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Chinyere O. Agbai

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Assistant Professor of Sociology researching the roots of the racial wealth gap and their consequences for health inequality. Views are my own | chinyereagbai.com

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American Journal of Sociology @amjsoc.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
The WWII GI Bill made millions of veterans homeowners, but it also increased Black-White gaps in homeownership and wealth. Results demonstrate how historic policies not only exacerbated past inequalities but also how these inequalities have persisted and intensified into the present.
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Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
ICYMI: www.science.org/content/arti...
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Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring
Researchers facing “a lot of uncertainty, fear, and panic”
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Zoe McElligott @nanopharmnc.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
I just reached out to my senators about the NIH situation. If you need to find out how much impact NIH has in your state in terms of dollars in and their economic impact here's a link: www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
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NIH In Your State - United For Medical Research
Select a state on the map to see the impact of NIH funding across America.
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Chinyere O. Agbai @chinyereagbai.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
“If Yale, for instance, can apologize for its participation in slavery, as it did last month, then why can’t it create special admissions programs for slavery’s descendants — a program based on lineage and not race — just as it does for its legacy students?”
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Jane Liebschutz, MD MPH (she/her) @liebschutz.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.
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