Here's a great training from @peerresearch.bsky.social explaining how researchers can provide the most effective public comments!
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Excellent new @brookings.edu analysis on the economic fallout from ICE in Trump 2.0
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Escobari, Seyal, and Beach find the 2025 ICE enforcement surge cost 668,000 jobs across U.S. cities, including jobs held by American-born workers.
Can income support policies help address poverty as a key driver of mental illness? @ritahamad.bsky.social @hsph.harvard.edu journals.lww.com/hrpjournal/f...
Dominique Baker
Chloe N East (she/her)
Terrific commentary by Rehkopf @stanforduniversity.bsky.social highlighting need for research on policies & programs to ⬇️ mortality. One key gap is policies to address social drivers, which is sadly being deprioritized by NIH leadership. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... @popassocamerica.bsky.social
This is very serious. If this proposal moves ahead, science funding in the US will move drastically away from being scientifically motivated, and instead toward politically motivated. We need major coordinated action. @popassocamerica.bsky.social @standupforscience.net @societyforepi.bsky.social
If you want to give $$ to support prenatal & infant health, what would be the best time in pregnancy? @dkarasek.bsky.social examines this question using natural experiment related to timing of anti-poverty benefits: authors.elsevier.com/c/1n60~2gOwG... @mdrc-news.bsky.social @ohsunews.bsky.social 1/
NEW: A lot of bad has happened to American science over the last year but nothing comes even close to what’s about to happen if we don’t speak out in opposition to the OMB rule changes and I hope @aaas-socsci.bsky.social @apsphysics.bsky.social and others will launch public campaigns about this. 🧪🔭⚛️
Important piece @jamanetworkopen.com on causes of excess death in US compared to other high-income countries by @jacob-bor.bsky.social et al. US mortality is much higher, and cardiovascular, substance use, & mental health are big drivers. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... @popassocamerica.bsky.social
The study cleverly uses @umpsid.bsky.social data to identify women in national birth certificates likely eligible for the #EITC. It finds that benefit disbursal during pregnancy was linked with more improvements than disbursal in the pre-conception period. authors.elsevier.com/c/1n60~2gOwG... 2/2
In this newsletter I outline important actions to take.
1. Submit a comment opposing the rule change.
2. Contact state legislators to ensure states are engaged with the impact at the state and local level.
3. Contact members of Congress.
4. Spread awareness.
This rundown is a great source:
We have 45 days to express our opposition to catastrophic changes.
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We're excited to announce that @courtneyallen.bsky.social and Caroline Kravitz will be joining the Harvard Pop Center community as Bell Postdoctoral Fellows this fall! popcenter.harvard.edu/blog/2026/05...
The Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies
There was a time, up until approximately 1980, when the US had a similar life expectancy to other high-income nations,1 but our fall from that place has been rapid, and we now rank 46th in the world.2...
