Reposted by Jody Agius VallejoErin Lockwood @erinkaylockwood.bsky.social · 22/10/2025And here's some solid quantitative evidence, from @jodyav.bsky.social and Sean Angst, about how tightly woven into our Orange County communities undocumented folks are: www.ocregister.com/2025/10/22/o...ocregister.comOrange County’s future depends on supporting immigrants todayOrange County has a choice: allow fear to hollow out our future or lead the way in building a county where all can thrive. 231
Reposted by Jody Agius VallejoUSC Sociology @uscsociology.bsky.social · 23/10/2025New op-ed by Professor Jody Agius Vallejo @jodyav.bsky.social and Professor Sean Angst: www.ocregister.com/2025/10/22/o...ocregister.comOrange County’s future depends on supporting immigrants todayOrange County has a choice: allow fear to hollow out our future or lead the way in building a county where all can thrive. 011
Reposted by Jody Agius VallejoMaureen Eger @maureeneger.bsky.social · 15/10/2025“USC already stands for academic excellence, and we do it without ideological loyalty oaths.” Professors @profmpastor.bsky.social & @jodyav.bsky.social grade the Compact (F) and urge leaders “to stand up for academic freedom, fiscal responsibility and just plain common sense.” 031
Reposted by Jody Agius VallejoErnesto Castañeda @drernestocast.bsky.social · 14/10/2025I will be talking tomorrow about immigrant realities rather than myths and misleading takes. Stop by if you're in the DC area. Register here:https://f.mtr.cool/ktzzdppinr 053
Reposted by Jody Agius VallejoDr. Manuel Pastor @profmpastor.bsky.social · 14/10/2025Why Trump’s Compact for Higher Ed deserves an ‘F’ (hint: it’s not just for the facism . . .) www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...latimes.comContributor: Trump's ultimatum to USC and others is a dismally researched documentWe give it an F. Though considering portions of it are plagiarized, it probably shouldn't even be graded. 083
Reposted by Jody Agius VallejoHajar Yazdiha @profhajaryazdiha.bsky.social · 30/09/2025📌 Join us online 10/21 to reflect on the legacy of Black Altadena and the devastating aftermath of the Eaton Fire: bit.ly/AltadenaVoicesWebinar Hosted by USC’s Black Studies Center & Equity Research Institute. 084
Reposted by Jody Agius VallejoDr. Manuel Pastor @profmpastor.bsky.social · 06/09/2025Great new piece by three grad students who are part of @uscsociology.bsky.social and @eri-usc.bsky.social dornsife.usc.edu/eri/2025/09/...dornsife.usc.eduDUI to Deportation: What H.R. 875 Could Mean for Immigrant Communities - USC Equity Research Institute (ERI)Data and Analysis to Power Social Change 064
Reposted by Jody Agius VallejoUSC Sociology @uscsociology.bsky.social · 18/08/2025@jodyav.bsky.social and @profmpastor.bsky.social spoke with the @latimes.com to express their concerns about how recent events are affecting L.A. citizens. www.tiktok.com/@latimes/vid...tiktok.comSociologists are concerned about L.A. citizens during a year of unrest. Citizens in L.A have witnessed a summer of unrest including wildfire recovery, ICE raids and protests. Elisha, a video intern fo...TikTok video by The Los Angeles Times 011
Reposted by Jody Agius VallejoUSC Equity Research Institute (ERI) @eri-usc.bsky.social · 16/06/2025detained during routine ICE check-ins to workplace raids that sparked citywide protests and the deployment of the National Guard. The piece features a quote from our associate director @jodyav.bsky.social, who underscores just how deeply immigration shapes life in California. 022
Reposted by Jody Agius VallejoUSC Equity Research Institute (ERI) @eri-usc.bsky.social · 07/05/2025Did you know? Over 70% of undocumented immigrants in LA County have lived in the U.S. for more than a decade. Many are raising U.S. citizen children and contributing daily to our communities—yet they face detention, deportation, and intimidation. 1/2 #immigration #immigrantinclusionbit.lyContributor: Californians must refuse to abandon the immigrants among usWhat's happening to immigrants is testing how far our government can go in punishing, surveilling and silencing everyone. 111
Reposted by Jody Agius VallejoUSC Equity Research Institute (ERI) @eri-usc.bsky.social · 07/05/2025In their latest LA Times op-ed, ERI’s @jodyav.bsky.social & @profmpastor.bsky.social break down what’s happening on the ground and why protecting immigrant communities is protecting our democracy. Californians are stepping up, and our public institutions must do the same. 2/2 011
Reposted by Jody Agius VallejoDavid Cook Martín @dcm19.bsky.social · 06/05/2025Timely piece by @jodyav.bsky.social at a time when "progressives" and "dems" are happy to throw immigrants under the bus, forgetting their own family stories and how they daily benefit from immigrant labor.latimes.comContributor: Californians must refuse to abandon the immigrants among usWhat's happening to immigrants is testing how far our government can go in punishing, surveilling and silencing everyone. 182
Reposted by Jody Agius VallejoNeil deGrasse Tyson @neildegrassetyson.com · 05/05/2025In space, Venus flanks Earth on the left, with a hellfire greenhouse effect. Mars on the right, which long ago had running water. Today, it's bone dry. Something bad happened on each planet. Seems like the wrong time to limit the Nation’s capacity to conduct climate research. 548202864744
Reposted by Jody Agius VallejoProPublica @propublica.org · 05/05/2025JUST IN: ProPublica’s “Life of the Mother” series, which exposes the fatal consequences of abortion bans, has won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. This is the second consecutive year we’ve been awarded this distinction and our eighth Pulitzer: www.propublica.org/series/life-... 401217555935
Reposted by Jody Agius VallejoChristoph Ellersgaard @chellersgaard.bsky.social · 28/03/2025The very first paper from our large comparative project - the World Elite Database - is out. Lots of coordination and important discussion on comparing elites allow us to - for the first time really - compare elites across very different national contexts. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...onlinelibrary.wiley.comVarieties of Economic Elites? Preliminary Results From the World Elite Database (WED)The strategies, decisions and beliefs of those who occupy prominent positions of economic power have influence on very large corporations and the markets they dominate, on vast amounts of economic re... 210951
Jody Agius Vallejo @jodyav.bsky.social · 14/03/2025YES this is my congressman @congresstran.bsky.social !!!! Thank you for your courage and for listening to your constituents! Hope to see you on @maddow.msnbc.com tonight!! 020
Reposted by Jody Agius VallejoPolity @politybooks.bsky.social · 21/02/2025If antiracism is to survive the attacks on it – and build foundations that will last beyond feel-good vibes – it needs to be more than ANTI something. What is the future that it is FOR? Join the conversation with John Solomos ↓ tinyurl.com/mr2e4emf @baggieyiannis.bsky.socialtinyurl.comAntiracism: A CritiqueAntiracism: A Critique, While there has been a wealth of research and conversation about the role of racism in shaping our social, political and economic structures, antiracism – its highly publicized... 1139
Reposted by Jody Agius VallejoChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 11/02/2025BREAKING: In response to doctors' lawsuit, Judge John Bates, a George W. Bush appointee, orders CDC, NIH, and FDA to put back up websites and datasets cited by the doctors in their lawsuit as having been relied upon and pulled down without notice. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 296281766750
Reposted by Jody Agius VallejoDr. Brittany Friedman @curlyprofessor.bsky.social · 07/02/2025Our new article (w/ April Fernandes & Gabriela Kirk-Werner) introduces the theoretical concept “Civil Lawfare” connecting the war on drugs, crime, and poverty to the weaponization of the civil legal system against disenfranchised communities. academic.oup.com/socpro/advan...academic.oup.comCivil LawfareABSTRACT. To offset rising mass incarceration expenses, states adopted strategies to increase revenue, including charging incarcerated individuals pay-to-s 0154
Reposted by Jody Agius VallejoRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 07/02/2025"In hindsight, the first year may have been the entire ballgame — even if no one quite knew it at the time..." Really good explainer by Zack Beauchamp here. Worth reading: www.vox.com/politics/398...vox.comTheir democracy died. They have lessons for America about Trump’s power grab.Hungarians who lived through Viktor Orbán’s 2010 power grab warn Americans: Act now, before it’s too late. 30842311462
Reposted by Jody Agius VallejoPablo Manríquez @pabloreports.bsky.social · 06/02/2025US immigration is gaming Google to create a mirage of mass deportations Thousands of press releases about decade-old enforcement actions topped search results, all updated with a timestamp from after Trump’s inauguration www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...theguardian.comUS immigration is gaming Google to create a mirage of mass deportationsThousands of press releases about decade-old enforcement actions topped search results, all updated with a timestamp from after Trump’s inauguration 0159
Reposted by Jody Agius VallejoKaren Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 06/02/2025My latest. As journalists and writers, we have a duty to use language that is accurate and describes our current reality. I’m no longer going to talk about DEI/Anti-DEI. Let’s be clear. We are facing racial purges and re-segregation. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...washingtonpost.comOpinion | The assault on DEI? It’s aimed at resegregation.The GOP leaders attacking inclusion programs want to go back to an era when White men ran everything 21597673249