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Amalie Zinn

@amaliezinn.bsky.social
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Housing finance + racial wealth equity research | public policy doctoral student at @priceschool.usc.edu | formerly at @urbaninstitute.bsky.social Views (including WBB takes 🏀) my own.

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Washington Center for Equitable Growth @equitablegrowth.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Post‑WWII federal mortgage programs often excluded Black borrowers, shaping long‑term gaps in credit and wealth. EG‑funded research published in @nature.com uses archival records to show who received federal mortgage guarantees. Read more @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social:
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Exclusionary federal mortgage lending widened racial wealth gap in the US
A deep dive of federal record-keeping found that government-back lending practices in the 1930's and '40s were biased against Black borrowers, according to a new study published in Nature.
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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 21/07/2026
For #BlackWomenEqualPayDay, @ayannapressley.bsky.social and I in @bostonglobe.com discussing why the attacks against workers begin and end with Black women. There is no world where workers are valued, and Black women workers are not. Either the economy serves us all, or it serves no one. #blacksky
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The attack on workers begins and ends with Black women - The Boston Globe
Black Women’s Equal Pay Day is about more than wage gaps. Job losses and stalled pay for Black women are an early warning sign for every American worker.
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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 17/07/2026
US homeownership rate is conventionally described as being ~ 65%. But that measure fails to take into account the large number of adults living in homes where *other* adults actually own the homes. People like young adults, elderly, friends. Once you account for that, the rate declines to… 53%.
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New homeownership measure puts people first | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
An alternative way of calculating the homeownership rate tells us how many individuals own their homes—something the most commonly used metric fails to track
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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
SCIENCE UPDATE in the US, here's where we are (via @nejm.org) TL;DR:A political appointee decides funding, not peer review; Your grant can be canceled at any time without warning; International collaborations are prohibited; & All conferences require political pre-approval @naomioreskes.bsky.social
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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
"The needs of disabled children are treated as an intolerable burden in a society organized around private wealth and imperialist violence." www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
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Trump strips special education and civil rights oversight from the Department of Education
There is little more than a shell remaining of the federal agency responsible for assisting public education at the state and local level.
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Katie Heindl @wtevs.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
og’s appendix is smiling down on him from somewhere
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Keith Marrero @keefhere.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
*taps the sign* bsky.app/profile/keef...
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Dan Immergluck @danimmergluck.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
In addition to the problems Noah highlights is the (too common) argument that "all old folks got lucky in the housing market." The middle-to-affluent ones maybe, but a significant portion of growth in severe instability lately is among those >65, and especially >75... www.urban.org/urban-wire/a...
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Amalie Zinn @amaliezinn.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
This is a massive issue - the ramifications of this change will mean that researchers will lose (already limited) access to data on the experiences of many households across the country, especially those from less populous communities. US public data infrastructure is being dismantled.
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APDU @apduorg.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
"A policy this consequential should not be implemented behind closed doors. And, it should not have been released without public comment." dataindex.us/newsletter/a...
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A New Commerce Policy Could Mean Less Public Data, Not Better Public Data | America's Data Index
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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Clutch shot by Fox who I definitely was not slandering in my living room the entire quarter
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Andrew Ackerman @amackerdc.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
The Trump administration tried to kill the CFPB. Courts stopped it. Now it's been repurposed — dropping cases against big banks while probing a nonprofit that started with a $77 bake sale. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Trump allies wanted to ‘delete’ this consumer watchdog. Now it’s a political weapon.
The administration that tried to kill the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has found a new use for it: advancing its political goals.
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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
When you run for LA mayor but you’ve never voted for LA mayor before.
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Me trying to figure out how votes get counted in LA

(Photo of Russell Crowe doing complex math in A Beautiful Mind)
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The people who vote by mail fucking hate you. Hope this helps 0239 @2 G1 •
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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 29/05/2026
This is bad. Bad for researchers. Bad for science. Bad for universities. Bad for professional associations. For example: 1. Every award would be vetted by political appointees, who could overrule peer reviewers and deny the award if it doesn't advance the president's priorities. 1/🧵
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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Organizations are racial structures.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12/05/2026
where is john roberts to tell us that this is just one of those apolitical, unpopular decisions the court has to make sometimes?
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Molly Morrison @mollyhannahm.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
WEMBY EJECTED???
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Amalie Zinn @amaliezinn.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Year 1 of the PhD done and dusted!! AND it’s the start of the WNBA season AND we’re in NBA playoffs when the basketball gets good AND I had a bomb breakfast burrito this morning. This LeBron meme has never felt more appropriate!!
LeBron smiling through it all can’t believe this is my life
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Trevon Logan @trevondlogan.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Just reminding everyone that Black political representation has material effects on policy. It’s so effective that the last time Black politicians were run out of office (Reconstruction), it was with violent force. They paid with their lives for their success. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Whitelashing: Black Politicians, Taxes, and Violence | The Journal of Economic History | Cambridge Core
Whitelashing: Black Politicians, Taxes, and Violence - Volume 83 Issue 2
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Amalie Zinn @amaliezinn.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
What a joke. This is objectively untrue. I miss when the WaPo was a real newspaper and not just slop and editorialized propaganda :(
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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
One reason Republicans are banning books and classes on race is because reading even one book about Jim Crow or Reconstruction makes it clear that they are hoping to reinstate segregation.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Rutgers School of Engineering canceled a commencement speech by Rami Elghandour—an alum and executive producer of an Oscar-nominated film about Hind Rajab, a Palestinian child killed by Israel—because "some" students complained: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... His response (via X):
Statement from Rami Elghandour on Rutgers Speech Cancellation
Rutgers first gave me the honor of being the convocation speaker for this year's engineering graduation.
They've now given me an even greater honor.
After a "few" students complained about my selection as speaker because of my social media advocacy for Palestine, Rutgers has canceled my speech. They decided that the feelings of a handful of students who said that my social media posts "opposed their beliefs", were more important than the experience of the entire graduating class, the reputation of the school, the dignity and belonging of Arab and Muslim students, and the First Amendment.
I have not and will not waver on my principles. I stand by my commitment to human rights and American democracy. Only those who fear the truth leverage institutional power to silence it.
Rutgers chose me in part because of my humanitarian work. They put my role as an executive producer for the Oscar nominated The Voice of Hind Rajab front and center. They led with my social justice advocacy. Until it was inconvenient. That's the difference between virtue signaling and principles. One withstands challenge. The other wilts in the slightest breeze.
The message Rutgers is sending to this class and everyone around the country is alarming. Don't dare stand for anything. Don't dare speak up. There will be consequences for being a humanitarian. For advocating for social justice and equality. Avoid people and ideas that contradict your own. Cancel them if you can.
I love Rutgers and it's both heartbreaking and disappointing to see it abandon its students and its ideals.
Ironically the essence of my convocation speech is being yourself and choosing kindness. That you can build a life consistent with your values. That you don't have to choose between success and principles. Rutgers' leadership clearly does not believe in these values.
But they can't stop me from sharing them. I'm recording my speech and will post it soon.
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Important to know how much the Voting Rights Act affects things like the number of black & brown people in Congress and state legislatures But I want to reemphasize the (more important to me) point that Black political power produced Black economic power.
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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
The Voting Rights Act is essentially dead and it’s quite possible that we will, like when a similar SCOTUS gutted civil rights at the fall of Reconstruction, see a disappearance of much of the Black congressional representation, especially in the most heavily Black states, which are in the South.
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National Consumer Law Center @nclc4consumers.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
The CFPB took a major step backward, issuing a rule that eviscerates fair lending protections under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA), dealing a devastating blow to the many people who face discrimination when they seek credit. www.nclc.org/cfpb-guts-fa...
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CFPB Guts Fair Lending
Bad Process Leads to Bad Rule As CFPB Fails to Meaningfully Review More than 40,000 Comments   WASHINGTON – Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) took a major step backward, issuing a...
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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
It was never about saving money www.govexec.com/workforce/20...
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Trump’s federal workforce changes cost the economy more than $165.6B, analysis finds
The Partnership for Public Service report includes the costs of the deferred resignation program, severance pay for laid-off civil servants and federal employees who were on paid administrative leave ...
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Amalie Zinn @amaliezinn.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
This clear communication by @donmoyn.bsky.social and the work of the Yale Budget Lab is key. And it’s critical that those in power use it to hold lying leaders accountable. If you want to claim cuts are efficient and lower the deficit, you should be forced to square it with the facts. In public.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
The assault on the IRS will blow up the deficit. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/what-the-d...
After adjusting for inflation, the IRS budget is 40% below its 2010 level, even as it has taken on more responsibilities and serves more taxpayers. And to be clear, this does not save America money: it blows a hole in the deficit. According to the Yale Budget Lab:

The IRS reductions from funding and layoffs have likely resulted in about $861 billion in decreased revenue. The layoffs from actions like DOGE alone have likely resulted in $597.8 billion in decreased revenue over the 2026-2035, and the clawback in IRS funding of $20 billion has likely resulted in $262.8 billion in decreased revenue over the same period.
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Amalie Zinn @amaliezinn.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Ugh I love womens basketball
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Amalie Zinn @amaliezinn.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
DMV women’s basketball looks GOOD per usual in this year’s WNBA draft!! You love to see it
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Manuel Schechtl @schechtlm.eurosky.social · 13/04/2026
New paper documenting a negative association between childhood exposure to local wealth inequality and inter-class social ties in adulthood. If children have fewer chances to meet peers from different class backgrounds, those divides may persist far beyond childhood.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12/04/2026
ed blum is straight up just trying to eliminate educational opportunities for black kids under the guise of “equality.”
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 11/04/2026
WNBA star Brianna Turner has written an article denouncing the new invasive sex testing requirements of the IOC. www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
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I'm a WNBA player. Don't use athletes like me to exclude trans women.
IOC's policy invites unequal scrutiny. We cannot choose our genes or chromosomes, but we can choose whether we protect the dignity of every athlete.
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Amalie Zinn @amaliezinn.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Especially excited for Sykes who deserves this opportunity to really anchor a team. She’s such a bucket!! I miss watching her in DC
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Amalie Zinn @amaliezinn.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
As a fairly new LA resident I NEED Nneka back to the Sparks!! 🤞🤞
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
This is not lets-propose-this-and-see-what-Congress-says. Their plan is more like USAID: eliminate before Congress can weigh in.
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Lindsay Gibbs @lindsaygibbs.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
I think, all things considered, it was a good weekend for Dawn Staley’s legacy: www.cbssports.com/womens-colle...
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Dawn Staley's legacy grows during eventful Final Four, despite 'getting smacked' in title game
Dawn Staley's South Carolina team fell by 28 points to UCLA in Sunday's championship game
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Amalie Zinn @amaliezinn.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Geno Auriemma remains a POS. Always making it about him. LOSER BEHAVIOR!!! Every good coach knows to keep the main thing the main thing
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Pam Davis-Kean, PhD @umpamdk.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
The NSF 2027 budget has noted that they will close out the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Science Program (SBE). This is not a good thing. nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/FY-202...
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
It is difficult not to notice that these are the people Ezra keeps spending more & more time with, both on his own platforms & in other public venues. He spends an incredible share of his time granting the premise of & legitimizing these people's views. One really cannot help but draw conclusions.
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Amalie Zinn @amaliezinn.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
So the punchline is “ur gay”? This is so embarrassing. The governor’s and his press team should be much more clever and much less homophobic. Not funny, offensive, and also stupid.
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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
They probably only let him out to avoid having him die in ICE custody. Really a 360-degree assault — decimate cancer research, send health insurance premiums skyrocketing, then detain thousands of people and deny them healthcare. Death cult.
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Amalie Zinn @amaliezinn.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
@itsafronomics.blacksky.app on Vibe Check…was this made in a lab for me??
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
“A lot of times people ask, Why don't we have free healthcare? Why is this like this?' And I'm like, somebody just didn't want Black people to have access to those services. And in trying to make things harder for Black folks, you also were collateral damage.” — @itsafronomics.blacksky.app
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The Business of Black Women: Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman
Podcast Episode · Vibe Check · March 20 · 47m
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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 18/03/2026
Thinking today of Dolores Huerta and of all the women who have been forced to choose between suffering in silence and risking the success of the broader missions they have worked to support. medium.com/@dolores_hue...
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Really seems like Trump is unable to register about IQ without referencing a woman of color, even if they are completely disconnected from whatever topic he is rambling on about.
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Amalie Zinn @amaliezinn.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Immigrants actually lower the deficit. And without immigrants, the housing crisis would be worse and Silent Gen and Boomer households would be short even more care as they age. The only ones extracting wealth from the taxpayer are the uber-wealthy and those enriching themselves in the current admin
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Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
None of it is true, but as I wrote last winter, fraud is a powerful political trope. Since then, Trump's used fraudulent fraud tropes to restrict voting rights, to gut Medicaid, and to unleash masked men on American cities to kidnap people off the street and hold them in detention camps.
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Musk’s Fraudulent Fraud Squad
A tired trope gets a new lease of life
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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 15/03/2026
Extreme economic inequality is incompatible with democracy, because extreme economic inequality creates ready targets for shit like this.
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