Michelle S. Phelps

It has been an exhausting couple of weeks, but I'm proud to have been able to contribute to a slew of news reports about the resistance in MN. Doing a link round-up below: newrepublic.com/article/2050... / www.startribune.com/ice-mpd-law-... / www.cnn.com/2026/01/24/u... ... (cont.)

Next weekend I'll be presenting on policing & collective action at the MN STEM Book Festival, organized by The Thinking Spot & Bakken Museum in Minneapolis. It's a free all-day celebration of science. More info at: www.thethinkingspot.us/2026stembook...

*personally*! (co-signed)

Today is 9 months since Renee Good was shot in the head by ICE agent Jonathan Ross, who then walked away calling her a "fucking bitch". Afterwards, agents refused to allow a physician at the scene to render aid. No one has been held responsible for the killing. chaddavis.photography/sets/ice-in-...

Remember friends, just because you (cough, AI) can run wildly complex regression model doesn't always mean you should. Sometimes a line graph will do, truly.

University of Minnesota announces $225 million in budget cuts across all campuses

Follow here for a live thread on new research and advocacy related to Operation Metro Surge in MN.

Do you know a student thinking about a PhD in Soc? @umnsociology.bsky.social is running a how to apply workshop in October and encourage all to join! More info at: cla.umn.edu/sociology/gr...

Apparently I managed to come down with both a sinus infection & bronchitis in first (two) weeks of the semester. Yayyyy, really starting F26 with a bang (of snot).

Delighted to be included in Racket's Flyover news this week, talking about how the people of Minneapolis and the broader Twin Cities metro area built up a muscle memory of resistance before the DHS winter occupation.

I feel like we’re really overdue for a thread of things that have changed for women in your lifetime. I’m interested in good and bad things. Any little life moment that would feel unbelievable if it happened in 2026.

I keep getting these AI-written emails with banger subject lines like "Michelle, your Minneapolis Reckoning won two major awards and has 4 Amazon reviews two years later." 😂 Authors -- are there actually things to you can do to improve the book pages' keywords and such (w/o the scammy cash grab)?

Watch this interview w/ ASA member Michelle Phelps for insights into how the Minneapolis 2020 protests grew out of years of organizing and also built networks that powered this year's resistance to ICE. @michellesphelps.bsky.social @perrybaconjr.bsky.social @newrepublic.com

Science writ large is under assault. I hope folks in the social sciences keep this in mind as we sort through competing explanations of “what went wrong” - it’s got to be more than something specific to any one field, or even to the social sciences as a whole.

The New Republic has a great series, Right Now with @perrybaconjr.bsky.social, that's been revisiting summer 2020, "woke 1.0," and calls to shrink the police. Catch convos with @devawo.bsky.social, yrs trly, and @alexvitale.bsky.social on Substack: newrepublic.substack.com/s/right-now-...

NEW: ICE data released under the Freedom of Information Act reveals that more than half of all ICE arrests are now people with no criminal record; no prior convictions or pending charges. In the first week of August, 55% of all ICE arrests were of people with no criminal record.

A Minnesota religious studies professor is facing six years in prison, with the DOJ saying he is part of an "antifa" conspiracy against ICE Erik Davis speaks out about his prosecution, largely based on a handful of his comments in Signal chats. He's not accused of any violence “It’s petty revenge"

Police murdered a Black man in the street in Madison WI today. Shot point blank in the head while on the ground, tased, and surrounded by four cops. It looks like an execution. Multiple videos circulating online. Things are about to get very bad here.

They made so few mistakes in Minnesota that two people were murdered, the ICE head was let go, and the agency has been sued numerous times for its crimes. Other than that? Flawless.

With funding cuts to mental health and addiction treatment services... I've been thinking a lot about the future of 988. All the data points to there's still a demand for it... www.kff.org/mental-healt...

I just renamed the document "Books to Buy -- Winter 2024" that I have been continuously editing (but not apparently buying fast enough) to "Books to Buy -- Running list" 😂 I am going to bury myself in books eventually

Did you write your comment yet on the OMB rules on federally funded science yet? No? Don’t worry, you can do it this weekend. Here are some resources that can help you get started.

While the phrase “worst of the worst” was already part of the lexicon of immigration enforcement before Donald Trump, his administration has routinely wielded it as a tool for advancing a radical, white-nationalist agenda.

NEW: The Trump administration’s deployment of thousands of federal immigration agents to Minnesota led to widespread human rights violations. In a new report, HRW documents how the US government’s “Operation Metro Surge” caused a human rights crisis in Minnesota. Learn more: https://bit.ly/44dMOht

Now in #paperback, The Minneapolis Reckoning by @michellesphelps.bsky.social is an urgent account of why it’s so difficult to reform the police. Read a free preview & save 30% with code PUP30: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb... #Sociology

Honoring the man convicted of murdering George Floyd the week of the anniversary is frankly shocking. Chauvin was convicted by a jury of his peers and was affirmed through every appeal. It shows cruelty to the Floyd family and disrespect to our courts and all Minnesotans. No one is above the law.

Meanwhile, in Minneapolis...

Check out @taylordahlin.com for coverage of the Rise and Remember Festival at George Floyd Square.

Six years. Reflecting again today on learning the right lessons from summer 2020.

Now in #paperback, The Minneapolis Reckoning by @michellesphelps.bsky.social is an urgent account of why it’s so difficult to reform the police. Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

NEW FREE HELL! @michellesphelps.bsky.social on "The Minneapolis Reckoning: Race, Violence, and the Politics of Policing in America" (@princetonupress.bsky.social). "If you don't change culture, no policy reform, training or even accountability is going to fix it." www.patreon.com/posts/new-fr...

Tues.: @ineteconomics.bsky.social' Arjun Jayadev on “Against Money," (@uchicagopress.bsky.social). Weds.: @michellesphelps.bsky.social, author of, "The Minneapolis Reckoning: Race, Violence, and the Politics of Policing in America" (@princetonupress.bsky.social). www.patreon.com/posts/this-w...