Kate Goldfarb
@kgoldfarb.bsky.social
Anthropology faculty at the University of Colorado Boulder
My first collection published as Digital Content Editor for AES! This collection edited and organized by Anna Simone Reumert, Wendy Vogt and Charlie Piot.
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Check it out: americanethnologist.org/online-conte...
Bordering and the War on Migration - American Ethnological Society
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americanethnologist.org
September 25, 2025 at 12:27 AM
My first collection published as Digital Content Editor for AES! This collection edited and organized by Anna Simone Reumert, Wendy Vogt and Charlie Piot.
Check it out: americanethnologist.org/online-conte...
Check it out: americanethnologist.org/online-conte...
It’s a privilege collaborating with the Louisville Historical Museum on the Marshall Fire Story Project. Gigi, Sophia, Lucas and I are excited to share this write-up. Public archive coming soon (but still a lot more work to be done)!
theconversation.com/colorados-ma...
theconversation.com/colorados-ma...
Colorado’s Marshall Fire survivors find healing and meaning through oral history project
Oral history contributors were able to share their stories, and many felt a sense of healing.
theconversation.com
July 28, 2025 at 4:20 PM
It’s a privilege collaborating with the Louisville Historical Museum on the Marshall Fire Story Project. Gigi, Sophia, Lucas and I are excited to share this write-up. Public archive coming soon (but still a lot more work to be done)!
theconversation.com/colorados-ma...
theconversation.com/colorados-ma...
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1/ For ProPublica’s “Life of the Mother” series, winner of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for public service, we reported on five pregnant women who died after not receiving timely medical care in states with strict abortion bans.
These are their stories 🧵
These are their stories 🧵
May 7, 2025 at 12:00 AM
1/ For ProPublica’s “Life of the Mother” series, winner of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for public service, we reported on five pregnant women who died after not receiving timely medical care in states with strict abortion bans.
These are their stories 🧵
These are their stories 🧵
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Since this was published yesterday, NPR reports JAMA joins NEJM on the list of journals that confirms they’ve been sent threatening letters by Trump’s DOJ, ominously referencing their tax-exempt status in a bid to compel regime-friendly editorial choices.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
The Scary Implications of U.S. Government Attacks on Medical Journals
A Trump-aligned prosecutor’s attack on medical journals is a threat to your health care—and the medical establishment should not comply
www.scientificamerican.com
May 2, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Since this was published yesterday, NPR reports JAMA joins NEJM on the list of journals that confirms they’ve been sent threatening letters by Trump’s DOJ, ominously referencing their tax-exempt status in a bid to compel regime-friendly editorial choices.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
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“Five former National Weather Service directors have taken the unusual step of signing onto an open letter warning that cuts to the organization by the Trump administration may soon endanger lives.”
Gift link: nyti.ms/3YrIw3Q
Gift link: nyti.ms/3YrIw3Q
Former Weather Service Leaders Warn Staffing Cuts Could Lead to ‘Loss of Life’ (Gift Article)
The former agency directors say current employees will face an “impossible task” to maintain service just as hurricane season begins.
nyti.ms
May 3, 2025 at 12:57 AM
“Five former National Weather Service directors have taken the unusual step of signing onto an open letter warning that cuts to the organization by the Trump administration may soon endanger lives.”
Gift link: nyti.ms/3YrIw3Q
Gift link: nyti.ms/3YrIw3Q
“Scientific societies, patient groups, and Democrats in Congress all need to call for NIH spending to start back up unhindered. NIH must be allowed to spend its budget.”
New at Can We Still Govern: An anonymous NIH employee maps out the GOP budget gameplan to permanently gut our most important science agency.
Impoundment, delay and red tape will create artificial "savings" that become the new benchmark for NIH budgets.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nih-bu...
Impoundment, delay and red tape will create artificial "savings" that become the new benchmark for NIH budgets.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nih-bu...
The NIH budget is on a fast track to disaster
An NIH insider explains what Republicans are likely to do next, and what we can do
donmoynihan.substack.com
April 28, 2025 at 4:03 PM
“Scientific societies, patient groups, and Democrats in Congress all need to call for NIH spending to start back up unhindered. NIH must be allowed to spend its budget.”
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The CDC eviscerated divisions that oversee a database on accidental deaths and injuries AND the team that maintains a tool for tracking sexually transmitted diseases.
The EPA will stop requiring that industry measures greenhouse gas emissions.
If you don't measure, it's not a problem, right?
The EPA will stop requiring that industry measures greenhouse gas emissions.
If you don't measure, it's not a problem, right?
Trump’s War on Measurement Means Losing Data on Drug Use, Maternal Mortality, Climate Change and More
By slashing teams that gather critical data, the administration has left the federal government with no way of understanding if policies are working — and created a black hole of information whose con...
www.propublica.org
April 18, 2025 at 11:03 AM
The CDC eviscerated divisions that oversee a database on accidental deaths and injuries AND the team that maintains a tool for tracking sexually transmitted diseases.
The EPA will stop requiring that industry measures greenhouse gas emissions.
If you don't measure, it's not a problem, right?
The EPA will stop requiring that industry measures greenhouse gas emissions.
If you don't measure, it's not a problem, right?
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The 2026 budget passback plan calls for eliminating NOAA Research, the scientific backbone that keeps weather forecasts, alerts, and warnings accurate and effective. This would have disastrous consequences.
Read the AMS statement, in partnership w/ @nwas.org: bit.ly/4cz2RtC
Read the AMS statement, in partnership w/ @nwas.org: bit.ly/4cz2RtC
Stand Up for NOAA Research – The Time to Act is Now
The AMS is a global community committed to advancing weather, water, and climate science and service.
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April 17, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The 2026 budget passback plan calls for eliminating NOAA Research, the scientific backbone that keeps weather forecasts, alerts, and warnings accurate and effective. This would have disastrous consequences.
Read the AMS statement, in partnership w/ @nwas.org: bit.ly/4cz2RtC
Read the AMS statement, in partnership w/ @nwas.org: bit.ly/4cz2RtC
Playing @cornellupress.bsky.social book stack game. My own book lives in both my home and office stacks! 😍
April 16, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Playing @cornellupress.bsky.social book stack game. My own book lives in both my home and office stacks! 😍
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Higher education is one of the last industries where the US still has a massive competitive advantage.
Naturally, Trump is doing everything he can to destroy it.
Naturally, Trump is doing everything he can to destroy it.
April 15, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Higher education is one of the last industries where the US still has a massive competitive advantage.
Naturally, Trump is doing everything he can to destroy it.
Naturally, Trump is doing everything he can to destroy it.
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The general vibe we are getting across #NIH institutes is deeply bleak — that the agency is nearly, if not already dead.
Top people are leaving or have left. Nearly everyone's looking for other jobs. People still care about what NIH was, but are growing resigned to its death.
1/
Top people are leaving or have left. Nearly everyone's looking for other jobs. People still care about what NIH was, but are growing resigned to its death.
1/
March 20, 2025 at 2:42 AM
The general vibe we are getting across #NIH institutes is deeply bleak — that the agency is nearly, if not already dead.
Top people are leaving or have left. Nearly everyone's looking for other jobs. People still care about what NIH was, but are growing resigned to its death.
1/
Top people are leaving or have left. Nearly everyone's looking for other jobs. People still care about what NIH was, but are growing resigned to its death.
1/
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A 5 alarm fire for US governance and democracy and for you. 🚨
If Trump and Musk can do this criminal shredding of USAID w/ no consequence they will come for you next.
Democratic Senators and House members shld stop their days and head down to USAID w/ the Capitol Police and cameras and stop this.
If Trump and Musk can do this criminal shredding of USAID w/ no consequence they will come for you next.
Democratic Senators and House members shld stop their days and head down to USAID w/ the Capitol Police and cameras and stop this.
March 11, 2025 at 9:45 PM
A 5 alarm fire for US governance and democracy and for you. 🚨
If Trump and Musk can do this criminal shredding of USAID w/ no consequence they will come for you next.
Democratic Senators and House members shld stop their days and head down to USAID w/ the Capitol Police and cameras and stop this.
If Trump and Musk can do this criminal shredding of USAID w/ no consequence they will come for you next.
Democratic Senators and House members shld stop their days and head down to USAID w/ the Capitol Police and cameras and stop this.
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Tuberculosis, the deadliest infectious disease on the planet, kills more than 1.25M people a year. New infections are expected to surge by 30% as a result of closing USAID, a memo says. The increase will inevitably lead to cases in the U.S.
Internal Memos: Senior USAID Leaders Warned Trump Appointees of Hundreds of Thousands of Deaths From Closing Agency
One million children will go untreated for severe malnutrition, up to 166,000 people will die from malaria and 200,000 more children will be paralyzed by polio over the next decade, the memos…
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March 10, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Tuberculosis, the deadliest infectious disease on the planet, kills more than 1.25M people a year. New infections are expected to surge by 30% as a result of closing USAID, a memo says. The increase will inevitably lead to cases in the U.S.
Another 1000 scientists, proposals for cutting due Tuesday
More NOAA Employees May Be Let Go, Making 20% of Staff Cut
Together with recent firings and resignations, the new cuts could hamper the National Weather Service’s ability to produce lifesaving forecasts, scientists say.
www.nytimes.com
March 8, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Another 1000 scientists, proposals for cutting due Tuesday
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By @katherinejwu.com
"The NIH... supported 99 percent of the drugs approved in the U.S. from 2010 to 2019. The agency has had a hand in “nearly all of our major medical breakthroughs over the past several decades,”
The NIH is in a struggle for its (and our) lives. This is existential to America:
"The NIH... supported 99 percent of the drugs approved in the U.S. from 2010 to 2019. The agency has had a hand in “nearly all of our major medical breakthroughs over the past several decades,”
The NIH is in a struggle for its (and our) lives. This is existential to America:
Inside the Collapse at NIH
Administration officials pressured NIH to avoid clear advice from the agency’s own lawyers to restart grant funding now.
www.theatlantic.com
February 27, 2025 at 5:29 PM
By @katherinejwu.com
"The NIH... supported 99 percent of the drugs approved in the U.S. from 2010 to 2019. The agency has had a hand in “nearly all of our major medical breakthroughs over the past several decades,”
The NIH is in a struggle for its (and our) lives. This is existential to America:
"The NIH... supported 99 percent of the drugs approved in the U.S. from 2010 to 2019. The agency has had a hand in “nearly all of our major medical breakthroughs over the past several decades,”
The NIH is in a struggle for its (and our) lives. This is existential to America:
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Please read—this is becoming serious!
March 1, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Please read—this is becoming serious!
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With the next FDA vaccine meeting cancelled, concerns are rising about whether flu vaccine will be ready on time for next year. w/ @sherylnyt.bsky.social
The stakes are high: 86 kids and 19,000 adults died so far this flu season.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...
The stakes are high: 86 kids and 19,000 adults died so far this flu season.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...
F.D.A. Cancels Meeting of Vaccine Experts Scheduled to Advise on Flu Shots (Gift Article)
The cancellation plays into fears among scientists who worry that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will use his position as health secretary to sow doubts about vaccines.
www.nytimes.com
February 26, 2025 at 11:53 PM
With the next FDA vaccine meeting cancelled, concerns are rising about whether flu vaccine will be ready on time for next year. w/ @sherylnyt.bsky.social
The stakes are high: 86 kids and 19,000 adults died so far this flu season.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...
The stakes are high: 86 kids and 19,000 adults died so far this flu season.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...
High stakes— both planetary and personal. These scientists are doing crucial work.
US climate research agency braces for ‘efficiency’ cuts: ‘They will gut the work’
Workers at National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration fear crackdown will have global fallout
www.theguardian.com
February 26, 2025 at 5:13 PM
High stakes— both planetary and personal. These scientists are doing crucial work.
How to support kids in rejecting racism— some concrete tips.
Why It’s Important to Talk about Race with Children
Children start learning about race and racism as early as preschool. Talking about race early, however difficult, will help them become more antiracist
www.scientificamerican.com
February 24, 2025 at 4:49 PM
How to support kids in rejecting racism— some concrete tips.
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New, from me @theatlantic.com:
*No, the federal government is not too big
*It has real human capital needs
*Firings are indiscriminate, weakening state capacity
*Creating a toxic and politicized workplace is driving away dedicated employees
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
*No, the federal government is not too big
*It has real human capital needs
*Firings are indiscriminate, weakening state capacity
*Creating a toxic and politicized workplace is driving away dedicated employees
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The DOGE Project Will Backfire
Trump’s war on public employees is bad for all of us.
www.theatlantic.com
February 22, 2025 at 3:08 PM
New, from me @theatlantic.com:
*No, the federal government is not too big
*It has real human capital needs
*Firings are indiscriminate, weakening state capacity
*Creating a toxic and politicized workplace is driving away dedicated employees
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
*No, the federal government is not too big
*It has real human capital needs
*Firings are indiscriminate, weakening state capacity
*Creating a toxic and politicized workplace is driving away dedicated employees
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Come work with me! Please share with cultural anthro grads.
✴️ Hey PhD Students--come join us! ✴️
Call for Applications: AES Editorial Intern Program
Due Friday, March 7, 2025
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Call for Applications: AES Editorial Intern Program
Due Friday, March 7, 2025
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AES Editorial Intern Program: Call for Applications (due Friday, March 7, 2025) - American Ethnological Society
Interested in getting involved with the discipline in a new way? Consider applying to the American Ethnological Society Editorial Intern program! We are
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February 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Come work with me! Please share with cultural anthro grads.
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A large portion of grants awarded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health cannot be funded for the foreseeable future because of an indefinite hold on submissions to the Federal Register, according to an email reviewed by The Transmitter.
By @avaskham.bsky.social
bit.ly/3X8ngz8
By @avaskham.bsky.social
bit.ly/3X8ngz8
Federal Register hold makes ‘end run’ around court pause on NIH funding freeze
NIH-related updates to the Federal Register, which are required for the scheduling of study sections and advisory councils, are on hold indefinitely, according to an email reviewed by <i>The Transmitt...
www.thetransmitter.org
February 18, 2025 at 11:23 PM
A large portion of grants awarded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health cannot be funded for the foreseeable future because of an indefinite hold on submissions to the Federal Register, according to an email reviewed by The Transmitter.
By @avaskham.bsky.social
bit.ly/3X8ngz8
By @avaskham.bsky.social
bit.ly/3X8ngz8
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Department of Education FAFSA changes are open for public comment. The changes include requiring trans students to misgender themselves and removes the nonbinary option on forms. Note: comment period is 60 days, and comments are publicly visible.
Form here: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
Form here: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
February 16, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Department of Education FAFSA changes are open for public comment. The changes include requiring trans students to misgender themselves and removes the nonbinary option on forms. Note: comment period is 60 days, and comments are publicly visible.
Form here: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
Form here: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
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Make no mistake. This is an all-out attack on health in America.
Not only is the EIS vital to controlling infectious disease; it was where a remarkably high fraction of our public health leaders received formative training and experience.
www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/t...
Not only is the EIS vital to controlling infectious disease; it was where a remarkably high fraction of our public health leaders received formative training and experience.
www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/t...
CDC cuts expected to devastate Epidemic Intelligence Service, a ‘crown jewel’ of public health
Members of the CDC's Epidemic Intelligence Service were warned Friday that many of them were about to be fired
www.statnews.com
February 14, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Make no mistake. This is an all-out attack on health in America.
Not only is the EIS vital to controlling infectious disease; it was where a remarkably high fraction of our public health leaders received formative training and experience.
www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/t...
Not only is the EIS vital to controlling infectious disease; it was where a remarkably high fraction of our public health leaders received formative training and experience.
www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/t...
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On Monday, join academic workers for a webinar on science funding, & NIH indirect cost rate, and the threats to research from the the Trump administration.
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Defending Public Research Webinar. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
This month, the Trump administration has begun an attack on public research to further their extreme, right-wing agenda: freezing federal grants, undermining university budgets, censoring research on ...
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February 8, 2025 at 7:43 PM
On Monday, join academic workers for a webinar on science funding, & NIH indirect cost rate, and the threats to research from the the Trump administration.
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...