"The attack on DEI in academia isn’t just ... about grants, positions and policies. It’s also psychological. It’s about who enters the room expecting to be believed, and who enters the same room expecting to be attacked." by @cydneydupree.bsky.social www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/blac...

Black academics face extra scrutiny. Our research shows its consequences

Scholars of colour told us they engage in strategies to make it harder for them to be dismissed as biased or lacking rigour, says Cydney Hurston Dupree

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The figures in this post are sobering!

Good Authority@goodauth.bsky.social · 2w ago

Is testosterone a measure of manhood? Here is a look at Republicans’ fascination with testosterone in three charts. The latest from @tesler.bsky.social: goodauthority.org/news/republi...

Remove Freddy Haynes -- a Black Baptist minister -- and this really is about White democrats centering religion. Black politicians are and have been deeply embedded in Black churches for generations, without needing to make them a centerpiece.

NPR@npr.org · 2w ago

It's rare for Democrats to make religion a centerpiece of their campaigns. But this midterm election cycle, a number of candidates for Congress are doing just that. n.pr/3VS9pPE

"Quit hiring Kappas" at a city council meeting is my type of politics 😂

Democrats must get more vocal in condemning this prosecution, which is both politically motivated and vindictive on the part of the Trump administration.

Rep. LaMonica McIver@replamonica.bsky.social · 2w ago

I am facing 17 years in federal prison for doing my job and standing up to Trump’s merciless immigration enforcement campaign. I am finding the strength to keep standing up every single day.

In what world is Scandal 100 on this list? Shondaland Thursdays went double platinum at Spelman. In Olivia Pope's words, this is NOT handled. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

The 100 Best TV Shows of the 21st Century

More than 500 influential stars, showrunners and other notable names in the world of TV voted on the best series released since Jan. 1, 2000. See what they chose.

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spread the word! spring teaching opportunity in American Politics at Tufts.

Debbie Schildkraut@debbiejsr.bsky.social · last mo.

Opportunity to teach two courses in American Politics at Tufts this spring! Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/192691

I remain convinced that professors -- and especially assistant professors -- have 6+ jobs bundled into one. Someone asked if I have an executive assistant to cc on emails. That would be nice. It's just me!

Boston University Political Science is hiring an assistant professor with a focus on Artificial Intelligence (the intersection of artificial intelligence and politics or who use artificial intelligence applications as a methodology). @bupolisci.bsky.social academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/32578

don't forget to support the RBSI (Ralph Bunche Summer Institute) undergrads while you're at APSA. Their poster session is 10-12 on Saturday at the exhibit hall. @apsa.bsky.social #APSA26

Tomorrow, please join the audience for our panel: Black Women’s Electoral Politics ⏰ 4:00–5:30 p.m. I’m especially excited about this panel, which I organized to bring together new research on Black women’s electoral politics.

Please join the Peopling Politics Network (www.peoplingpolitics.com) in Hynes 300. If you've wondered about what changes when political science puts people—their lived experiences, relationships, communities, and interactions with political institutions—back at the center of our analyses, come!

Peopling Politics

Peopling Politics is an interdisciplinary network that connects sociologists, political scientists, and practitioners who study U.S. politics with a focus on race, class, inequality, and the social and cultural forces that shape political life. We convene scholars and practitioners who put people fi

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APSA@apsa.bsky.social · 2mo ago

2026 APSA Theme Panel: Placing People Back at the Center of American Politics Placing People Back at the Center of American Politics Friday, September 4, 10:00 am to 11:30 am…... http://politicalsciencenow.com/2026-apsa-theme-panel-placing-people-back-at-the-center-of-american-politics/

Ignoring the economic consequences of job displacement for Black women will be one of the most consequential oversights of this year. Failure to look *intersectionally* strikes again.

Nina Metz@ninametz.bsky.social · last mo.

“The overall economy lost 23,000 jobs this July. And women bore the brunt. They accounted for all of these losses, losing 32,000 jobs. Meanwhile, men gained 9,000 jobs” And it’s disproportionately affecting Black women

Me to literally anyone: give yourself grace, it's the reviewer and not you, you're doing the best that you can with what you have 🫶🏾 Me to myself: no excuses, work harder 😠👊🏾

@cmslaughter.bsky.social, Research Fellow at the Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation, sits down for a Q&A on her research article, "Bootstrap Blackness: Black Men, Conservatism, and Party Politics," co-authored with Chaya Crowder and Christina Greer. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Beyond excited to announce that the newest edition of PUBLIC OPINION, written by Rosalee Clawson, Zoe Oxley, and ME(!!) is available now! This book is filled with lots of cool material geared towards undergrads, super proud! Find the book here: collegepublishing.sagepub.com/products/pub...

Even among the 92% of Black Women, it's complicated! Thank you @bostonu.bsky.social for covering my latest research, published in @polbehavior.bsky.social! Write-up 🖋️: www.bu.edu/articles/202... Article (Open Access) 🔑: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

What Motivates Black Women Voters?

In a new study, Boston University political scientist Christine Slaughter explores how they viewed Kamala Harris’ 2024 presidential campaign

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#OpenAccess from @politicsgenderj.bsky.social - Voting the Same, Feeling Differently: Sister Circles, Black Feminist Epistemologies, and Black Women’s Political Emotions During the Harris Campaign - https://cup.org/4gSKunQ - @brownphdgirl.bsky.social, Camille Burge-Hicks & @cmslaughter.bsky.social

My heart goes out to this young lady. Every Black woman knows what this feels like-to be surrounded by those who wish you harm+ no guarantee of societal defense- your spine stiffens as you become hyperalert- a horrid feeling, esp if you're physically smaller. Honestly, partly why I started muay thai

Would love to also see this by race, and the intersectional effects for women by race. So many Black women in the tech and artificial intelligence (AI) space that do not get their due.

David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Women’s use of AI is perceived as a sign of incompetence, while men’s use of AI is seen as an indication of initiative. 🤦🏻‍♂️

Also, "one nation under God" was coined in the post-WWII era and only added to the pledge in 1954. It's younger than Donald Trump. Somebody wrote a book about this.

Joanne Freeman@jbf1755.bsky.social · 3mo ago

In the well-over 100,000 documents written by founders included in the Founders Online database from the National Archives, no one uses the phrase "God's noble experiment." No one.

Castile was murdered as a Black man exercising his right to carry.

Southern Poverty Law Center@splcenter.org · 3mo ago

#OTD in 2016, Philando Castile was killed by a police officer during a traffic stop. Ten years later, we remember his life and recommit to advancing accountability, justice and safer communities. #TheMarchContinues

3 papers published in 2026, with more to come! 🙌🏾

And this wasn't unanimous?

Anthony Michael Kreis@anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 3mo ago

SUPREME COURT: BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP Children born in the United States to parents unlawfully or temporarily present are “subject to the jurisdiction” of the United States and are citizens at birth under the Fourteenth Amendment’s Citizenship Clause. 6-3

Important, important context!

ElieNYC@elienyc.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Ugh. Supreme Court rules in Slaughter, 6-3 that Trump can fire people from the FTC. But in Cook, Court rules 5-4 that Trump cannot fire everybody from the Fed. Roberts writes both majority opinions There's no real difference between the FTC and the FED other than Roberts likes the Fed.

With the gutting of the USPS, yes, absolutely. Let every vote count.

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The Supreme Court ruled that late arriving mail-in ballots can be counted in Mississippi, in a win for voting access

🧵 4 years ago, SCOTUS overturned nearly 50 years of established constitutional protection for bodily autonomy. The Dobbs decision opened the floodgates to draconian abortion bans across the country. Today, abortion is banned in 13 states and severely restricted in many more. (1/3)

www.theguardian.com/inequality/n...

The white working class knows the American project isn’t working. Here’s why that will never matter to them

Access to power over other racial groups is their preferred political currency

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"First-generation college graduates are 10% less likely to be tenured at an R1, are tenured at institutions ranked 11% lower, earn 3% less, and report 5% lower job satisfaction..." annastansbury.github.io/website/Stan...