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The elimination of USAID was an unforgivable moral atrocity that should haunt Trump, Elon Musk and Marco Rubio for the rest of their days and beyond
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 2:36 AM
The elimination of USAID was an unforgivable moral atrocity that should haunt Trump, Elon Musk and Marco Rubio for the rest of their days and beyond
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Why do associations between grandparents & child health vary [Africa]?: "implication is that net flows of support from grandparents to children diminish as societies undergo demographic & epidemiological transitions, weakening the positive association between grandparent coresidence & child health"
<em>Population and Development Review</em> | Population Council Journal | Wiley Online Library
In many modern populations, grandparents are increasingly becoming the primary caregivers of their grandchildren. This phenomenon has renewed interest in the role that grandparents play in within-fam...
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October 31, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Why do associations between grandparents & child health vary [Africa]?: "implication is that net flows of support from grandparents to children diminish as societies undergo demographic & epidemiological transitions, weakening the positive association between grandparent coresidence & child health"
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This graph never fails to be shocking: "The US has experienced the earliest and greatest slowdown in life expectancy improvements among higher-income countries, reported Eileen Crimmins. “We have horrible life expectancy—and it’s getting worse and worse”"
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October 31, 2025 at 7:08 PM
This graph never fails to be shocking: "The US has experienced the earliest and greatest slowdown in life expectancy improvements among higher-income countries, reported Eileen Crimmins. “We have horrible life expectancy—and it’s getting worse and worse”"
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I spoke w/ @npr.org's Here & Now about pronatalism. The conversation about low birth rates is really about creating a moral panic. Once folks are convinced that low rates cause major problems that can *only* be addressed through raising rates, it opens to door to all sorts of regressive policies.
The state of the pronatalist movement
The pronatalist movement, which claims to be rectifying what some of its members describe as the likely collapse of civilization due to population decline.
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October 30, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I spoke w/ @npr.org's Here & Now about pronatalism. The conversation about low birth rates is really about creating a moral panic. Once folks are convinced that low rates cause major problems that can *only* be addressed through raising rates, it opens to door to all sorts of regressive policies.
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I just don’t think we’re freaking out enough about this SNAP cut. I have spent my whole career working with people who rely on SNAP for food. People who work multiple jobs. Who have kids. What do you think happens when 1/8th of the population can’t buy food anymore? Everything is going to collapse.
October 30, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I just don’t think we’re freaking out enough about this SNAP cut. I have spent my whole career working with people who rely on SNAP for food. People who work multiple jobs. Who have kids. What do you think happens when 1/8th of the population can’t buy food anymore? Everything is going to collapse.
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One thing Doug Massey knows? Social inequality is firmly grounded in geographic inequality. 📍
Check out his new essay for @contexts.org ➡️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Check out his new essay for @contexts.org ➡️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
October 23, 2025 at 8:49 PM
One thing Doug Massey knows? Social inequality is firmly grounded in geographic inequality. 📍
Check out his new essay for @contexts.org ➡️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Check out his new essay for @contexts.org ➡️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Check out my latest article in @readdemography.bsky.social !
In “Polygyny & Fertility: Continuity or Change in SSA,” @sophiachae.bsky.social & V. Agadjanian employ DHS data from 23 nations & show how declining polygyny prevalence contributes to ↓ fertility, as do ↓ fert rates in monogamous unions. @ccpratucla.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...
October 16, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Check out my latest article in @readdemography.bsky.social !
Wonderful news!
The Demographic and Health Surveys Program has been saved! At least in part. According to the announcement, “Several donors and host countries are funding the completion of selected surveys.”
Great news for global health in spite of US government’s war on data.
www.dhsprogram.com/Who-we-are/N...
Great news for global health in spite of US government’s war on data.
www.dhsprogram.com/Who-we-are/N...
August 13, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Wonderful news!
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We are excited to announce the #PAA2026 Call for Papers is now available! The submission site opens on Monday, Aug. 18 and the deadline is Sunday, Oct. 5. Meet me in St. Louis! May 6-9, 2026:
www.populationassociation.org/paa2026/call...
www.populationassociation.org/paa2026/call...
August 12, 2025 at 7:31 PM
We are excited to announce the #PAA2026 Call for Papers is now available! The submission site opens on Monday, Aug. 18 and the deadline is Sunday, Oct. 5. Meet me in St. Louis! May 6-9, 2026:
www.populationassociation.org/paa2026/call...
www.populationassociation.org/paa2026/call...
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✨💰👏 Félicitations à Avelin Peguy Angos qui a obtenu une bourse de doctorat du @fondsrechercheqc.bsky.social !
Sa thèse dirigée par les professeur.e.s @sophiachae.bsky.social et Vissého Adjiwanou porte sur le placement des enfants en famille d'accueil au Malawi et leur accès à l'éducation
Sa thèse dirigée par les professeur.e.s @sophiachae.bsky.social et Vissého Adjiwanou porte sur le placement des enfants en famille d'accueil au Malawi et leur accès à l'éducation
July 31, 2025 at 5:24 PM
✨💰👏 Félicitations à Avelin Peguy Angos qui a obtenu une bourse de doctorat du @fondsrechercheqc.bsky.social !
Sa thèse dirigée par les professeur.e.s @sophiachae.bsky.social et Vissého Adjiwanou porte sur le placement des enfants en famille d'accueil au Malawi et leur accès à l'éducation
Sa thèse dirigée par les professeur.e.s @sophiachae.bsky.social et Vissého Adjiwanou porte sur le placement des enfants en famille d'accueil au Malawi et leur accès à l'éducation
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writing another review where I point to the Table 2 Fallacy (doi.org/10.1093/aje/... and doi.org/10.1017/psrm...) and say stop interpreting every single coefficient
The Table 2 Fallacy: Presenting and Interpreting Confounder and Modifier Coefficients
Abstract. It is common to present multiple adjusted effect estimates from a single model in a single table. For example, a table might show odds ratios for
doi.org
March 23, 2025 at 2:10 AM
writing another review where I point to the Table 2 Fallacy (doi.org/10.1093/aje/... and doi.org/10.1017/psrm...) and say stop interpreting every single coefficient
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This whole going after green card holders thing is absolutely trying to soften going after naturalized citizens. They want a White America. That means pushing Black & brown people out of all high ranking positions & getting rid of immigrants who make up American diversity.
March 15, 2025 at 5:09 PM
This whole going after green card holders thing is absolutely trying to soften going after naturalized citizens. They want a White America. That means pushing Black & brown people out of all high ranking positions & getting rid of immigrants who make up American diversity.
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The New York Times is the first to put out comprehensive estimates on the cost of a year without U.S.A.I.D. and they’re higher than I thought:
- 1.65 million deaths from AIDS
- 500,000 from lack of vaccines
- 550,000 from lack of food aid
- 290,000 from malaria
- 310,000 from TB
- 1.65 million deaths from AIDS
- 500,000 from lack of vaccines
- 550,000 from lack of food aid
- 290,000 from malaria
- 310,000 from TB
Killing children is by design, I'm afraid. "Pro-natalists" like Musk claim they aren't racist, but their pressure to have children is solely focused on white women, while they back policies that literally kill of non-white children.
He's a eugenicist.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
He's a eugenicist.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isn’t True.
A journey through the front lines of global poverty shows that when the world’s richest men slash aid for the world’s poorest children, the result is sickness, starvation and death.
www.nytimes.com
March 15, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The New York Times is the first to put out comprehensive estimates on the cost of a year without U.S.A.I.D. and they’re higher than I thought:
- 1.65 million deaths from AIDS
- 500,000 from lack of vaccines
- 550,000 from lack of food aid
- 290,000 from malaria
- 310,000 from TB
- 1.65 million deaths from AIDS
- 500,000 from lack of vaccines
- 550,000 from lack of food aid
- 290,000 from malaria
- 310,000 from TB
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I’ve struggled to find the right words following Musk/Trump’s decision to end the Demographic and Health Surveys Program (the OG DHS). While nothing is inevitable, there is no denying this is a huge blow personally, professionally and for the world.
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The DHS Program - Quality information to plan, monitor and improve population, health, and nutrition programs
dhsprogram.com
February 26, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I’ve struggled to find the right words following Musk/Trump’s decision to end the Demographic and Health Surveys Program (the OG DHS). While nothing is inevitable, there is no denying this is a huge blow personally, professionally and for the world.
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Absolute disaster.
Trump Administration Ends Global Health Research Program www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/h...
Trump Administration Ends Global Health Research Program www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/h...
Trump Administration Ends Global Health Research Program
The Demographic and Health Surveys were the only sources of reliable information in many countries on metrics such as mortality, nutrition and education.
www.nytimes.com
February 27, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Absolute disaster.
Trump Administration Ends Global Health Research Program www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/h...
Trump Administration Ends Global Health Research Program www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/h...