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Kerem Morgül
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Assistant professor of sociology at Elon University | PhD from UW-Madison | MA from Bogazici University | 2010-11 Fox International Fellow at Yale University | Studies populism, nationalism, and international migration | Sci-fi fan
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Kerem Morgül @kmorgul.bsky.social · Nov 18
I think we need a “Bookmarks” button on this platform to save interesting or useful posts.
kmorgul.bsky.social
Erdoğan has finally declared his one-man rule. He’s on his way to turning Turkey into a banana republic where corruption, poverty, & lawlessness reign. From now on, it’s a patriotic duty to cut off all ties & transactions with anyone who continues to support this rotten regime.
March 19, 2025 at 7:24 PM
kmorgul.bsky.social
Never trust religious fundamentalists (Islamist or otherwise) to respect democracy, freedom of conscience, and human rights.

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Massacre of Alawites continues in Syria | DW News
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March 9, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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refugeestudies.bsky.social
The International Online School in Forced Migration offers an interdisciplinary & participative approach to the study of forced migration.

Applications are open for the following dates this academic year:

📆 17-21 March
📆 23-27 June

Join us!

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January 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM
kmorgul.bsky.social
New publication in the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.

We ask why secular Turks exhibit above-average levels of antipathy toward Syrian refugees, despite their left-leaning political views and relatively cosmopolitan cultural dispositions.

www.tandfonline.com/eprint/JBIHT...
Unusual suspects? A group position approach to explaining anti-refugee attitudes among secular Turks
Why do Turkish majority members with a secular outlook exhibit above-average levels of antipathy toward Syrian refugees, despite their left-leaning political views and relatively cosmopolitan cultu...
www.tandfonline.com
January 20, 2025 at 5:28 PM
kmorgul.bsky.social
Great article by Alia Malek. Happy to have made a small contribution.

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/m...
Syrians in Turkey Agonize Over a Return Home
With the Assad regime out of power, millions weigh the decision to go back to their war-torn country.
www.nytimes.com
January 18, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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ninaturner.bsky.social
The Democratic Party is trying to serve two masters—the people and the corporate donors. And until it picks the people over its corporate masters, the Democratic Party will keep losing.

My latest in @Newsweek www.newsweek.com/democrats-wi...
The Democrats Will Keep Losing Until They Stop Serving Corporate Interests
The Democratic Party is trying to serve two masters—the people and the corporate donors.
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December 6, 2024 at 4:05 PM
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ninaturner.bsky.social
Roughly 68,000 Americans die each year due to lack of healthcare.

Medical debt is the leading cause of bankruptcy in America.

It’s way past time for single-payer healthcare.
December 6, 2024 at 1:52 PM
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Just a reminder that @gmcd.bsky.social and @kylefbutts.bsky.social have made an incredible public good describing how to use data.table and fixest to encourage moving from Stata to R!

stata2r.github.io
Translating Stata to R
Learning R coming from Stata
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December 4, 2024 at 12:14 AM
kmorgul.bsky.social
Interesting read.
theatlantic.com The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · Nov 28
Stephen Hawkins and Daniel Yudkin conducted a large survey after the 2024 election. “Americans overwhelmingly—but, it turns out, mistakenly—believe that Democrats care more about advancing progressive social issues than widely shared economic ones,” they write.
The Perception Gap That Explains American Politics
Americans overwhelmingly—but, it turns out, mistakenly—believe that Democrats care more about advancing progressive social issues than widely shared economic ones.
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November 29, 2024 at 3:39 PM
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A mistake during IVF treatment led two mothers to give birth to each other's baby girls. After bonding with them for months, the families discovered the truth — and faced a devastating choice. Should they switch their girls? nyti.ms/3OtbJG5
November 26, 2024 at 12:11 AM
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theatlantic.com
What's holding you back from from finding the free time you crave?

Arthur Brooks explains how to avoid the traps that incentive us to overschedule. Learn how to reclaim your time from work and productivity:
Best of 'How To': Spend Time on What You Value
How to make the most of your downtime
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November 25, 2024 at 3:53 PM
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About 40% of dementia cases could be prevented or delayed by healthy lifestyle choices and preventive medicine. Here's a tool to gauge your brain care and track your progress.
You can reduce your risk of dementia. Here's how to get started
About 40% of dementia cases could be prevented or delayed by healthy lifestyle choices and preventive medicine. Here's a tool to gauge your brain care and track your progress.
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November 25, 2024 at 4:14 PM
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Nonprofits known as 527s can raise unlimited sums for political spending.

We built a database so you can more easily search these organizations' finances — which we just updated with a total of ~350k new contributions and expenditures: https://propub.li/4i01FSv
Text: 527 Explorer. Every year, hundreds of millions of dollars flow through little-known political organizations commonly called 527s. Use our database to explore who funds these organizations and how they're spending their money. Image: Webpage screenshot of ProPublica's 527 Explorer tool.
November 24, 2024 at 9:30 PM
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mattgrossmann.bsky.social
working-class voters are more likely to prefer a candidate with a working-class occupation, not due to policy positions or class rhetoric but because they perceive them as more understanding of their problems.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Do working-class candidates activate class-based voting?
After steadily leaving the Democratic Party, working-class voters are increasingly seen as pivotal in US elections. What type of candidates should par…
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November 25, 2024 at 2:03 AM
kmorgul.bsky.social
The median household income is around $80k.
alondra.bsky.social Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · Nov 23
I haven't drilled down on the details of this survey. But even as anecdotal evidence of economic assumptions, it is clear that "relative deprivation" theory needs to be understood alongside a new "bubble" of economic expectations that will never be reached by most of us. www.cnbc.com/2024/11/22/s...
A graph showing the salary level at which members of certain generations would feel successful Here’s the average salary older adults said would make them feel successful: Gen Z: $587, 800 Millennials (ages 28 to 43): $180,865 Gen X (ages 44 to 59): $212,321 Baby boomers (ages 60 to 78): $99,874
November 24, 2024 at 4:08 PM
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We're featuring an episode from NPR's science podcast Short Wave about what happens in our brains during conflict: Why it tempts us to shut down, and how we can navigate difficult conversations—political or otherwise—without losing control.
The Science of Disagreeing Well : Up First from NPR
What turns a playful debate into an angry, tearful argument? Or a cheerful Thanksgiving feast into a frosty dessert? America is heading into the holiday season after a divisive election season. So we're featuring an episode from NPR's science podcast Short Wave about what happens in our brains during conflict: Why it tempts us to shut down, and how we can navigate difficult conversations—political or otherwise—without losing control.
www.npr.org
November 24, 2024 at 3:26 PM
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pkrugman.bsky.social
The usual suspects are out there yelling "There are 23 million government workers! Fire most of them!" No awareness that most work for local governments, and most of *them* are schoolteachers. Federal employment hasn't grown since the 1950s
November 23, 2024 at 2:06 PM
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eidlin.bsky.social
@sharonquinsaat.bsky.social has a great piece in @jacobinmag.bsky.social re: why some immigrant groups swung to Trump, but not others. Drawing on her field research, she shows the key role that orgs like unions and churches play in shaping political identities.

jacobin.com/2024/11/immi...
Understanding the Immigrant Swing Toward Trump
Liberal pundits have puzzled over increasing support for Trump by immigrants and people of color. To understand the trend, we should look to economic issues and the way institutions like unions and ch...
jacobin.com
November 22, 2024 at 11:24 PM
kmorgul.bsky.social
You cannot have a real democracy when candidates are spending billions of dollars, most of which come from wealthy donors and corporations.
nytimes.com The New York Times @nytimes.com · Nov 18
Vice President Kamala Harris spent a remarkable $1.5 billion in her hyper-compressed presidential campaign. But in the days since losing to Donald Trump, her operation has faced questions internally and externally over what exactly the money went toward. nyti.ms/3YW7rM9
November 18, 2024 at 9:31 PM
kmorgul.bsky.social
I think we need a “Bookmarks” button on this platform to save interesting or useful posts.
November 18, 2024 at 7:50 PM
kmorgul.bsky.social
In the richest city of the richest country on earth…
nytimes.com The New York Times @nytimes.com · Nov 18
A record 146,000 public school students in New York City were homeless last year, data shows. Almost all of those students were living either in shelters across the city or “doubled up” temporarily with friends or family.
1 in 8 N.Y.C. Public School Students Was Homeless Last Year
A record 146,000 students did not have permanent housing, state data shows, as the city dealt with an ongoing housing crisis and an influx of migrants.
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2024 at 6:20 PM
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dynarski.bsky.social
Holy crap this is an astounding piece of historical research

Will post ungated link later today unless someone beats me to it

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The G.I. Bill, Standardized Testing, and Socioeconomic Origins of the U.S. Educational Elite Over a Century Ran Abramitzky, Jennifer K. Kowalski, Santiago Pérez, and Joseph Price NBER Working Paper No. 33164 November 2024 JEL No. 123, 124, N32 ABSTRACT We compile, transcribe, and standardize historical records for 2.5 million students at 65 elite (private and public) U.S. colleges. By combining these data with more recent survey and administrative data, we assemble the largest dataset on the socioeconomic backgrounds of students at American colleges spanning the last 100 years. We document the following: First, despite a large increase in the share of lower-income students in the overall college-going population, the representation of these students at elite private or public colleges has remained at similarly low levels throughout the last century. Second, the representation of upper-income students at elite colleges decreased after World War II, but this group has regained its high representation since the 1980s. Third, while there has been no increase in the economic diversity of elite private and public colleges, these colleges have become more racially and geographically diverse. Fourth, two major policy changes in the history of American higher education, namely the G.I. Bill after World War II and the introduction of standardized tests for admissions, had little success in increasing the representation of lower- and middle-income students at elite colleges.
November 18, 2024 at 12:47 PM