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Muira McCammon

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I study the U.S. administrative state. Teaching and thinking at Tulane University.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I like that this design appears to show the birth date of liberty as 1776, and its death as 2026

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 25/07/2026

Sept 22 research conference at UMN HHH on the Impacts of DHS Operations in Minnesota Works in progress welcome. Quantitative or mixed-methods multidisciplinary. Due 8/13. #CallForProposals docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Documenting the Impact of DHS Activity in Minnesota: Presenter and Attendee Interest Form
Due date for presentation proposals: 11:59 pm CT, Thursday, August 13, 2026.

In December 2025, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) began a significant, sustained agent surge in Minnesota that affected the daily lives of many residents, but had severe impacts on immigrant communities and communities of color. Documenting the Impact of DHS Activity in Minnesota will be a one-day, in-person convening on Tuesday, September 22 at the University of Minnesota's Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs that will provide researchers from across disciplines with an opportunity to share and discuss completed research and works in progress related to the effects of Operation Metro Surge and Operation PARRIS.

We welcome proposals to present research and data analysis - including work in progress - on DHS activity in Minnesota and the impacts of that activity on Minnesota residents, businesses, and communities. These impacts include economic, service, educational, and other impacts, including violations of human rights (e.g., due process, access to education, housing, food, work, and healthcare, freedom of movement, freedom of religion, freedom of expression, right to privacy). The impacts also include the emergence and expansion of supportive community responses, such as the growth of mutual aid networks and networks to warn residents of DHS incursions. Quantitative and mixed-methods research will be given priority, although qualitative proposals are also welcome.

We anticipate that there will be no registration fee to attend (pending conference sponsorship); however, presenters and other attendees will be responsible for any travel and lodging costs.

While not an official proceeding of The Governor’s Council to Record the Truth of Operation Metro Surge and Operation PARRIS on Minnesotans, the Truth Council's implementing organization, The Advocates for Human Rights, will…

Conference Planning Committee
John Budd, Professor, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota
Elizabeth Davis, Professor, Department of Applied Economics, University of Minnesota
Ezra Golberstein, Professor, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota
Erik Larson, Professor, Department of Sociology, Macalaster College
José Pacas, Dir. of Data Leadership & Investment, Constellation Lab at the Constellation Fund
Stacey Pelika, Research Director, National Education Association (acting in a personal capacity)
Aaron Rosenthal, Research Director, North Star Policy Action
Aaron Sojourner, Senior Economist, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
Joe Soss, Professor, Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota
Christopher Uggen, Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Minnesota
Darcy Vandegrift, Research Manager, The Metropolitan Council

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Washington Post Editorial Board: are you ready for some football and war?

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Editorial Board
Ready for some football
September 6, 2025
Editorial Board
In defense of the War Department
September 5, 2025

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