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Marianne Cooper

@mariannecooper.bsky.social
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Sociologist. Studying inequality. Translating research into action. Words @TheAtlantic, @nytimes, @HarvardBiz, co-author #WomenintheWorkplaceReport, Author, #CutAdrift mariannecooper.com

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Marianne Cooper @mariannecooper.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
My new article in Time asks if AI can free women from the mental load of caregiving. #AI #Mentalload #Women #Caregiving time.com/article/2026...
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Can AI Free Women from the Mental Load of Caregiving?
Innovation has not brought about women’s liberation, writes Marianne Cooper.
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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 03/04/2026
Why do Black women continue to face the brunt of job losses and exits? My book #TheDoubleTax and this piece in TIME Magazine with @mariannecooper.bsky.social dig into the likely reasons.
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Journal of Marriage and Family @jmfncfr.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Looking back today at another highly cited JMF article — 2020's "Families Across the Income Spectrum: A Decade in Review": tinyurl.com/4ksyw3r7 by @mariannecooper.bsky.social & @allisonpugh.bsky.social #ThrowbackThursday #TBT #FamilyScience #SocialScience #SocialScienceResearch #FamilyEconomics
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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place
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Justin Zimmerman @jztidecat.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
You can't have a violent, corrupt agency targeting people and expect peace and absolute nonviolence from the victims. That's just not how conflict and oppression works.
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Federal Reserve @federalreserve.gov · 12/01/2026
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG... www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
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Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
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Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · 10/10/2025
Had the opportunity to hear the great @jodikantor.bsky.social last night at an event organized by the Clayman Institute. She raised at least two important questions: 1. Would their investigation of Weinstein have the same impact if published today? 2. What is our plan to protect the truth? +
Photo of Jodi Kantor standing at a podium wearing a pink dress
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Nitish Pahwa @nitishpahwa.com · 10/09/2025
wrote about the latest federal jobs reports and why they contain so many ominous signs for the economy—including, and especially, the surge in Black employment. with insights from @itsafronomics.bsky.social and the @jointcenter.bsky.social's Gabrielle Smith Finnie: slate.com/business/202...
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Trump’s Economy Is Finally Here—and It’s Even Worse Than You Imagined
Layoffs are spreading and unemployment is rising—and one kind of worker is being hit the hardest.
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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 10/09/2025
This morning, @mariannecooper.bsky.social and I's TIME Magazine piece about how rising unemployment among Black women is a bad economic sign is a TOP NEWS STORY. Check out the piece here: time.com/7315624/risi...
TIME MAGAZINE RISING UNEMPLOYMENT AMONG BLACK WOMEN is a bad sign for the economy
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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 09/09/2025
This afternoon in TIME MAGAZINE, @mariannecooper.bsky.social and I discuss why 300,000 Black women leaving the workforce is bad for the economy, bad for society, and bad for you. In the piece, we argue that Black women are the canaries in the coalmine and why ignoring #TheDoubleTax harms us all.
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Rising Unemployment Among Black Women Is a Bad Economic Sign
"Black women are the canary in the coal mine on the health of the economy," write Cooper and Opoku-Agyeman.
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Marianne Cooper @mariannecooper.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Rising Unemployment Among Black Women Is a Bad Sign for the Economy. Really great to collaborate with the amazing @itsafronomics.bsky.social. Check out our article in Time. time.com/7315624/risi...
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Rising Unemployment Among Black Women Is a Bad Economic Sign
"Black women are the canary in the coal mine on the health of the economy," write Cooper and Opoku-Agyeman.
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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
"school shooting industry"
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
Vinay Prasad of the FDA demanded that @joho.bsky.social’s YouTube channel be removed, and it was. Dr. Howard regularly pointed out the numerous flaws in Prasad’s statements about COVID19 vaccines and other topics. You can read about it here.
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Top FDA official demands removal of YouTube videos in which he criticized Covid vaccines
Channel was an attempt to ‘preserve’ what Trump officials in current Trump administration said during the pandemic
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Sarah Owermohle @owermohle.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Developing story: HHS ousted Susan Monarez as CDC director today after days of pressure over vaccine policy. At least three top CDC officials resigned in the last few hours. w/ @adamcancryn.bsky.social @reportergoodman.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2025/08/27/h...
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CDC Director Dr. Susan Monarez is being ousted just weeks into her tenure, sources say, and other officials follow | CNN
Dr. Susan Monarez, who was sworn in as director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on July 31, is being ousted, according to three sources familiar with the situation who spoke on th...
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
A sense of doom among US biomedical scientists @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social & team www.statnews.com/2025/08/26/f...
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We surveyed hundreds of biomedical researchers about the instability in federal funding. Here’s what they said
“The ship is going down and we are powerless”: What scientists are saying about cuts to federal research funding.
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Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · 26/08/2025
We asked researchers across the country how federal funding changes have affected them and their labs. Their responses indicate a sense of doom and an existential crisis for science in the US: “The ship is going down and we are powerless.” Importantly, there’s still time to fix this. 1/2
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We surveyed hundreds of biomedical researchers about the instability in federal funding. Here’s what they said
“The ship is going down and we are powerless”: What scientists are saying about cuts to federal research funding.
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E.A.R. @primateyell.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
I don't know what will break through to people, but I appreciate this mother telling her story. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/o...
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Opinion | I’m a Conservative. My Disabled Son Needs Medicaid to Live.
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Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · 21/08/2025
We analyzed responses from hundreds of researchers on how changes in federal funding are affecting them. No joke, one of our codes is “sense of doom” because that’s what many described.
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Resistance www.reuters.com/business/hea...
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US pediatric group breaks with federal policy, recommends COVID vaccines for young children
The American Academy of Pediatrics on Tuesday recommended that all young children get vaccinated against COVID-19, differing from federal policy that no longer recommends routine vaccination for healthy children.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 21/08/2025
NEW: More than ‎20,500 workers have left or been pushed out of federal health agencies, a ProPublica analysis found. Staffers say the cuts will leave their agencies less equipped to conduct studies, perform inspections and combat deadly outbreaks.
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Gutted: How Deeply Trump Has Cut Federal Health Agencies
More than 20,500 workers have left or been pushed out of federal health agencies, a ProPublica analysis found. Staffers say the cuts will leave their agencies less equipped to conduct studies, perform...
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Molly Crane-Newman @mollycranenewman.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
The clerks where I get my lunch said a man came in last week and asked them where the public entrance to 26 Federal Plaza was. He locked his bike outside, and it’s been there since.
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Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
BREAKING: Six leading medical organizations filed a lawsuit on Monday against Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, and the health dept, charging that recent decisions limiting access to vaccines were unscientific and harmful to the public. (Gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/h...
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Medical Societies Sue Kennedy and H.H.S. Over Vaccine Advice
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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
I've seen very little mention in the media of the big jump in unemployment for Black workers to 6.8 percent, the highest since January of 2022. www.bls.gov/news.release... Is everyone worried Trump will sue them for talking about it?
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Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, and age - 2025 M06 Results
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Just awful: A 75-year-old man just died in ICE custody, ICE has revealed in a notice to Congress. But here's the rub: This man, a Cuban national, was first paroled into the US in 1966—nearly 60 years ago! They were set to deport him anyway. Details in my new piece: newrepublic.com/article/1974...
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Why Did a 75-Year-Old Man in Poor Health Just Die in ICE Custody?
Isidro Perez came to the United States from Cuba nearly 60 years ago. This is who Stephen Miller is going after now?
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Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · 29/06/2025
PBS has made a new documentary on caregiving, and I’m in it! They used some of my footage from when I was in NY in spring 2020. Sharing in case it might be of interest to anyone!
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America’s Caregiving Crisis | Full Documentary | PBS
YouTube video by PBS
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Catherine Tan @catherinetan.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
US planning to pull support from Gavi, which provides vaccines to children in poor countries. And effectively it’s what’s happening here at home. Mandate changes will create barriers to access and affordability. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/h...
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Kennedy Withdraws Funding Pledge to International Vaccine Agency
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STAT @statnews.com · 24/06/2025
Updated: The running list of senior FDA officials who have left the agency www.statnews.com/2025/04/03/f...
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A running list of senior FDA officials who have left the agency
Here is a running list of senior FDA officials who have left the agency recently.
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Snitty 🎃 @clofsnitville.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
You know, I don't have a problem with sexual harassment being something that permanently disqualifies someone from holding public office.
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19thnews @19thnews.org · 16/06/2025
1/ The assassination of former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband on Saturday underscores the dangers that women in public office and their family members face. Efforts to track data on political violence are inconsistent, and data on women specifically is more limited. 🧵
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Marianne Cooper @mariannecooper.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Here are the things I know are true: ✔️ Today is June 14, 2025 ✔️ The earth is round ✔️ Vaccines work ✔️ There's no appeasing fascism...there's only fighting it #NoKingsDay
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Marianne Cooper @mariannecooper.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
I’m not trying to brag, but today is the last day of 8th grade for my youngest so we are officially DONE WITH MIDDLE SCHOOL. I have a lot of personal and professional opinions about middle school. All I will say here is: peace out to whatever tf that was.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
After I watched those people storm the capitol on January 6, I vowed to never again be shocked on behalf of this country. It’s a struggle to hold that line as I watch L.A.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 09/06/2025
see, the thing *i’m* genuinely worried about is that RFK will effectively ban vaccines
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
If you're a Marine or other service member being mobilized to Los Angeles and you'd like to apply for conscientious objector status, call the GI Rights Hotline to get some guidance on your options: 1-877-447-4487
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Julianne McShane @juliannemcshane.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
ICYMI, for your Sunday night reading (dis)pleasure: a couple scoops from me this week for @motherjones.com on how Trump’s budget takes aim at women First: It proposes eliminating the century-old, congressionally-mandated Women’s Bureau at the Labor Dept ⤵️ www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Trump wants to eliminate a 105-year-old office that supports women
Staffers see the proposal as part of an effort to fundamentally reshape America's workforce.
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Bryce Covert @brycecovert.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Every official who now decides Cuomo's harassment of multiple women is fine sends a message to victims and abusers alike that no one cares
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Marianne Cooper @mariannecooper.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Super surprising development: "Their unlikely alliance dissolved into open acrimony, with the two men hurling personal attacks at each other over matters both significant and petty." www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...
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Live Updates: Trump Threatens to Cut Elon Musk’s Government Contracts as Feud Escalates
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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 04/06/2025
"My career in public health and vaccinology started with a deep-seated desire to help the most vulnerable members of our population, and that is not something I am able to continue doing in this role.” www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-off...
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CDC official overseeing COVID-19 vaccine recommendations resigns
The resignation follows an order by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to change the agency's guidance.
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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Are you an NIH or FDA staffer? I want to hear what you think about your new leadership. My signal is in bio.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 24/05/2025
A record number of Americans applied for British citizenship in the first three months of this year, and for the right to live and work in Britain indefinitely, according to official data.
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Record Number of Americans Apply for British Citizenship
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Marianne Cooper @mariannecooper.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
My oldest recently got her driver's license. She just left with my younger son to go do the grocery shopping. What nirvana is this!?!
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Felipe De Brigard @felipedebrigard.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
The first of many papers from the Memory and Forgiveness project is now out at the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. Led by the indefatigable Gabriela Fernández Miranda, and with Matt Stanley, Sam Murray, and Leonard Faul, we systematically explored differences (1/n)
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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
What do tax cuts for the rich do? They increase inequality. They have no effect on economic growth or unemployment. "Our results provide strong evidence against the influential political–economic idea that tax cuts for the rich ‘trickle down’ to boost the wider economy."
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