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He was hired in 2022 so the aid agency could get 'more bang for our buck' with its projects. He tried to reach out to help in the rebuilding of the agency. On Tuesday he tendered his resignation.

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No matter how you slice it, US police officers are safer on the job and paid way more than other countries' police The critical question isn't more police vs. less police. It's why are US police paid so much while doing such little police work? From my paper w/ Mickey & Ziblatt

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New: DOGE's spending has been secret. No longer. My colleagues have uncovered it. www.propublica.org/article/doge...

submitted 6 days ago • 863 comments

The NAEP 2024 -2025 Long Term Trend Age 17 assessment will not be administered in the upcoming weeks Unbroken testing series since early 1970s Nothing like ignorance to keep our country moving forward

submitted 6 days ago • 6 comments

We live 3 blocks above the congestion zone, and let me tell you - congestion pricing has been an ABSOLUTE MIRACLE. Somehow, they never miss an opportunity to make the worst public policy choice.

submitted 7 days ago • 4 comments

👋 Hi! J-PAL is now on Bluesky! 📊 We’re looking forward to bringing conversations on evidence-informed policy to this new space. Follow us for updates on the latest research, policy insights, and how rigorous evidence is helping shape a better world.

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submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

If you want to know why Trump is able to rule like an autocrat, compare the Washington Post' coverage of the Saturday Night Massacre with Trump doing exactly the same thing

submitted 13 days ago • 60 comments

Truly one of the greats. He gave us the words and the permission to study inequality in a way that has shifted so many careers and in turn impacted so many lives. Christopher Jencks, a Shaper of Views on Economic Inequality, Dies at 88 www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/b...

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This is too polite. Supporting these efforts bc of a chance ‘some good could come of it’ while ignoring the certain and current costs to fed workers, contractors, and lost knowledge is wicked. Of course it needs to be better. This ain’t how you do it and relatedly not what they’re trying to do.

submitted 14 days ago • 3 comments

I don't agree with the praise of @jasonfurman.bsky.social's FA piece. It is too much 20-20 hindsight (the house didn't burn, so that insurance premium was a mistake) and convenient setting aside of COVID (no reason 2020-4 shouldn't have been as good as 2015-9). www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

submitted 14 days ago • 4 comments

DEI hires are out. But when it comes to dealing with vodka-loving Putin, Pete Hegseth could be the perfect DUI hire.

submitted 14 days ago • 20 comments

The Inter-American Development Bank is forming a poverty group, with multiple staff positions. Lead Specialist jobs.iadb.org/job/Economic... Specialist jobs.iadb.org/job/Economic... Great opportunity to help shape the organization's operational & analytical work around poverty reduction.

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

It’s hard to overstate the contribution of IES to improving education research - and through it, education - in the United States. Its destruction for purely partisan ends is a national catastrophe, and Schneider of all people should know that.

submitted 14 days ago • 2 comments

If we’re renaming bodies of water based on petty grievances, I propose that this be renamed the Kendrick Lamar passage.

submitted 14 days ago • 234 comments

I can't find a free version, but I think I get/love the idea: the Canadians should retaliate against Trump tariffs with a CBAM. Maybe Canada could work with other countries on this approach. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...

submitted 15 days ago • 3 comments

Elon Musk, from the Oval Office with President Trump by his side, offered no evidence for his claims that federal agencies were corrupted by cheats supporting “fraudsters.” He defended his so called DOGE cost-cutting team, which has operated in secret and claims to have uncovered waste and fraud.

submitted 15 days ago • 182 comments

A coalition of news organizations said in a court filing that video exhibits from a Jan. 6 riot case had "disappeared" from a government platform that provided access to evidence used in court.

submitted 15 days ago • 1184 comments

This study considers economic abuse/coercive control as a precursor to physical violence in relationships. Another chapter in a fascinating & consequential research agenda, from a dream team of economists! Check out my interview with Abi Adams for more. www.probablecausation.com/podcasts/epi...

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

Staffers at the nation’s cybersecurity agency whose job is to ensure the security of U.S. elections have been placed on administrative leave, jeopardizing critical support provided to state and local election offices across the country. abcnews.go.com/Politics/wir...

submitted 15 days ago • 165 comments

It’s a red herring to discuss any apparent policy content associated with illegal changes to policy. The relevant discussion point is the illegality of the actions.

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

FEMA official ignores judge's latest order, demands freeze on grant funding www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

submitted 15 days ago • 22 comments

Thanks to everyone who provided suggestions for legal advocacy orgs. Here are links to the donation pages for some of the suggestions: action.aclu.org/give/now democracyforward.org donate.citizen.org/page/59137/d... www.patreon.com/fedoath/about And two news+analysis orgs in the message below.

submitted 15 days ago • 2 comments

Submission deadline extended to February 22nd for IIPF2025. Send us your work and join us (and amazing keynotes) in Nairobi this August!

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Here's why your education friends had a real rough one today. It's... it's the entire education data collection apparatus of the United States. www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

submitted 16 days ago • 6 comments

Where do I donate to support lawsuits against illegal government behavior?

submitted 18 days ago • 18 comments

They’ve called armed federal officers to the scene. We aren’t dangerous. We are here to represent our people. To defend public education. This is an authoritarian regime. You cannot block members of Congress from entering the Department of Education.

submitted 19 days ago • 1398 comments

Happy #JobsDay! At 8:30 am ET, BLS delivers the most-important signals abt how economy is changing. Forecasts’ center: +169K jobs Unemployment rate (UR) stable at 4.1% Lots of complexity today, so I'm posting this earlier-than-usual with a longer-than-usual preamble.

submitted 19 days ago • 3 comments

We're holding the Senate floor all night to fight back against Trump’s nomination of Russell Vought. America saw how bad OMB’s illegal, incompetent funding freeze was. We want Americans to hear EVERY HOUR how bad the dangers are that he poses to their daily lives as OMB head.

submitted 21 days ago • 326 comments

How to avoid a trade war? "Mate, the easy way to avert a global trade war is to wake up and... do nothing."

submitted 22 days ago • 22 comments

New: The largest medical A.I. randomized controlled trial yet performed, enrolling >100,000 women undergoing mammography screening The use of AI led to 29% higher detection of cancer, no increase of false positives, and reduced workload compared with radiologists w/o AI thelancet.com/journals/lan...

submitted 23 days ago • 40 comments

It's time to end DEI and restore meritocracy. We will start by having six teen-aged children of Elon Musk's friends use glitchy AI tools to analyze federal expenditures.

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TOMORROW: We’re rallying at the Treasury building with @moveon.org to stop Elon Musk’s hostile takeover and tell this unelected billionaire to get his hands off our money. We hope you can join us if you’re in the D.C. area.

submitted 23 days ago • 343 comments

Aaaaaaand a couple of hours later the Canadian call led to the same outcome. Tune back in for more tariff TV in thirty days.

submitted 23 days ago • 15 comments

Been reading Raskin’s Unthinkable, in which Jan 6 is a formative, searing experience Thrilled he is at USAID LEGALLY, as our elected rep, entering a govt building To stop those ILLEGALLY occupying and sabotaging our federal govt

submitted 23 days ago • 15 comments

Congressional Reps storm USAID was not on my bingo card for 2025 💪🏼💪🏽💪

submitted 23 days ago • 6 comments

Congressman @beyer.house.gov will be going to USAID today with colleagues to shine a light on what is happening there, I think others will join us. Figuring out details now and will share but flagging now for press and public in the area

submitted 23 days ago • 523 comments

I’m watching closely for anything happening inside BLS, Census and the other federal statistical agencies. Know something? Reach out — anonymity guaranteed. Signal: bencasselman.96

submitted 24 days ago • 13 comments