Mary Bernstein
@iammaryb.bsky.social
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Mary Bernstein
@iammaryb.bsky.social
· Jan 26
The 2024 SSSP Presidential Address “Every Damn Day in America”: Racism and the Politics of Gun Violence
Abstract. This presidential address disrupts common misperceptions about what gun violence in the United States looks like, who is most affected, and how w
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My article, just published, demonstrates how structural racism and racist discourse distort what we know about gun violence, the experience of gun violence, and how we respond to and organize to reduce gun violence.
Universities must resist authoritarianism.
Nielsen: Democracy in peril — a call to action for Northwestern and beyond
Silence and acquiescence will not protect Northwestern and other universities from the Trump administration’s authoritarian attacks on democracy. The University must speak out now — or watch liberty a...
dailynorthwestern.com
March 20, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Universities must resist authoritarianism.
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Vought is giving big banks and giant corporations the green light to scam families.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has returned over $21 billion to families cheated by Wall Street. Republicans have failed to gut it in Congress and in the courts. They will fail again.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has returned over $21 billion to families cheated by Wall Street. Republicans have failed to gut it in Congress and in the courts. They will fail again.
February 9, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Vought is giving big banks and giant corporations the green light to scam families.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has returned over $21 billion to families cheated by Wall Street. Republicans have failed to gut it in Congress and in the courts. They will fail again.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has returned over $21 billion to families cheated by Wall Street. Republicans have failed to gut it in Congress and in the courts. They will fail again.
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It’s Super Bowl Sunday and Donald Trump has done pretty much nothing to lower your grocery costs.
The President needs to buckle down and deliver on his promises.
The President needs to buckle down and deliver on his promises.
February 9, 2025 at 5:19 PM
It’s Super Bowl Sunday and Donald Trump has done pretty much nothing to lower your grocery costs.
The President needs to buckle down and deliver on his promises.
The President needs to buckle down and deliver on his promises.
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Research universities in the United States and the massive local economies they sustain are about to be hit by unfathomable destruction. For a political party and its cronies that claim to care about winning and global domination, this is the the stupidest shit they could possibly do.
Johns Hopkins is set to be crippled by the cuts at NIH. These cuts start tomorrow. Thread below.
February 9, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Research universities in the United States and the massive local economies they sustain are about to be hit by unfathomable destruction. For a political party and its cronies that claim to care about winning and global domination, this is the the stupidest shit they could possibly do.
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Donald Trump and the Republicans have learned nothing.
February 8, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Donald Trump and the Republicans have learned nothing.
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Waste and fraud? Has the Pentagon dropped its investigation into Musk's abuse of its own reporting rules?
newrepublic.com/article/1913...
newrepublic.com/article/1913...
Did Trump Quietly Kill a Sensitive Pentagon Probe into Elon Musk?
The New York Times revealed last year that Musk and SpaceX failed to meet federal reporting requirements for Pentagon contractors. No one has asked: What’s going on with that today?
newrepublic.com
February 8, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Waste and fraud? Has the Pentagon dropped its investigation into Musk's abuse of its own reporting rules?
newrepublic.com/article/1913...
newrepublic.com/article/1913...
Resist!
What you can do
Revised and expanded
robertreich.substack.com
February 8, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Resist!
Mentorship and creating safe spaces matters more than ever. Thanks to all my grad school colleagues on the NEM team for making this initiative a success. It has been a pleasure to work with you.
Enriching Mentorship to Ensure Success in Grad School - UConn Today
The UConn Graduate School is helping establish enduring mentor and mentee relationships
today.uconn.edu
February 3, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Mentorship and creating safe spaces matters more than ever. Thanks to all my grad school colleagues on the NEM team for making this initiative a success. It has been a pleasure to work with you.
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The freezing of federal grants, the firing of all inspector generals, the immunization of political violence - does everybody not see what’s happening?
In a blitzkrieg, Trump is trying to collapse our democracy - and probably our economy - and seize control.
Call it what it is.
In a blitzkrieg, Trump is trying to collapse our democracy - and probably our economy - and seize control.
Call it what it is.
January 28, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The freezing of federal grants, the firing of all inspector generals, the immunization of political violence - does everybody not see what’s happening?
In a blitzkrieg, Trump is trying to collapse our democracy - and probably our economy - and seize control.
Call it what it is.
In a blitzkrieg, Trump is trying to collapse our democracy - and probably our economy - and seize control.
Call it what it is.
My article, just published, demonstrates how structural racism and racist discourse distort what we know about gun violence, the experience of gun violence, and how we respond to and organize to reduce gun violence.
The 2024 SSSP Presidential Address “Every Damn Day in America”: Racism and the Politics of Gun Violence
Abstract. This presidential address disrupts common misperceptions about what gun violence in the United States looks like, who is most affected, and how w
nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com
January 26, 2025 at 10:30 PM
My article, just published, demonstrates how structural racism and racist discourse distort what we know about gun violence, the experience of gun violence, and how we respond to and organize to reduce gun violence.
First Bluesky post! Bye bye Zuckerberg!
January 18, 2025 at 12:49 AM
First Bluesky post! Bye bye Zuckerberg!