Maximilian Cuddy
@maximiliancuddy.bsky.social
Johnson Lecturer at UChicago MAPSS, sociologist studying race, k-12 education, and neighborhoods / you're only funky as your last cut
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U.S. Latinos are now more worried about being asked to prove their legal status during their daily activities (43% today vs. 31% in March), and roughly 1 in 5 have changed their daily routines because of it.
December 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
U.S. Latinos are now more worried about being asked to prove their legal status during their daily activities (43% today vs. 31% in March), and roughly 1 in 5 have changed their daily routines because of it.
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very cool that for ten years people at the heights of political commentary insisted to the point of rage that the paramount threat to free speech was “censorious” college students
after announcing that foreign students are being banned from Havard, Noem warns "this should be a warning to every other university to get your act together."
May 22, 2025 at 9:44 PM
very cool that for ten years people at the heights of political commentary insisted to the point of rage that the paramount threat to free speech was “censorious” college students
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Come work with us in the Public Policy major at UChicago! We're hiring a Program Assistant -- a great entry-level job with partial remote options. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions.
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Program Assistant
Department Harris School Operations About the Department Why policy? For a better world. Why Harris Public Policy? Because when it comes to better policymaking, evidence matters. We work at the fronti...
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May 9, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Come work with us in the Public Policy major at UChicago! We're hiring a Program Assistant -- a great entry-level job with partial remote options. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions.
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Over 650 known cases so far, and most have nothing to do with pro-Palestinian advocacy. The admin seems to be engaged in a breakneck effort to kick out every foreign student who has had even the most minor interaction with the police possible, including for TRAFFIC CITATIONS and JAYWALKING tickets.
The State Department didn’t reveal the rationale for having these visas rescinded.
(via @keranews.org)
(via @keranews.org)
Visas revoked for students, graduates at multiple Texas universities amid deportation efforts
Dozens of students and recent graduates in Texas have had their legal status changed by the U.S Department of State over the last few weeks.
www.keranews.org
April 11, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Over 650 known cases so far, and most have nothing to do with pro-Palestinian advocacy. The admin seems to be engaged in a breakneck effort to kick out every foreign student who has had even the most minor interaction with the police possible, including for TRAFFIC CITATIONS and JAYWALKING tickets.
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Department of Homeland Security announces plan to screen foreign U.S. residents' social media for antisemitism.
"USCIS will consider social media content that indicates an alien endorsing, espousing, promoting, or supporting antisemitic terrorism, antisemitic terrorist organizations"
"USCIS will consider social media content that indicates an alien endorsing, espousing, promoting, or supporting antisemitic terrorism, antisemitic terrorist organizations"
April 9, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Department of Homeland Security announces plan to screen foreign U.S. residents' social media for antisemitism.
"USCIS will consider social media content that indicates an alien endorsing, espousing, promoting, or supporting antisemitic terrorism, antisemitic terrorist organizations"
"USCIS will consider social media content that indicates an alien endorsing, espousing, promoting, or supporting antisemitic terrorism, antisemitic terrorist organizations"
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UPDATED: At least 83 students -- at campuses for University of California, California State University and Stanford -- have had their visas revoked as of Monday evening.
LATEST: At least 45 student visas across the state have been revoked by the Trump administration, California universities report, as numbers grow. A lawsuit has been filed in a Los Angeles federal court against DHS and Kristi Noem www.latimes.com/california/s...
Caught off-guard, California colleges scramble to determine scope of student visa cancellations
More universities are discovering that international student visas were cancelled last week, causing growing concern and confusion at UCLA and other California campuses.
www.latimes.com
April 8, 2025 at 1:37 AM
UPDATED: At least 83 students -- at campuses for University of California, California State University and Stanford -- have had their visas revoked as of Monday evening.
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ICMYI: reported protests in the US in 2025 are almost certainly outpacing protests during Trump 1.0. In March 2025, we recorded significant growth in the number of cumulative events, and also an uptick in the rate of events (# of protests/week).
April 4, 2025 at 1:28 PM
ICMYI: reported protests in the US in 2025 are almost certainly outpacing protests during Trump 1.0. In March 2025, we recorded significant growth in the number of cumulative events, and also an uptick in the rate of events (# of protests/week).
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🚨UPDATE: Rümeysa Öztürk has now suffered three separate asthma attacks while in DHS custody.
She has not received her required asthma medications—a violation of her fundamental right to medical care.
This is cruelty, it is neglect, and it is a damning moral and legal failure.
She has not received her required asthma medications—a violation of her fundamental right to medical care.
This is cruelty, it is neglect, and it is a damning moral and legal failure.
April 3, 2025 at 11:34 PM
🚨UPDATE: Rümeysa Öztürk has now suffered three separate asthma attacks while in DHS custody.
She has not received her required asthma medications—a violation of her fundamental right to medical care.
This is cruelty, it is neglect, and it is a damning moral and legal failure.
She has not received her required asthma medications—a violation of her fundamental right to medical care.
This is cruelty, it is neglect, and it is a damning moral and legal failure.
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Here’s an updated list of students known to have been targeted by the Trump administration for speaking out about what Israel is doing to Palestinians in Gaza, in a clear attempt to chill/stop free speech: threadreaderapp.com/thread/19058...
March 29, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Here’s an updated list of students known to have been targeted by the Trump administration for speaking out about what Israel is doing to Palestinians in Gaza, in a clear attempt to chill/stop free speech: threadreaderapp.com/thread/19058...
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Trump's executive order tonight has illegally cancelled union contracts for 67% of the federal workforce & 75% of unionized federal employees — roughly 700,000 union workers
This may be the single biggest attack on the labor movement in American history
This may be the single biggest attack on the labor movement in American history
March 28, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Trump's executive order tonight has illegally cancelled union contracts for 67% of the federal workforce & 75% of unionized federal employees — roughly 700,000 union workers
This may be the single biggest attack on the labor movement in American history
This may be the single biggest attack on the labor movement in American history
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so is it the official view of the white house that race is a biological reality?
I’m not linking to the damn thing, here:
![For example, the Smithsonian American Art Museum today features “The Shape of Power: Stories of Race and American Sculpture,” an exhibit representing that “[s]ocieties including the United States have used race to establish and maintain systems of power, privilege, and disenfranchisement.” The exhibit further claims that “sculpture has been a powerful tool in promoting scientific racism” and promotes the view that race is not a biological reality but a social construct, stating “Race is a human invention.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:f4d76fjna5nxqsy2fu6cgmp3/bafkreihc3vsdrvtmlyrp4aix3zpcbqvgeplnz3vis6p5itlxtmo5b5lwpy@jpeg)
March 28, 2025 at 3:29 AM
so is it the official view of the white house that race is a biological reality?
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Disappeared Tufts Human Dev. PhD student Rumesya Ozturk is also a graduate of Teachers College - she’s a dev. psychologist studying children’s media & prosocial development. She also bakes without recipes and binge-watches cartoons. She is our colleague & she was abducted on the street w/ our tax $.
March 27, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Disappeared Tufts Human Dev. PhD student Rumesya Ozturk is also a graduate of Teachers College - she’s a dev. psychologist studying children’s media & prosocial development. She also bakes without recipes and binge-watches cartoons. She is our colleague & she was abducted on the street w/ our tax $.
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Chart of cumulative protests reported from Jan 22 - Feb 28, 2017 vs 2025:
March 19, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Chart of cumulative protests reported from Jan 22 - Feb 28, 2017 vs 2025:
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Last night’s article in the Washington Post about D.C. police responding to a 911 call by illegally letting DOGE onto private property is unlike any news story I have ever read. Every single person should read this article and think about where our society is going.
March 19, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Last night’s article in the Washington Post about D.C. police responding to a 911 call by illegally letting DOGE onto private property is unlike any news story I have ever read. Every single person should read this article and think about where our society is going.
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Must read: Mahmoud Khalil speaks out for the first time since his arrest by the Trump administration in an exclusive letter, dictated over the phone to his family, from ICE detention in Louisiana.
March 18, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Must read: Mahmoud Khalil speaks out for the first time since his arrest by the Trump administration in an exclusive letter, dictated over the phone to his family, from ICE detention in Louisiana.
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Horrified that the brief respite of the ceasefire appears to be over—already seeing reports of many injured & killed, including children.
This after weeks of Israel blocking aid into Gaza.
This after months of escalating violence and displacement in the West Bank.
The nightmare continues.
This after weeks of Israel blocking aid into Gaza.
This after months of escalating violence and displacement in the West Bank.
The nightmare continues.
March 18, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Horrified that the brief respite of the ceasefire appears to be over—already seeing reports of many injured & killed, including children.
This after weeks of Israel blocking aid into Gaza.
This after months of escalating violence and displacement in the West Bank.
The nightmare continues.
This after weeks of Israel blocking aid into Gaza.
This after months of escalating violence and displacement in the West Bank.
The nightmare continues.
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YES! In 2015 Mills wrote:
"Imagine an ignorance that resists.
Imagine an ignorance that fights back.
Imagine an ignorance militant, aggressive....not at all confined to the illiterate and uneducated but propagated
at the highest levels of the land, indeed presenting itself unblushingly as knowledge"
"Imagine an ignorance that resists.
Imagine an ignorance that fights back.
Imagine an ignorance militant, aggressive....not at all confined to the illiterate and uneducated but propagated
at the highest levels of the land, indeed presenting itself unblushingly as knowledge"
March 17, 2025 at 9:54 PM
YES! In 2015 Mills wrote:
"Imagine an ignorance that resists.
Imagine an ignorance that fights back.
Imagine an ignorance militant, aggressive....not at all confined to the illiterate and uneducated but propagated
at the highest levels of the land, indeed presenting itself unblushingly as knowledge"
"Imagine an ignorance that resists.
Imagine an ignorance that fights back.
Imagine an ignorance militant, aggressive....not at all confined to the illiterate and uneducated but propagated
at the highest levels of the land, indeed presenting itself unblushingly as knowledge"
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This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH
March 15, 2025 at 5:32 PM
This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH
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NEW: Family of Mahmoud Khalil just released footage of his arrest
“Stop resisting”
“He’s not resisting”
Agents seen continuing to ignore Mahmoud’s wife as she asks basic questions
“Stop resisting”
“He’s not resisting”
Agents seen continuing to ignore Mahmoud’s wife as she asks basic questions
March 14, 2025 at 8:50 PM
NEW: Family of Mahmoud Khalil just released footage of his arrest
“Stop resisting”
“He’s not resisting”
Agents seen continuing to ignore Mahmoud’s wife as she asks basic questions
“Stop resisting”
“He’s not resisting”
Agents seen continuing to ignore Mahmoud’s wife as she asks basic questions
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Columbia has expelled the president of @swcolumbia.bsky.social, a HELU member org, for participation in Palestine solidarity activism. This comes less than 24 hours before SWC's first bargaining session. We stand with SWC-UAW against this illegal interference in bargaining.
uaw.org/in-shocking-...
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In Shocking Move, Columbia University Fires Union President One Day Before Contract Negotiations Begin, in Further Crackdown on Free Speech - UAW | United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implem...
In the latest assault on First Amendment rights, Columbia University has expelled and fired Grant Miner, President of UAW Local 2710, which represents thousands of Columbia student workers.
uaw.org
March 14, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Columbia has expelled the president of @swcolumbia.bsky.social, a HELU member org, for participation in Palestine solidarity activism. This comes less than 24 hours before SWC's first bargaining session. We stand with SWC-UAW against this illegal interference in bargaining.
uaw.org/in-shocking-...
uaw.org/in-shocking-...
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Fantastic tool from U Michigan that shows federal support (via DoE) for schools by congressional district.
poverty.umich.edu/federal-educ...
Alaska:
- 16.7% of total educ budget
- 77M in support for low-income schools
- 52M in school lunches for low-inc kids
- 35M in support for disabled kids
poverty.umich.edu/federal-educ...
Alaska:
- 16.7% of total educ budget
- 77M in support for low-income schools
- 52M in school lunches for low-inc kids
- 35M in support for disabled kids
» Federal Education Funding Data Dashboard
poverty.umich.edu
March 12, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Fantastic tool from U Michigan that shows federal support (via DoE) for schools by congressional district.
poverty.umich.edu/federal-educ...
Alaska:
- 16.7% of total educ budget
- 77M in support for low-income schools
- 52M in school lunches for low-inc kids
- 35M in support for disabled kids
poverty.umich.edu/federal-educ...
Alaska:
- 16.7% of total educ budget
- 77M in support for low-income schools
- 52M in school lunches for low-inc kids
- 35M in support for disabled kids
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W.E.B. Du Bois on the white takeover of southern public schools after Reconstruction. Not a coincidence that the chapter, "Back Towards Slavery," follows his analysis of the eventual dedegration of the public school system. Attacks on education are vital to (re)instituting authoritarian rule.
February 22, 2025 at 7:46 PM
W.E.B. Du Bois on the white takeover of southern public schools after Reconstruction. Not a coincidence that the chapter, "Back Towards Slavery," follows his analysis of the eventual dedegration of the public school system. Attacks on education are vital to (re)instituting authoritarian rule.
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🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 1:26 AM
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.