Rachel Strohm
@rachelstrohm.bsky.social
📝 Poverty & social protection research at Oxford Policy Management
📍London / Chicago / Nairobi
🌐 http://rachelstrohm.com
📍London / Chicago / Nairobi
🌐 http://rachelstrohm.com
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This book really affected me, I think because the narrative vividly illustrates in such a personal way how everything works in practice bsky.app/profile/dipl...
A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy, by Nathan Thrall is very good and highlights the draconian geographical limitations placed on Palestinians under occupation, and how they are *literally* fatal.
February 7, 2026 at 1:32 AM
This book really affected me, I think because the narrative vividly illustrates in such a personal way how everything works in practice bsky.app/profile/dipl...
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Again, it would be good if someone in DC (and at the NYT) demanded to know the legal justification for bombing Iran right now, instead of just treating this as something to be decided by the will of the god emperor,
U.S. and Iran Set for Talks in Oman as Regional Leaders Seek to Prevent War
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 10:22 AM
Again, it would be good if someone in DC (and at the NYT) demanded to know the legal justification for bombing Iran right now, instead of just treating this as something to be decided by the will of the god emperor,
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Book Review: Mahmood Mamdani’s Slow Poison: Idi Amin, Yoweri Museveni
open.substack.com/pub/kenopalo...
open.substack.com/pub/kenopalo...
Book Review (1/26): Mahmood Mamdani’s Slow Poison
A journey through Uganda’s stunted political development
open.substack.com
February 6, 2026 at 11:01 AM
Book Review: Mahmood Mamdani’s Slow Poison: Idi Amin, Yoweri Museveni
open.substack.com/pub/kenopalo...
open.substack.com/pub/kenopalo...
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I also spoke to John and Jay, two men who were evicted when the city closed their camp. They say they were offered no housing. Now they live at a new camp around the corner. "How much difference is it to be in this one versus that? I don’t understand.”
chicagoreader.com/news/housing...
chicagoreader.com/news/housing...
Chicago's encampment closures are ‘unconscionable’ - Chicago Reader
Public encampments provide resources and community for people experiencing homelessness, but city crews repeatedly evict residents.
chicagoreader.com
February 5, 2026 at 1:30 PM
I also spoke to John and Jay, two men who were evicted when the city closed their camp. They say they were offered no housing. Now they live at a new camp around the corner. "How much difference is it to be in this one versus that? I don’t understand.”
chicagoreader.com/news/housing...
chicagoreader.com/news/housing...
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“Some are saying we’ll have a 10% GDP loss at between 3C and 4C degrees [of global heating], but the physical climate scientists are saying the economy and society will cease to function as we know"
Damn right we are saying this
We are in deep, deep, sh*t
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Damn right we are saying this
We are in deep, deep, sh*t
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Flawed economic models mean climate crisis could crash global economy, experts warn
States and financial bodies using modelling that ignores shocks from extreme weather and climate tipping points
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2026 at 8:07 AM
“Some are saying we’ll have a 10% GDP loss at between 3C and 4C degrees [of global heating], but the physical climate scientists are saying the economy and society will cease to function as we know"
Damn right we are saying this
We are in deep, deep, sh*t
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Damn right we are saying this
We are in deep, deep, sh*t
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Even uglier: all the properties of the political parties have been transferred to the state
#BurkinaFaso: Junta Pulls the Plug on Political Life
No more political parties.
Junta's "putting democratic institutions on trial using the pretext of terrorism...but counterterrorism efforts should not undermine civil liberties” A. Newton Barry told @hrw.org
www.hrw.org/news/2026/02...
No more political parties.
Junta's "putting democratic institutions on trial using the pretext of terrorism...but counterterrorism efforts should not undermine civil liberties” A. Newton Barry told @hrw.org
www.hrw.org/news/2026/02...
Burkina Faso’s Junta Pulls the Plug on Political Life
Burkina Faso no longer has political parties, only a military junta.
www.hrw.org
February 5, 2026 at 8:08 AM
Even uglier: all the properties of the political parties have been transferred to the state
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The widespread targeting of Native Americans demonstrates its not about legal status, its about racial profiling. ictnews.org/news/fearing...
Fearing ICE, Native Americans rush to prove their right to belong in the US - ICT
As Native Americans around the country rush to secure documents proving their right to live in the United States, many see a bitter irony.
ictnews.org
February 4, 2026 at 4:59 PM
The widespread targeting of Native Americans demonstrates its not about legal status, its about racial profiling. ictnews.org/news/fearing...
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The targeting of Native Americans by ICE is so widespread, tribal governments all over are responding. To protect tribal citizens from ICE raids, tribes are holding events to help citizens get updated IDs and even speeding up the printing and processing times.
February 4, 2026 at 4:59 PM
The targeting of Native Americans by ICE is so widespread, tribal governments all over are responding. To protect tribal citizens from ICE raids, tribes are holding events to help citizens get updated IDs and even speeding up the printing and processing times.
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"Out of that meeting, the Cedar Riverside Protection Alliance was born: a rapid response network of Somali youth whose devotion to each other and the place they call home outweighed their fears."
truthout.org/articles/som...
truthout.org/articles/som...
Somali Communities Are Building Collective Power in the Face of Trump’s Attacks
Minnesota’s Somali community has organized mutual aid and neighborhood patrols amid Trump’s campaign to crush them.
truthout.org
February 4, 2026 at 3:04 PM
"Out of that meeting, the Cedar Riverside Protection Alliance was born: a rapid response network of Somali youth whose devotion to each other and the place they call home outweighed their fears."
truthout.org/articles/som...
truthout.org/articles/som...
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I've been researching the idea of Unconditional Universal Basic Income since 2013. Here's a collection of findings I've compiled from various UBI experiments and studies of cash transfer programs around the world.
This will be a VERY LONG and ongoing thread focused entirely on empirical evidence. 🧵
This will be a VERY LONG and ongoing thread focused entirely on empirical evidence. 🧵
December 5, 2024 at 3:47 PM
I've been researching the idea of Unconditional Universal Basic Income since 2013. Here's a collection of findings I've compiled from various UBI experiments and studies of cash transfer programs around the world.
This will be a VERY LONG and ongoing thread focused entirely on empirical evidence. 🧵
This will be a VERY LONG and ongoing thread focused entirely on empirical evidence. 🧵
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Only 10 cases of Guinea worm disease were recorded *globally* last year.
It may become the second human disease we eradicate, after smallpox.
It may become the second human disease we eradicate, after smallpox.
February 4, 2026 at 11:38 AM
Only 10 cases of Guinea worm disease were recorded *globally* last year.
It may become the second human disease we eradicate, after smallpox.
It may become the second human disease we eradicate, after smallpox.
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The US immigrant population generated more in taxes than they received in benefits from all levels of government every year from 1994 to 2023.
The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets.
https://ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3
The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets.
https://ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3
February 3, 2026 at 5:27 PM
The US immigrant population generated more in taxes than they received in benefits from all levels of government every year from 1994 to 2023.
The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets.
https://ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3
The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets.
https://ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3
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Everything going great now that peace has arrived
Israeli strikes kill 18 in Gaza and patient crossings at Rafah halted, Palestinian officials say
Israeli strikes kill 18 in Gaza and patient crossings at Rafah halted, Palestinian officials say
Four children among dead as restrictions on evacuations put in place days after reopening of crossing to Egypt
Israeli tank shelling and airstrikes have killed 18 people, including four children, in Gaza and Israel has halted the evacuation of patients through the Rafah border crossing, Palestinian officials have said.
The Israeli military said it fired on Gaza after a gunman shot at Israeli soldiers and seriously injured a reservist. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 11:36 AM
Everything going great now that peace has arrived
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Thought-provoking piece by my colleagues Julia Chukwuna and Kevin Deane with critical reflections on targeted #cashtransfers through lens of #coloniality
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Based on research @oucsgd.bsky.social at @theopenuniverse.bsky.social in collaboration with @idos-research.bsky.social
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Based on research @oucsgd.bsky.social at @theopenuniverse.bsky.social in collaboration with @idos-research.bsky.social
🚨 Can cash transfers really reduce health inequalities, or do they hide deeper structural injustices?
✍️ New blog applies a coloniality lens to CT and CT+ programmes in Africa.
👉 Read here: buff.ly/Nx5fWXN
📚 Second post of the series “The long shadows of colonialism on social protection”
✍️ New blog applies a coloniality lens to CT and CT+ programmes in Africa.
👉 Read here: buff.ly/Nx5fWXN
📚 Second post of the series “The long shadows of colonialism on social protection”
February 4, 2026 at 7:34 AM
Thought-provoking piece by my colleagues Julia Chukwuna and Kevin Deane with critical reflections on targeted #cashtransfers through lens of #coloniality
.
Based on research @oucsgd.bsky.social at @theopenuniverse.bsky.social in collaboration with @idos-research.bsky.social
.
Based on research @oucsgd.bsky.social at @theopenuniverse.bsky.social in collaboration with @idos-research.bsky.social
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Kelly Vargas writes about what happened to her, her husband, and their 6yo daughter in the family camp in Texas.
Filth, illness, medical abuse—her child has lasting complications from being injured by a staff member.
We don't know the half of what's happening in the camps, but we know enough.
Filth, illness, medical abuse—her child has lasting complications from being injured by a staff member.
We don't know the half of what's happening in the camps, but we know enough.
My Daughter Lived the Liam Ramos Nightmare. It Turned Out Worse for Us.
The constant threats took a toll on my health. My daughter’s health deteriorated even faster.
slate.com
February 3, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Kelly Vargas writes about what happened to her, her husband, and their 6yo daughter in the family camp in Texas.
Filth, illness, medical abuse—her child has lasting complications from being injured by a staff member.
We don't know the half of what's happening in the camps, but we know enough.
Filth, illness, medical abuse—her child has lasting complications from being injured by a staff member.
We don't know the half of what's happening in the camps, but we know enough.
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Refreshing to see a rhetorical device often used by anti-migration politicians flipped by @alanbeattie.bsky.social "More people attend English League Two football matches to watch the likes of Accrington Stanley and Crawley Town in an average week than arrived by small boat in the whole of 2025."
The abandonment of Labour’s moral crusade
The UK is taking a cynical but fruitless turn to the reactionary and insular on aid, immigration and trade
www.ft.com
January 29, 2026 at 7:32 AM
Refreshing to see a rhetorical device often used by anti-migration politicians flipped by @alanbeattie.bsky.social "More people attend English League Two football matches to watch the likes of Accrington Stanley and Crawley Town in an average week than arrived by small boat in the whole of 2025."
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Media coverage of Gaza has plummeted. So today on @thenation.com, we're doing something pretty special: we're only running pieces by people in and from Gaza.
We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...
We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...
A Day for Gaza
Today, The Nation is turning over its website exclusively to stories from Gaza and its people. This is why.
www.thenation.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Media coverage of Gaza has plummeted. So today on @thenation.com, we're doing something pretty special: we're only running pieces by people in and from Gaza.
We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...
We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...
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Sudan, South Sudan and Somalia are all in @crisisgroup.org's key peace and security priorities for the African continent in 2026.
Join us for a discussion on what can be done, in a period when the AU is arguably at its weakest.
🗓️ 12 February, 4pm Addis
www.crisisgroup.org/how-we-work/...
Join us for a discussion on what can be done, in a period when the AU is arguably at its weakest.
🗓️ 12 February, 4pm Addis
www.crisisgroup.org/how-we-work/...
Sudan, South Sudan and Somalia: Key Peace and Security Priorities for Africa in 2026 | International Crisis Group
4pm Addis Ababa | 2pm BrusselsPlease register here if you would like to attend this online event.
www.crisisgroup.org
February 3, 2026 at 8:26 AM
Sudan, South Sudan and Somalia are all in @crisisgroup.org's key peace and security priorities for the African continent in 2026.
Join us for a discussion on what can be done, in a period when the AU is arguably at its weakest.
🗓️ 12 February, 4pm Addis
www.crisisgroup.org/how-we-work/...
Join us for a discussion on what can be done, in a period when the AU is arguably at its weakest.
🗓️ 12 February, 4pm Addis
www.crisisgroup.org/how-we-work/...
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The authors "estimate that by 2025, the Brexit process had reduced UK GDP per capita by 6 to 8 percent, investment by 12 to 18 percent, employment by 3 to 4 percent, and productivity by 3 to 4 percent. These effects grew gradually over time." www.nber.org/202602/diges...
What a total disaster... 🇪🇺🇬🇧
What a total disaster... 🇪🇺🇬🇧
February 3, 2026 at 9:20 AM
The authors "estimate that by 2025, the Brexit process had reduced UK GDP per capita by 6 to 8 percent, investment by 12 to 18 percent, employment by 3 to 4 percent, and productivity by 3 to 4 percent. These effects grew gradually over time." www.nber.org/202602/diges...
What a total disaster... 🇪🇺🇬🇧
What a total disaster... 🇪🇺🇬🇧
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How can we develop a more empathetic and dignified approach to anti-poverty and welfare policies?
In our next seminar, @keetieroelen.bsky.social explores the double standards and myths that underpin attitudes to poverty.
💻️ Attend online: buff.ly/GgEC13T
🎟️ Attend in-person: buff.ly/fNtpaAX
In our next seminar, @keetieroelen.bsky.social explores the double standards and myths that underpin attitudes to poverty.
💻️ Attend online: buff.ly/GgEC13T
🎟️ Attend in-person: buff.ly/fNtpaAX
February 3, 2026 at 10:50 AM
How can we develop a more empathetic and dignified approach to anti-poverty and welfare policies?
In our next seminar, @keetieroelen.bsky.social explores the double standards and myths that underpin attitudes to poverty.
💻️ Attend online: buff.ly/GgEC13T
🎟️ Attend in-person: buff.ly/fNtpaAX
In our next seminar, @keetieroelen.bsky.social explores the double standards and myths that underpin attitudes to poverty.
💻️ Attend online: buff.ly/GgEC13T
🎟️ Attend in-person: buff.ly/fNtpaAX
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The IDF targeted water infrastructure in Gaza on day 1 of the genocide. Biden's USAID humanitarian chief, Sonali Korde, personally intervened in the Response in order to prevent water/sanitation projects from going forward because water infrastructure "helped Hamas."
JUST IN | Israeli forces detonated & destroyed the Morag Water Station in Rafah today, a facility that supplied water to roughly one-third of the city’s residents before the war, Palestinian investigative journalist Younis Tirawi Reuters w/ footage purportedly circulated by Israeli soldiers. The...
February 2, 2026 at 9:07 PM
The IDF targeted water infrastructure in Gaza on day 1 of the genocide. Biden's USAID humanitarian chief, Sonali Korde, personally intervened in the Response in order to prevent water/sanitation projects from going forward because water infrastructure "helped Hamas."
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Cannot emphasize this enough, federal judges only do this when they're extremely distressed
Haiti’s TPS continues for now!!!!! And zowie: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.283214/gov.uscourts.dcd.283214.124.0_1.pdf
February 3, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Cannot emphasize this enough, federal judges only do this when they're extremely distressed
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In the UK, the Home Office issued letters to Syrians demanding fresh proof that return would place them at risk, with just 21 days to respond.
Omar, a refugee working as an advocate for asylum seekers, said the shift was abrupt and punitive.
@thenewarab.bsky.social
www.newarab.com/features/syr...
Omar, a refugee working as an advocate for asylum seekers, said the shift was abrupt and punitive.
@thenewarab.bsky.social
www.newarab.com/features/syr...
The Syrian refugees trapped in Europe’s bureaucratic maze
As Europe and the US tighten asylum rules, Syrians say return remains dangerous despite Assad’s fall, leaving refugees stranded in a legal limbo
www.newarab.com
February 3, 2026 at 7:46 AM
In the UK, the Home Office issued letters to Syrians demanding fresh proof that return would place them at risk, with just 21 days to respond.
Omar, a refugee working as an advocate for asylum seekers, said the shift was abrupt and punitive.
@thenewarab.bsky.social
www.newarab.com/features/syr...
Omar, a refugee working as an advocate for asylum seekers, said the shift was abrupt and punitive.
@thenewarab.bsky.social
www.newarab.com/features/syr...
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La traduction en français du livre de @seyeabimbola.bsky.social vient de sortir... en accès libre
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Le regard étranger - Réflexions sur la santé mondiale - Seye Abimbola (EAN13 : 9782709930567) | IRD Editions
Le regard étranger - Réflexions sur la santé mondiale - Seye Abimbola (EAN13 : 9782709930567)
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February 2, 2026 at 10:00 AM
La traduction en français du livre de @seyeabimbola.bsky.social vient de sortir... en accès libre
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@ehess.fr @lab-iris.bsky.social @ird-fr.bsky.social @kristofdecoster.bsky.social @chrabier.cpesr.fr @histoires-crepues.bsky.social @mondediplomatique.bsky.social
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