madi mcvan @madisonmcvan.bsky.social reporter @ minnesota reformer covering immigration and more. posting about sports sometimes too. texan in st. paul. eng/esp
ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com asiniiwiikwe indizhinikaaz. anishinaabekwe in yanaguana. storyteller, comms nerd, & artist trying to shift power and build a just and sustainable world. fuck borders. land back. she/her/wiin.
Nick Benson @ottergoose.net Currently: hyper-fixated on the aviation angle of ICEβs mass detention apparatus.
Generally: nerding out over geography, weather, politics, and photography of Minnesota's railroad and aviation scene. Chief AvGeek at @JetTip.net.
π Burnsville, Minnesota
Craig Helmstetter @craigstetter.bsky.social Data geek. Ph.D. Sociologist. Minnesotan.
Member: AAPOR, ASA.
Former: Managing Partner, APM Research Lab (American Public Media's data journalism hub); Wilder Research/MN Compass; Community Indicators Consortium president; MN Legislative Auditor's Office
casey @casemcnich.bsky.social applied economics phd student at umn // I study snap and immigration enforcement // views = my own
mpls, mn
https://casemcnich.github.io/
Bench Ansfield @benchansfield.bsky.social asst prof of history at temple // they/them
BORN IN FLAMES: The Business of Arson and the Remaking of the American City (W.W. Norton, August 19)
https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324093510
Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social Menominee | Organizer | Co-author of Let This Radicalize You | Hosts Movement Memos podcast | Newsletter: organizingmythoughts.org | More: http://linktr.ee/KellyHayes
Sarah Patterson @spattersearch.bsky.social Demographer & Sociologist: families, caregiving, dementia, gender, work. β€s π© & gardening π». She/her. Let us build each other up.
Julia Lynch @jlynch13.bsky.social Politics of inequality, population health, social policy, methods (esp qual), Europe, teaching & learning. S2/A1, dog lover, cook. ME/CFS hEDS MCAS PsA.
Getting Better is open access: https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/getting-better
Davon Norris @davonnorris.bsky.social Assistant Prof of Organizational Studies at U of Michigan, but a Buckeye forever. In these debt and municipal finance streets
JW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social Associate professor of economics, John Jay College-CUNY; senior fellow, Groundwork Collaborative. Writing at jwmason.org. Study economics with me: https://johnjayeconomics.org. Anti-war Keynesian, liberal socialist, Brooklyn dad. From the river to the sea.
Tony Damiano @tonydamiano.bsky.social B+ dad, NE MPLS resident, and PhD housing researcher at the Center for Urban and Regional Affairs - University of Minnesota. Sports: Bucks, Packers, Hawkeyes and Marquette
Heather Randell @heatherrandell.bsky.social Associate professor in the Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota. Sociologist/demographer studying the health impacts of climate change and dams, with a focus on Brazil and East Africa.
https://sites.google.com/umn.edu/heatherrandell
Sen Lindsey Port @lindseyportmn.bsky.social Mom, wife, friend β€οΈ Minnesota State Senator π Elder millenial filled with fury π₯ Long Covid chronic fatigue expert (not by choice)
Monica C. Bell @monicacbell.bsky.social Law prof & sociologist at Yale. I write about poverty, race, place, gender, policing, and justice, and I use qualitative and humanistic methods.
In Carolina in my mind. π³οΈβπβπΏ
Chris Uggen @chrisuggen.bsky.social Professor, sociologist, criminologist, TheSocietyPages editor. Nerdy but sturdy. https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=8c95RVAAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science @iaphs.bsky.social The Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science brings together scientists from different disciplinary backgrounds to foster scientific innovation and discovery to improve the health of populations and reduce health disparities. iaphs.org
Upjohn Institute @upjohninstitute.bsky.social The W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research is a nonpartisan, independent research organization, founded in 1945 to study policy-related employment issues and to implement workforce solutions. Based in Kalamazoo, Michigan. https://www.upjohn.org/
Aaron Rosenthal @aaronrosenthal.bsky.social Research Director @northstarpolicy.org. Author of The State You See. Love MN sports = often sad. Views own.
Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org Labor econ. Formerly White House CEA senior economist for labor, UMN prof, union organizer, bike courier, dishwasher. Minneapolis. Posts mine, not employer's (@upjohninstitute.bsky.social). Fellow @iza.org
aaronsojourner.org
Be kind. Work hard. Have fun.
Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social He/him. Southsider LGBTQ+ Latino π³οΈβπ. Minneapolis City Council Member for the 9th Ward. Views are my own.
Unicorn Riot @unicornriot.bsky.social Official Account ~ UR is a decentralized nonprofit media org reporting underrepresented stories and shedding light on alternative perspectives and systems. linktr.ee/unicornriot
j garcia @jasoncomix.bsky.social Minneapolis politics and other stuff. Food systems. Community support. Whatever else I can think of.
they/them
De Dakota MakoΔe
Elliott Payne @elliottpayne.org Minneapolis City Council President. He/Him
Moon Palace Books @moonpalacebooks.bsky.social more books than before
Wedge LIVE!β’ @wedge.live The Wedge's News Leader | Tips: newsroom@wedgelive.com | signal: wedgelive.33
Support hyperlocal news: patreon.com/wedgelive
@mspwhistles.bsky.social @mspwhistles.bsky.social Neighbors organizing Neighbors to keep our communities safe.
Linktr.ee/mspwhistles
Sanctuary Supply Depot @supplydepotmpls.bsky.social Facilitating the collection and distribution of basic survival supplies for our unhoused neighbors in Minneapolis and St. Paul
https://linktr.ee/sanctuarysupplydepot
unraveled @unraveledpress.com Independent, reader-supported investigative reporting from Chicago on policing and state violence.
Support us: unraveledpress.com/support-unraveled/
π§ info@unraveledpress.com
π± Signal: unraveled.66
Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee (MIRAC) @miracmn.bsky.social Grassroots immigrant rights organization in Minnesota fighting for legalization and full equality for all & an end to border militarization since 2006. No human being is illegal!
Dean Spade @deanspade.bsky.social linktr.ee/deanspade
Reed DeAngelis @reeddeangelis.bsky.social Population health scientist @landscapeslab.bsky.social @um-src.bsky.social β’ I want to know how the structuring of societies affects peoples' health, and how people stay healthy through connections with others and religion/spirituality.
Sarah B. Andrea @sarahbandrea.bsky.social Associate professor at the OHSU-PSU School of Public Health. Social epidemiologist at the nexus of employment quality, social policy, & health. Firstgen & queer scholar. Cat enthusiast. Thoughts are my own.
#EpiTwitter #EpiSky
Joe Soss @joesoss.bsky.social Professor, U. of Minnesota. Social Inequalities, Politics, and Policy. Coauthor of Legal Plunder: The Predatory Dimensions of Criminal Justice
https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/L/bo249657890.html
Josh Page @joshpage.bsky.social Sociology prof. at Univ. of Minnesota. Law, Criminal Punishment, Politics, and Labor. New book: Legal Plunder: The Predatory Dimensions of Criminal Justice.
Geoff Wodtke @gtwodtke.bsky.social Prof. of Sociology @ UChicago
https://stonecenter.uchicago.edu/people/geoff-wodtke/
@umncla.bsky.social @umncla.bsky.social
Chenab @chenab.bsky.social PhD candidate in urban studies & planning at MIT
Kyle Tran Myhre @guante.info aka guante. he/him/his. poet, activist, etc. minneapolis. www.guante.info
MPR News @mprnews.org Minnesota news. Independent + nonprofit. Free thanks to members. Listen on air, read online or follow here β€οΈ
π·: The Minnesota Capitol building just after sunset on a spring evening, by Brian Bakst | MPR News.
AAUP @aaup.org The American Association of University Professors champions academic freedom, advances shared governance, and organizes faculty to ensure higher education's contribution to the common good.
aaup.org
American Journal of Sociology @amjsoc.bsky.social The American Journal of Sociology, founded in 1895 as the first journal in its discipline, is a peer-reviewed, bimonthly academic journal that publishes original research and book reviews.
Consumer Federation of America @consumerfed.bsky.social The Consumer Federation of America is an association of more than 250 nonprofit consumer organizations established to advance the consumer interest.
Landscapes of Population Health @landscapeslab.bsky.social Interdisciplinary research team based at #umich Institute for Social Research
We aim to clarify the social drivers and biological mechanisms that underlie variation in population health.
Ruthy Gourevitch @ruthygourevitch.bsky.social tenant and climate research and such with @cplusc.bsky.social
Liz McFall @allartmarkets.bsky.social Professor in Sociology of Markets, Edinburgh| sentimental pragmatist following insurance, markets, data centres and BIG SHEDS|
EiC @jcultecon.bsky.social
https://efi.ed.ac.uk/ecosystem/data-civics
π₯ @ https://youtube.com/@areweawed8955?si=VuE3d8hM5DJOadhE
CleyHran @clyhrn.bsky.social Historian of risk, uncertainty, insurance, astrology.
Will Deringer @calculatedvalues.bsky.social Scholar of sophisters, economists, and calculators. Program in STS + HASTS PhD Program at MIT. Author of CALCULATED VALUES (Harvard UP 2018). "TILT" (2005) fan account.
James Kneale @jameskneale.bsky.social Cultural/historical geographer at ucl working on drink/temperance, insurance, literary geographies, sf/fantastic/horror, &c. He/him.
Author of Temperance Lives: Life Assurance, Drink and Medicine in Britain, 1840-1918 (Bloomsbury 2026)
Rebecca Elliott @rfelliott.bsky.social Sociologist at the LSE. Research on climate, insurance, risk, loss, disaster, adaptation. Editor, British Journal of Sociology @bjsociology.bsky.social. Co-organizer, Social Life of Climate Change @slcc-lse.bsky.social.
Savannah Cox @savannahcox.bsky.social Asst prof at Sheffield Uni.
climate-changed cities, politics, and markets.
Brett Christophers @brettchristophers.bsky.social Geographer. New book, HOUSE SOCIETY, forthcoming in Feb 2027 (with Allen Lane)
Jathan Sadowski @jathansadowski.com ARC Future Fellow β Monash University /// co-host β This Machine Kills /// critical insurance tech + climate risk governance /// political economy of technology and capitalism: https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520398078/the-mechanic-and-the-luddite
Adam Leaver @adamleaver.bsky.social Prof of Accounting & Society; Assoc Dean of Research & Innovation @ Sheffield Uni Mgt School, Director of CRAFiC & The Audit Reform Lab; veteran soulboy.
Urban Climate Finance Network @urbanclifi.bsky.social We are an open international network of scholars working across disciplinary fields on questions of urban climate finance. Support from the Urban Studies Foundation.
www.urbanclifi.com
@hugojeanningros.bsky.social @hugojeanningros.bsky.social
Nick Taylor @ntaylor.bsky.social Lecturer at Queen Mary Uni of London | History of welfare, unemployment; history of economics; finance & climate change π²π³
Alberto Cevolini @albertocevolini.bsky.social Associate Professor, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
The LPE Project @lpeproject.bsky.social Legal scholars, students, & practitioners working to expose & transform law's role in the perpetuation of economic, racial, & gender inequality. & check out our Blog: @lpeblog.bsky.social
New Left Review @newleftreview.bsky.social Left-wing journal of ideas covering world politics, global economy, movements, theory, history, culture and more.
Website: https://newleftreview.org
Dissent Magazine @dissentmag.bsky.social Democratic socialist since 1954.
dissentmagazine.org
David Harvey @davidharvey.org Distinguished Professor, CUNY Graduate Center; Director of Research, Center for Place, Culture and Politics. New book: The Story of Capital. Posts from David Harvey personally are signed -DH
Jason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social Professor at ICREA, ICTA, and the Department of Political Science & Public Law at UAB β’ Author of THE DIVIDE and LESS IS MORE β’ Global inequality, political economy and ecological economics
Verso Books @versobooks.bsky.social Verso Books is the largest independent, radical publishing house in the English speaking world.
Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com History isn't made by kings or politicians, it's made by us: billions of ordinary people. https://patreon.com/workingclasshistory
Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org radical publisher of politics, culture, current events
haymarketbooks.org
The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org Educational charity. Peer-reviewed sociology journal, public sociology magazine, podcasts, Connected Sociologies teaching resources, ECR opportunities.
https://www.thesociologicalreview.org
Sociological Science @sociologicalsci.bsky.social Sociological Science is a general interest, open access sociology journal committed to the highest standards of rigor and relevance. We aim to be the flagship journal for social scientists committed to advancing a general understanding of social processes.
The Sociological Quarterly @socquarterly.bsky.social The Sociological Quarterly is the official journal of the Midwest Sociological Society. Editor: Jonathan S. Coley. Publisher: Taylor & Francis.
Sociological Research Online @socresonline.bsky.social Sociological Research Online is an international, peer-reviewed journal publishing high quality applied sociology.
Demography - the flagship journal of PAA @readdemography.bsky.social Demography publishes research drawing on several disciplines including the social sciences, geography, history, biology, statistics, epidemiology, and public health. Published bimonthly by Duke University Press. Subscribe to Open.
Demographic Research @demresjournal.bsky.social Since the launch of DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH in 1999, our journal has been emphasizing diversity and openness, encouraging submissions that employ a variety of methods and approaches.
Actes de la recherche en sciences sociales @actesrss.bsky.social FondΓ©e en 1975 par Pierre Bourdieu et un groupe de chercheurs du centre de sociologie europΓ©enne, Actes de le recherche en sciences sociales publie les rΓ©sultats de recherches, achevΓ©es ou en cours, en sociologie et dans les disciplines voisines.
Zeitschrift fΓΌr Soziologie @zfs.bsky.social Generalist Sociology Journal, founded 1972
Open Access: https://www.degruyter.com/journal/key/zfsoz/html?lang=de#issues
Social Indicators Research @socialindicators.bsky.social An International/Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Studies & Measurement.
https://link.springer.com/journal/11205
Editor: @dbartram.bsky.social
Journal of Family Research @familyresearch.bsky.social JFR - Journal of Family Research | π journal-of-family-research.eu
πopen access (no fees) - non-profit - SSCI indexed
British Journal of Sociology of Education @bjse.bsky.social Official account of the British Journal of Sociology of Education. Content by the Executive Editors of the BJSE
https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/cbse20
Ben Falk @benjfalk.bsky.social (Was) Disability+API+QT equity, foundation relations and DEI @UrbanInstitute. @UrbanInst_Union shill. BFA dramaturgy/directing @TheatreSchool. Views mine. FL+DC+CHI. they/them
Mitchell Thorson @mitchellthorson.com Data visualization engineer. Otherwise reading books, riding bikes, listening to music, or talking a walk.
Brooklyn, NY
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LesLeigh Ford @lesleighford.bsky.social Detroiter. Sociologist. Michigan ππ. Will argue about sports.
Mara Pellittieri @marapellittieri.bsky.social Editor, garden obsessive, and queer about town. Editorial at American Oversight, formerly Urban Institute, TalkPoverty, and Center for American Progress.
@anitarav.bsky.social @anitarav.bsky.social
Nikhita Airi @nikhitaairi.bsky.social Tax and budget analysis, data viz, #Rstats at Tax Policy Center, @urbaninstitute.bsky.social. Views my own.
https://taxpolicycenter.org/author/nikhita-airi
I love cities and graphs
Alexis Weaver @alexis-weaver.bsky.social *Mom of 3 amazing kids & partner to a phenomenal spouse
www.Alexis4Tucker.com
*Tucker City Council District 3 Post 1
* focusing on upward mobility and disability equity
**Opinions are my own**
Jason Levitis @jasonlevitis.bsky.social Health and tax policy and law, private insurance, Marketplaces, 1332 waivers, admin burdens. Led ACA implementation at Treasury. Now Urban Institute, SHVS, and Yale Solomon Center.
Maggie Reeves @maggiereeves1.bsky.social K-12 ed lead at Urban Institute. Georgia Policy Labs founding senior director. RPPs, integrated data, veggie grower, and mama, too.
Erica Dunkle @edunk.bsky.social
Amanda Hermans @amandahermans.bsky.social she/her | MPP | community development and transportation @UrbanInstitute.bsky.social | The Lab @ DC alum | π American University SPA & @MedillSchool.bsky.social | views my own
Katie Visalli @katie-dv.bsky.social She/Her | Urban Institute, Housing Finance Policy Center | Ohio State University | views are my own
Aravind @aravindb.bsky.social I do research on taxes, budgets, fines and fees, fairness. Also like films/TV, cricket, reading, music, and food. Views my own.
Amalie Zinn @amaliezinn.bsky.social Housing finance + racial wealth equity research | public policy doctoral student at @priceschool.usc.edu | formerly at @urbaninstitute.bsky.social
Views (including WBB takes π) my own.
Aleszu @aleszu.bsky.social Data Scientist, Advance Local β’ Fmr director of dataviz, Urban Institute β’ Alum USA TODAY Investigations, Undark magazine, Esquire, Science Friday β’ Knight Fellow at MIT β14 β’ Taught @ Northeastern β’ Built Storybench.org β’ Peruano-gringo β’ Cleveland OH
Elly Miles @ellymiles.bsky.social
Walter Campbell @waltercamp.bsky.social Senior Research Associate in the Justice & Safety Division at Urban Institute. Adjunct at Rutgers Camden.
Community supervision, reentry, and anything improving the lives of those affected by legal system.
https://www.urban.org/author/walter-campbell
David Pitts @davidpitts.bsky.social VP Justice & Safety, Urban Institute. Research on prisons, jails, and systems change. Alum of Georgia, Indiana, and UC Irvine. Adjunct Faculty, CUNY. Alabama native. π³οΈβπ
#criminaljustice #criminology #corrections #prisonreform #crimsky
Eve Mefferd @evemefferd.bsky.social Policy Researcher. Urban Institute, Family and Financial Well-Being Division. She/Her. Committed to intersectional race, class, and labor justice. Posts represent my own opinions.
Jorge GonzΓ‘lez @jorgegh8.bsky.social City enthusiast and policy researcher. Studying real estate and community economic development.
JesΓΊs GuzmΓ‘n @jesusg.bsky.social Sonoma grown ππ‘ β’ Hecho en MΓ©xico π²π½ β’ @UrbanInstitute π β’ @UrbanInst_Union βπ½ Interest in upward mobility, immigration, and labor β’ Alum @Policylink @GoldmanSchool @gratondaylabor #Dubs #NFFC #GoBears πBay Area, California