Damir Cosic

@damircosic.bsky.social

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Economist, immigrant, antifascist, antiracist. Stop the genocide. Trans rights are human rights. At Urban Institute. Views my own.

A chart that shows location of authors of papers published in top 5% scientific journals over time. China’s share increases from 0 in 1980 to 35% today. US’s share drops from 60 to about 25 over same time.
In September 2019, a month after the paper's publication, the N.I.H. ordered Dr. Pesta to "immediately cease all work" with the Philadelphia data and began an investigation into his use of it. But about a year later, while the agency was still investigating, it approved Dr. Pesta's request for the ABCD data. (The N.I.H. did not respond to a question about why.)
HUD’s tweet: “EXCLUSIVE: HUD terminates Biden-era guidance, claiming it unfairly favors Afghans”
Screenshot of my cancellation of the New Yorker subscription
But the most telling detail in Klein's column was that, for all his praise, there was not a single word in the piece from Kirk himself. ore than a century and a half ago, this country ignored the explicit words of men who sought to raise an empire of slavery. It subsequently transformed those men into gallant knights who sought only to preserve their beloved Camelot.
A flyer for Labor Day 2025, Solidarity Season Rally and March. Dupont Circle, DC 8/28/2025 at 4pm
From Anthony Romero’s interview with David Remnick, “But the terms of service—in terms of the individual user, and the ability to post one’s content, even when it’s hateful or not aligned with the A.C.L.U.’s values—has also got to be secure.”
Our own experiences as civil rights movement veterans leave us without illusions about the capacity of tyranny to take root. Today we see a national government taking shape that is reminiscent of the white supremacist Citizens Councils in Mississippi and throughout the South. And we remember that their viciousness was not only directed at civil rights activists and organizers, but at all people who criticized or stood in dissent of their practices and programs.