Melanie M. Hughes
melaniehughes.bsky.social
Melanie M. Hughes
@melaniehughes.bsky.social
Sociology prof & GIRL co-director @ Pitt | Researches gender & politics globally | Loves animals & growing food | She/her | Opinions are my own
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June 17, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Reposted by Melanie M. Hughes
ASA member Charles Kurzman, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, argues that Trump's latest travel bans are primarily about using national security as an excuse to deny visas to nonwhite applicants. bit.ly/44ibeqT
Trump’s justifications for the latest travel ban aren’t supported by the data on immigration and terrorism
Foreign terrorism accounts for a miniscule portion of violence in the United States.
bit.ly
June 16, 2025 at 2:19 PM
My university: basically running on an NIH-shaped IV drip
Judge: “Those NIH cuts? Discriminatory. Put the money back.”
Labs across campus: 💃💃💃
Here’s hoping this ruling survives appeal.
June 17, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Finally made the jump to BlueSky.

New platform, same doomscroll reflex.

But the fonts are nicer here, so that’s healing.
June 17, 2025 at 1:49 PM