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On Yelp, in 2024, the leading category in which women listed new businesses was 'home services,' like construction and plumbing. Female-led growth in home services outpaced growth in other categories like beauty services and restaurants. trends.yelp.com/sheconomy-se...

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If you're concerned about what will happen to public data on government websites, I encourage you to check out (and volunteer with) the Data Rescue Project, which is attempting to synthesize and systematize data preservation efforts around the web. www.datarescueproject.org

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A free, upcoming webinar on Feb. 20 will look at the present and future of African-American entrepreneurship, and discuss the implications of federal DEI rollbacks on business creation. More details here: www.brookings.edu/events/drivi...

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I can’t believe it - after years of advocacy, exclusionary zoning has ended in Cambridge. We just passed the single most comprehensive rezoning in the US—legalizing multifamily housing up to 6 stories citywide in a Paris style Here’s the details 🧵

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We just released an enormous trove of US labor market data, all compiled from government surveys, now under threat The @epi.org State of Working America Data Library provides comprehensive data on the US jobs and wages, with detailed cuts by demographics, over time and across states data.epi.org

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🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

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In addition to other concerns facing universities, a new one is emerging: another demographic cliff is expected after the current one. "Latest available census figures now project another drop in the number of 18-year-olds beginning in 2033, after a brief uptick." hechingerreport.org/the-impact-o...

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For a sobering look at where we're headed, I'd highly recommend this @slate.bsky.social interview with sociologist and legal scholar Kim Lane Scheppele, who lays out what it would take to keep the US from turning into Orban's Hungary. slate.com/podcasts/ami...

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In the midst of recent ICE raids, businesses in Latino areas are suffering. Many of their customers are spooked and staying away. Please make sure to support the Latino-owned businesses in your area to ensure they can survive and thrive! blockclubchicago.org/2025/01/22/l...

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More food for thought: A study on the association between loneliness and support for the populist radical right in NL 🇳🇱. "The findings do indicate however, that just as loneliness may be contributing to political behavior, the political climate may also, be causing or exacerbating loneliness."

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New research shows that, unsurprisingly, universities artificially keep wages low compared to what would occur in a truly competitive market. The research highlights the monopsony power of today's university system. www.upjohn.org/research-hig...

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Pleased to see this published in open-access Socius! Inspired by work in psychology on sexual fluidity, Andy and I propose "situational fluidity" to explain the process by which people flexibly adjust the use of multiple labels. @asanews.bsky.social #sociology journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Excited to share my new paper, just out in Sociological Methodology! "What to Do with 'Other, Describe" journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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As I’ve read this book, I’ve learned several valuable lessons about how social scientists survived censorship and persecution in the U.S.S.R. These lessons may become valuable as politicians continue to come after the humanities and social sciences in the United States. 🧵

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To understand what might happen to the social sciences after Trump takes office, I'm reading this book, which discusses how the social sciences were treated in Soviet and post-Soviet Russia. TL;DR: it's not good. But I highly recommend reading the book. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/318687...

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New paper shows, even after accounting for income, gentrification causes Black residents to have worse mobility outcomes than White residents. But rather than affecting displacement rates, racism affects what neighborhoods Black and White displacees can move into journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Housing Policy Debate has opened a call for papers exploring the question "How does housing policy impact the racial wealth gap?" (1/2)

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Over lifetime, each additional year of union membership reduces the odds of mortality by 1.5%. Effects primarily occur between ages of 41 and 67. Nice work @tvanheuvelen.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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One silver lining of declining enrollment in U.S. universities? It's becoming easier to get into college. “78% of first-year applicants to public and 70% to private colleges and universities get in. That’s up from 68% and 65%, respectively, since 2014.” www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...

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What happens to White people displaced from gentrified neighborhoods? My newly published article shows they are demographically similar to non-White displacees but end up in better-off neighborhoods. academic.oup.com/socpro/advan...

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New study reveals that showing sea level rise maps to residents in high-risk zones decreases concerns about climate change. The problem is too abstract, on too distant a time horizon. But if you map how people's daily commutes and routines will be affected, they start to listen. shorturl.at/B5KWb

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With these policies, right-wing authoritarians and Stalin have something in common: Under Stalinist Russia, sociology was driven underground. Since I'm a professional sociologist, that's not speculation. That's fact. Here's a citation: (Burawoy 2005:21). www.nytimes.com/2024/11/21/u...

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Excited to share my paper published in ASR on unemployment and suicide!! Using big administrative data on suicide, we show that unemployed people are more likely to die by suicide, but their suicide risk is lower when and where more people are unemployed. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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As I've talked to more people about the election, I'm amazed how many people still think we're doing politics as usual. A big job of organizers and intellectuals is to help people understand that we're sliding deeper into authoritarianism. Social media and IRL emotions have been very different.

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Terrifying.

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Is it true that U.S. colleges will face an "enrollment cliff" in the near future? This analysis says that fears are overblown. However, it is more likely that colleges will eliminate or consolidate programs moving forward rather than closing down altogether. www.brookings.edu/articles/are...

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Disturbing prediction from @pkrugman.bsky.social: If Trump's deportations really happen, inflation will spike, then MAGA loyalists will corrupt government info to mask it. For autocrats, he says, "among their first targets are statistical agencies." Our exchange: newrepublic.com/article/1883...

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