1. All the info here: wfrn.org/2026-work-an...
Submitting a comment in support of public data is simple.
We'll show you how!
The ICE budget is now set to be approximately what the NIH budget was. Weβre shifting money from solving real problems to solving fictitious problems.
03.07.2025 22:53 β π 1004 π 327 π¬ 26 π 21I support the continuation of vital events data collection. These data have been published since 1937 and are the sole source of this information at the national level. The data are used by HHS and by other government, business, academic, and other organizations in tracking changes in trends of...
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New job at LONELY-EU! Our consortium member Cristiano Vezzoni (University of Milan, Italy) is looking for a postdoc to work on #loneliness, social isolation and political behavior.
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
@lonely-eu.bsky.social
Related to my RWJF-funded work on "Eds and Meds"
03.07.2025 13:14 β π 30 π 9 π¬ 1 π 0
In recognition of Congress and Trump's Big Bad Bill www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWPf...
03.07.2025 13:25 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Exactly. You do not get to have a religious exemption to the existence of certain humans.
27.06.2025 15:57 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0I'm glad to be in the big tent of CVH constituents. The only disconnect is the inhumanity of the current administration from the lived reality of immigrants and their families
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