“The United States has the most family-hostile public policy of any country in the Western industrialized world when it comes to supporting work and family,” Caitlyn Collins tells @EzraKlein on today’s episode of The Ezra Klein Show. Listen: nyti.ms/3VAIO7w

You still have time until April 14, 2024 to apply to the Berlin Summer Institute in Computational Social Sciences (SICSS) hosted by the WZB,
Armin Sauermann & Stefan Munnes. Find out more, apply (sicss.io/2024/berlin/), and share widely!

Making Motherhood Work by Caitlyn Collins (read by Xe Sands) is a moving account of working mothers’ daily lives—& the revolution in public policy & culture needed to improve them.

Available wherever you listen! 🎧

#InternationalWomensDay #WomensHistoryMonth HighBridge Audio

In Missouri, a family of four making 40k doesn’t qualify for free school lunch—about 1,200 in benefits.

In Missouri, the new school school choice scheme will allow a family of four making 220k to qualify for school vouchers—about 14k in benefits.

That’s convenient.

This podcast w Sarah Diefendorf is fantastic. Her ethnography and concept of the 'imagined secular' helps me understand SO MUCH of how white evangelicals think + vote of late, a viewpoint I know little about but we all need to confront in this political moment.
newbooksnetwork.com/the-holy-vote

It's Sam Simon's book publication day.

Her ethnography follows cadets training at police academies, revealing the org processes that socialize police into a system of state violence. She shows why we must envision a different future of policing. ASA Sociology

nyupress.org/9781479813278/…

Florida: where the underpaid and underregulated labor of children will now make it more affordable for other families to take dream vacations with their kids.

Our (Melissa Milkie me & Ameeta Jaga) WFRN special issue on #WorkFamilyJustice for the Community, Work & Family Journal is now out online! The issue explores issues around justice in work-family research.
tandfonline.com/toc/ccwf20/26/5 with contribution from a terrific line of contributors.

79% of women take their husband's last name when they get married. And how many men take their wives' last name? About 5%.

Caitlyn Collins spoke to AOD, saying that one reason is our 'culture of male domination.' Read more from The Hill: buff.ly/3rNR7R9.

“The best barometer of rising inequality in America is no longer income. It is life itself. In the 80s, people in the poorest communities were 9% more likely to die each year, but the gap grew to 49% in the past decade and widened to 61% when covid struck” washingtonpost.com/health/interac…

No.

A robust social safety net is the path.

Next question.

Many assume moms quit their jobs to care for kids during the pandemic b/c they earned less than their male partners, but new research from Prof. Leah Ruppanner Caitlyn Collins Liana Landivar and William Scarborough shows that's not true.

theconversation.com/being-the-main…

“All but the wealthiest New Yorkers — even the upper middle class and especially mothers — are scrambling to afford care that will allow them to keep their jobs.”

Applicable to all US families. nytimes.com/2023/09/11/nyr…

As we get back from the 3 day weekend and your inbox is…imploding…

May I suggest you consider creating a no list?

I tried it and wrote about it for Slate with the great Shannon Palus editing.

OG idea from the best Caitlyn Collins

slate.com/human-interest…

It’s here!! #ColorOfAsylum is officially a book in my hands. In awe and so much gratitude to the all those who helped in this journey. Get it at #ASA2023 or preorder for 20% off w/ code UCPNEW bit.ly/3sbILCE

Q for qualitative #soctwitter : do your universities allow you to compensate participants without tracking/submitting identifying info?

I'm told to (but won't) give name, address, SSN (!) for tax purposes. I need to provide counterexamples of other schools. Any info appreciated.

My book ENGAGE & EVADE is out today. It examines the everyday forms of surveillance that undocumented immigrants encounter as they make a life in the U.S.—& what it means for their societal membership.

I hope you'll read it and share your thoughts!

press.princeton.edu/books/hardcove…