Gabe Schwartz
@gabeschwartz.bsky.social
Social epidemiologist studying eviction, segregation, policing, & health. He/him. Always learning how to care for plants & people 🏳️🌈 🐋🌱
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Gabe Schwartz
@gabeschwartz.bsky.social
· Oct 16
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I wrote about how in a December email to me, RFK Jr.'s HHS insisted the current South Carolina measles outbreak wouldn't get that bad—and how it has since snowballed into the biggest US outbreak since measles was eliminated. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
HHS wasn't worried about South Carolina's measles outbreak. It's now enormous.
“CDC is not currently concerned that this will develop into a large, long-running outbreak," the agency said in December.
www.motherjones.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:28 PM
I wrote about how in a December email to me, RFK Jr.'s HHS insisted the current South Carolina measles outbreak wouldn't get that bad—and how it has since snowballed into the biggest US outbreak since measles was eliminated. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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"The Department of Housing and Urban Development is telling landlords receiving federal aid to prove the citizenship and eligibility of nearly 200,000 tenants." https://www.bisnow.com/national/news/multifamily/hud-gives-landlords-30-days-to-prove-nearly-200000-tenants-are-us-citizens-132881
HUD Gives Landlords 30 Days To Prove Nearly 200,000 Tenants Are U.S. Citizens
An internal audit uncovered nearly 200,000 tenants without legal immigrant status along with more than 20,000 deceased tenants, HUD said.
www.bisnow.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:20 PM
"The Department of Housing and Urban Development is telling landlords receiving federal aid to prove the citizenship and eligibility of nearly 200,000 tenants." https://www.bisnow.com/national/news/multifamily/hud-gives-landlords-30-days-to-prove-nearly-200000-tenants-are-us-citizens-132881
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This reminds me of how people often have a faulty sense of the dynamic between belief and action, viewing only that action stems from belief --- when, far more often, belief stems from action.
January 25, 2026 at 2:07 AM
This reminds me of how people often have a faulty sense of the dynamic between belief and action, viewing only that action stems from belief --- when, far more often, belief stems from action.
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I think a lot of us get hope wrong. Hope, I do not believe, is an emotion. In fact, hope makes space for lots of emotions to exist alongside it. You can DO hope scared, angry, sad etc...
Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.
Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.
January 25, 2026 at 2:05 AM
I think a lot of us get hope wrong. Hope, I do not believe, is an emotion. In fact, hope makes space for lots of emotions to exist alongside it. You can DO hope scared, angry, sad etc...
Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.
Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.
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TWENTY THREE HUNDRED
Since July, I've tracked at least 2,300 cases in which federal judges have ruled ICE has illegally detained people without bond or due process.
This is one that stands out:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
This is one that stands out:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 25, 2026 at 3:31 AM
TWENTY THREE HUNDRED
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NEW poll: Abolishing ICE is now +5 among US adults
Latest poll shows:
46% support abolishing ICE
41% oppose
Receives +12 support from independents
19% of Republicans support abolishing ICE now too
Latest poll shows:
46% support abolishing ICE
41% oppose
Receives +12 support from independents
19% of Republicans support abolishing ICE now too
January 25, 2026 at 4:12 AM
NEW poll: Abolishing ICE is now +5 among US adults
Latest poll shows:
46% support abolishing ICE
41% oppose
Receives +12 support from independents
19% of Republicans support abolishing ICE now too
Latest poll shows:
46% support abolishing ICE
41% oppose
Receives +12 support from independents
19% of Republicans support abolishing ICE now too
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We stand with @mnaflcio.org
ICE OUT NOW. This is our brother and caretaker of the community. Every worker must prepare to follow the lead of Minnesota. mnaflcio.org/news/stateme...
ICE OUT NOW. This is our brother and caretaker of the community. Every worker must prepare to follow the lead of Minnesota. mnaflcio.org/news/stateme...
Statement on ICE’s killing of AFGE member Alex Jeffrey Pretti
Minnesota AFL-CIO President Bernie Burnham made the following statement on ICE’s killing of Alex Jeffrey Pretti this morning in Minneapolis:“For the second time in less than three weeks, a Minnesotan ...
mnaflcio.org
January 25, 2026 at 1:37 AM
We stand with @mnaflcio.org
ICE OUT NOW. This is our brother and caretaker of the community. Every worker must prepare to follow the lead of Minnesota. mnaflcio.org/news/stateme...
ICE OUT NOW. This is our brother and caretaker of the community. Every worker must prepare to follow the lead of Minnesota. mnaflcio.org/news/stateme...
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It always astonishes me that so many people who are aware of American history absolutely do not take seriously the empirical fact that movements actually*change*what is possible during the course of their political activity.Why is the “sensible”position the rejection of this basic,evidentiary fact?
Abolishing ICE is the moderate position, or it’s our job to make it the moderate position.
Abolition was impossible before it was common sense.
Civil rights were impossible before they it became common sense.
Abolishing ICE is possible and that's what we should push for.
Abolition was impossible before it was common sense.
Civil rights were impossible before they it became common sense.
Abolishing ICE is possible and that's what we should push for.
Moderate Dems are just never going to get on board with abolish ICE, especially after abolish-coded rhetoric in 2020 mostly failed, and given their consistent conservatism on immigration enforcement. So might as well as at least try to figure out what other pathways are out there.
January 12, 2026 at 6:42 PM
It always astonishes me that so many people who are aware of American history absolutely do not take seriously the empirical fact that movements actually*change*what is possible during the course of their political activity.Why is the “sensible”position the rejection of this basic,evidentiary fact?
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semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
January 12, 2026 at 8:04 PM
semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
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New at Can We Still Govern: @agpines.bsky.social & @lizananat.bsky.social explain how the work volatility of low income service employees will make it hard for them to satisfy new SNAP/Medicaid work requirements, even when they work lots of hours. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/when-volat...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/when-volat...
When Volatile Work Schedules Meet SNAP Work Requirements
New policies put low income workers in jeopardy of losing vital supports
donmoynihan.substack.com
January 5, 2026 at 2:28 PM
New at Can We Still Govern: @agpines.bsky.social & @lizananat.bsky.social explain how the work volatility of low income service employees will make it hard for them to satisfy new SNAP/Medicaid work requirements, even when they work lots of hours. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/when-volat...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/when-volat...
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One of the most lopsided results you'll ever see in a poll, from our weekend Washington Post poll www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
January 5, 2026 at 3:39 PM
One of the most lopsided results you'll ever see in a poll, from our weekend Washington Post poll www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
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$98 billion in planned AI data center development was derailed in a single quarter last year by community organizing and pushback, more than all disruptions tracked since 2023.
www.datacenterwatch.org/q22025
www.datacenterwatch.org/q22025
Data Center Watch Report Q2 2025 UPDATE — Data Center Watch
www.datacenterwatch.org
January 6, 2026 at 5:45 PM
$98 billion in planned AI data center development was derailed in a single quarter last year by community organizing and pushback, more than all disruptions tracked since 2023.
www.datacenterwatch.org/q22025
www.datacenterwatch.org/q22025
📣 Proud of our new paper revealing that 2 in 5 renters in cancer treatment can't pay their housing or utility bills, along with 1 in 9 homeowners.
Cancer patients need housing supports and a healthcare system that doesn't impoverish families fighting life-threatening chronic illness. #episky 🧪
Cancer patients need housing supports and a healthcare system that doesn't impoverish families fighting life-threatening chronic illness. #episky 🧪
January 3, 2026 at 2:49 AM
📣 Proud of our new paper revealing that 2 in 5 renters in cancer treatment can't pay their housing or utility bills, along with 1 in 9 homeowners.
Cancer patients need housing supports and a healthcare system that doesn't impoverish families fighting life-threatening chronic illness. #episky 🧪
Cancer patients need housing supports and a healthcare system that doesn't impoverish families fighting life-threatening chronic illness. #episky 🧪
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EXCLUSIVE: @laurenweberhp.bsky.social & I have spent the last year collecting school+county-level vaccination data from across the US and found that only about 28% of counties now have herd immunity for kindergartners from measles—that leaves about 5.2mn kids unprotected.
Gift link: wapo.st/49zDc43
Gift link: wapo.st/49zDc43
U.S. vaccination rates are plunging. Look up where your school stands.
Take a look to see what the kindergarten measles vaccination rates are in your area.
wapo.st
December 31, 2025 at 2:29 PM
EXCLUSIVE: @laurenweberhp.bsky.social & I have spent the last year collecting school+county-level vaccination data from across the US and found that only about 28% of counties now have herd immunity for kindergartners from measles—that leaves about 5.2mn kids unprotected.
Gift link: wapo.st/49zDc43
Gift link: wapo.st/49zDc43
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Disappointed to see Jon Stewart & co joke about masking in public. I do it for my medically fragile daughter (Batten Disease). People not masking properly led to her getting pneumonia, which led to her being on life support, which led to me getting price quotes on her cremation just in case.
December 29, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Disappointed to see Jon Stewart & co joke about masking in public. I do it for my medically fragile daughter (Batten Disease). People not masking properly led to her getting pneumonia, which led to her being on life support, which led to me getting price quotes on her cremation just in case.
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On #DavidRemnick. The @newyorker.com has some great science writers. But there is an affinity high-up for COVID contrarianism: Jessica Winter's piece on school closures, Dan Immerwahr's ode to "In COVID's Wake," & the best of 2025 for that book. 1/
December 27, 2025 at 7:26 PM
On #DavidRemnick. The @newyorker.com has some great science writers. But there is an affinity high-up for COVID contrarianism: Jessica Winter's piece on school closures, Dan Immerwahr's ode to "In COVID's Wake," & the best of 2025 for that book. 1/
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Since Trump returned to office, the Education Department’s civil rights office has not resolved a single racial harassment investigation.
It sends a message that “people impacted by racial discrimination ... don’t matter,” one attorney said.
It sends a message that “people impacted by racial discrimination ... don’t matter,” one attorney said.
Monkey Sounds, “White Power” and the N-Word: Racial Harassment Against Black Students Ignored Under Trump
Since Trump returned to office, the Education Department’s civil rights office has not resolved a single racial harassment investigation. It sends a message that “people impacted by racial discriminat...
www.propublica.org
December 24, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Since Trump returned to office, the Education Department’s civil rights office has not resolved a single racial harassment investigation.
It sends a message that “people impacted by racial discrimination ... don’t matter,” one attorney said.
It sends a message that “people impacted by racial discrimination ... don’t matter,” one attorney said.
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Reminder that the head of the NIH is an economist who has never conducted NIH-funded research, spent years doing paid speaking engagements for far-right extremist groups, & is best known for a study where he committed serious ethical violations & ended up wrong by greater than an order of magnitude.
I wouldn't describe Jay as "man in the middle" unless I were making sort of human centipede analogy.
December 23, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Reminder that the head of the NIH is an economist who has never conducted NIH-funded research, spent years doing paid speaking engagements for far-right extremist groups, & is best known for a study where he committed serious ethical violations & ended up wrong by greater than an order of magnitude.
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NIH funding is like pizza 🍕. Usually, the NIH gives many researchers a slice of the pie, but this year they decided to just give a few researchers the whole pie. The data show that, disproportionately, early career researchers went hungry. We need Congress to stop NIH multi-year funding mandates.
A Trump administration change to how the National Institutes of Health awards grants has sharply reduced early-stage investigators’ odds of securing funding, new data from the agency show. Teamed up with @aniloza.bsky.social for this @statnews.com story
www.statnews.com/2025/12/18/n...
www.statnews.com/2025/12/18/n...
NIH funding rates for early-career researchers plunged in 2025, new data show
A Trump administration change to how NIH awards grants has sharply reduced early-stage investigators’ odds of securing funding.
www.statnews.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:56 PM
NIH funding is like pizza 🍕. Usually, the NIH gives many researchers a slice of the pie, but this year they decided to just give a few researchers the whole pie. The data show that, disproportionately, early career researchers went hungry. We need Congress to stop NIH multi-year funding mandates.
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Clear evidence that at universities conservatives don't face higher obstacles than liberals to establish student groups + invite outside speakers.
"These results fail to offer support for the view that conservative students encounter more difficulty in efforts to access campus resources."
"These results fail to offer support for the view that conservative students encounter more difficulty in efforts to access campus resources."
December 20, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Clear evidence that at universities conservatives don't face higher obstacles than liberals to establish student groups + invite outside speakers.
"These results fail to offer support for the view that conservative students encounter more difficulty in efforts to access campus resources."
"These results fail to offer support for the view that conservative students encounter more difficulty in efforts to access campus resources."
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1-the one extended period where this ratio <2 (still >1 tho) *and* rates were low in absolute terms was post-peak pandemic in the Biden era (2022-4).
2-a target rate of 5-6% unemployment (policy for much of the last few decades) is a perpetual recession for Black workers.
2-a target rate of 5-6% unemployment (policy for much of the last few decades) is a perpetual recession for Black workers.
I hear there's discourse about race and employment in the US
December 17, 2025 at 4:30 PM
1-the one extended period where this ratio <2 (still >1 tho) *and* rates were low in absolute terms was post-peak pandemic in the Biden era (2022-4).
2-a target rate of 5-6% unemployment (policy for much of the last few decades) is a perpetual recession for Black workers.
2-a target rate of 5-6% unemployment (policy for much of the last few decades) is a perpetual recession for Black workers.
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We're half a decade into studies finding that improving airflow in classrooms will reduce disease transmission enormously, and that bleaching surfaces etc. does very little. And yet nothing changes. Waves of flu and colds wash over schools, and the schools pretend it's an act of God.
The relative contribution of close-proximity contacts, shared classroom exposure and indoor air quality to respiratory virus transmission in schools - Nature Communications
The relative importance of close-proximity interactions, shared space and air quality to the transmission of respiratory viruses is not well understood. Here, the authors investigate this question by ...
www.nature.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
We're half a decade into studies finding that improving airflow in classrooms will reduce disease transmission enormously, and that bleaching surfaces etc. does very little. And yet nothing changes. Waves of flu and colds wash over schools, and the schools pretend it's an act of God.
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Black families spend more of their income on energy bills than the average U.S. household – a gap tied to older housing, rental barriers and the legacy of redlining.
Black families pay more to keep their houses warm than average American families
More than 12 million US households keep their homes either too cold or too hot, sacrificing comfort because they can’t afford to pay their energy bills.
buff.ly
November 19, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Black families spend more of their income on energy bills than the average U.S. household – a gap tied to older housing, rental barriers and the legacy of redlining.
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The emails have Summers reporting to Epstein about his attempts to date a Harvard economics student & to hit on her during a seminar she was giving.
November 15, 2025 at 9:48 PM
The emails have Summers reporting to Epstein about his attempts to date a Harvard economics student & to hit on her during a seminar she was giving.
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Our latest study @jamahealthforum.com shows the harms of work requirements for safety net programs. Women who were subject to harsher requirements and who received less cash assistance from TANF were less likely to breastfeed. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... @donmoyn.bsky.social @hsph.harvard.edu 1/
August 8, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Our latest study @jamahealthforum.com shows the harms of work requirements for safety net programs. Women who were subject to harsher requirements and who received less cash assistance from TANF were less likely to breastfeed. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... @donmoyn.bsky.social @hsph.harvard.edu 1/