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Joanna Kenty

@jokenty.bsky.social

Former professor of Latin/Roman history, author of Cicero’s Political Personae (2020). I write Humanist, a blog about teaching humanities in higher ed (humanist.ghost.io), and write about democracy for The Renovator (therenovator.substack.com). She/her

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Joanna Kenty@jokenty.bsky.social · 5h ago

My second essay for Project Pericles: what golden age Athens can teach us about the liberal arts. Some inspiring, some clear cautionary lessons in what not to do. projectpericles.substack.com/p/a-shining-... #AncientBlueSky #ClassicsBlueSky #EduSky #AcademicSky

A shining city on a hill: The Periclean Golden Age and liberal education

To mark our 25th anniversary, we invited Joanna Kenty–classics scholar, civic educator, and contributor to Danielle Allen’s The Renovator–to explore the legacy of Pericles in his full complexity and i...

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Joanna Kenty@jokenty.bsky.social · 5h ago

My second essay for Project Pericles: what golden age Athens can teach us about the liberal arts. Some inspiring, some clear cautionary lessons in what not to do. projectpericles.substack.com/p/a-shining-... #AncientBlueSky #ClassicsBlueSky #EduSky #AcademicSky

A shining city on a hill: The Periclean Golden Age and liberal education

To mark our 25th anniversary, we invited Joanna Kenty–classics scholar, civic educator, and contributor to Danielle Allen’s The Renovator–to explore the legacy of Pericles in his full complexity and i...

projectpericles.substack.com

Todd Tucker@toddntucker.com · 6d ago

As @leahstokes.bsky.social @joeldodge07.bsky.social and I told @zcolman.bsky.social of @politico.com this morning, we need to start early with a plan to tackle climate at speed and scale... and with results seen quick enough to build and sustain public support. www.eenews.net/articles/pro...

Project 2029? Democratic insiders make the case for focusing on climate change.

Seventeen essays outline a clean energy action plan for a future Democratic president.

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Mia Brett@queenmab.bsky.social · yesterday

Max Miller & Graham Platner are examples of men who perform masculinity in ways that men drool over even if it harms women. Democrats don’t need to follow the republican masculinity playbook to win men. My latest for @rewirenewsgroup.com rewirenewsgroup.com/2026/08/04/e...

What Is 'Edgelord' Politics—and Why Are Democrats Flirting With It Before the Midterms?

Max Miller, Graham Platner, and the rise of edgelord politics on the left. Democrats don't need toxic men to win young male voters. Here's why.

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Rebecca Nagle@rebeccanagle.bsky.social · yesterday

Peggy Flanagan is on track to make history as the first Native woman to ever serve in the US Senate. She’s been in a heated Democratic primary in MN. But a new poll is placing her 14 points ahead of her opponent despite $20 million in dark $$ spent against her. nativenewsonline.net/currents/new...

New Poll Shows Peggy Flanagan Expanding Lead in Minnesota Democratic U.S. Senate Primary

Overview: A new poll shows Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan widening her lead over U.S. Rep. Angie Craig in the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate, with less than two weeks remaining before the…

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Jake Grumbach@jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 3d ago

This paper shows that immigration enforcement can _increase_ crime. Undocumented immigrants already have the lowest crime rate, but tough-on-immigration policy makes immigrants less likely to report crime. So immigration enforcement worsens the problem it was ostensibly meant to solve

Community Engagement and Public Safety: Evidence from Crime Enforcement Targeting Immigrantst By FELIPE GONÇALVES, ELISA JÁCOME, AND EMILY WEISBURST* We study the role of victim reporting in the production of public safety. We examine the Secure Communities program, a crime-reduction policy that involved police in detecting unauthorized immigrants and increased deportation fears in immigrant communities. We find that the policy reduced the likelihood that Hispanic victims report crimes to police and increased offending against Hispanics. The number of reported crimes is unchanged, masking these opposing effects. We show that reduced reporting drives the offending increase and provide the first elasticity of offending to victim reporting in the liter-ature, calculating that a 10 percent decline in reporting increases offending by 7.9 percent. (JEL J15, K37, K42)
Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 5d ago

El Sayed: "When it comes to trans rights, this is the right to get the health care that you need...It’s the right not to be discriminated against by your government because of who you are. Because what tends to happen is they come for theirs, then they come for yours"

The idea that we can assent to the taking away of anybody’s rights, and think that somehow the government won’t come for all of our rights, is itself the problem. And, look, I don’t need people to understand how they use their rights. I just need people to agree that the government shouldn’t be able to take any of our rights. I put my face on the ground thirty-four times a day, David. Most people don’t understand why I do it. I don’t need them to understand. I just want to have the right to do it. And when people decide that they want to take away my right to do that, I’ve got a problem.Now, I hope that everybody’s going to show up and say, No, no, no. You can’t stop that person or that community from reflecting and praying as they choose. Similarly, when it comes to trans rights, this is the right to get the health care that you need. That’s really what it comes down to. It’s the right to be who you are. It’s the right not to be discriminated against by your government because of who you are. Because what tends to happen is they come for theirs, then they come for yours, then they come for theirs. And at some point you live in a society where rights are negotiable, and that is not the America I was born in. It’s not the America I know and love. It’s not the America I’m going to allow somebody like Donald Trump to give us.
Sarah Kendrew@sarahkendrew.bsky.social · 5d ago

I heard a story about a detained health researcher the other day and assumed this was it - but no, there‘s a second local scientist, from UMD, who is being held by ICE. On his way home from receiving a “teacher of the year” award. www.wbaltv.com/article/umb-...

University of Maryland pharmacy instructor detained in Dallas

Federal officials detained an instructor from the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy last week.

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Eileen Clancy 🧿@clancyny.bsky.social · 6d ago

Ameaka Fatima Nkempu, a Johns Hopkins University researcher in public health, was detained by ICE while boarding a domestic flight. She says she is Cameroonian in a Medium article that she authored. As of Thursday morning, the ICE Online Detainee Locator did not list where she was being held.

Boycott, Citizens@boycottcitizens.org · 6d ago

Another key Dilley subcontractor: Stride, Inc. (aka K12), the publicly traded for-profit education company that has run the "school" there. Short thread here with some details about how awful Stride is for employees, investors, districts, and *especially*, for students ⬇️ 3/4

Boycott, Citizens@boycottcitizens.org · 8mo ago

The for-profit ed company Stride (formerly K12) will run the "school" at ICE's South Texas Family Residential Center operated by CoreCivic. Stride has been accused of inflating enrollment w/ “ghost students,” overloading teachers, neglecting required services, and lying to districts and investors.

Screenshot of a school counselor job listing by Stride for a Dilley, Texas federal facility.
Serife (Sherry) Wong@serife.bsky.social · last wk.

Great work by the @brennancenter.org who compiled this resource of DHS surveillance tools and vendors with categorized charts that make it easier to see 2.9 billion in contracts www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

DHS’s Domestic Surveillance, Data Collection, and Analytics Tools

Fueled by a budget boom, the Department of Homeland Security is expanding its technological arsenal, with little oversight or transparency around how these tools are used.

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Hilary J. Allen@profhilaryallen.bsky.social · 2w ago

This profile by @ourfinancialsecurity.org of Marc Andreessen and Brian Armstrong is really important, because it makes explicit that you can't be anti-oligarch AND pro-crypto. Dems need to pick a lane. ourfinancialsecurity.org/resources/cr...

The Crypto Oligarchs - Americans for Financial Reform

A handful of crypto billionaires with extreme anti-democratic views stand to profit immensely from passage of the CLARITY Act – the massive deregulatory crypto bill poised for a Senate floor vote this...

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Alex Shevrin Venet@asv.bsky.social · 2w ago

I'm teaching a writing workshop this summer and I challenged myself to come up with an SEL check-in each session that also serves as a wacky writing warmup that encourages a sense of play. They are getting more and more ridiculous and I'm having so much fun with it! Thread below of them so far...

Bend the Arc: Jewish Action@bendthearc.bsky.social · last wk.

To mourn and honor the lives Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, Johan Sebastian Guerrero, and all others who have been brutally and senselessly killed by ICE in the last weeks (and months, and years), last week Bend the Arc joined a multifaith vigil in New York City. We demand an end to ICE's violence.

Person holding "Jews Demand ICE Out!" signPerson singing into microphoneTwo pics of crowds at vigilSomeone speaking into am microphone
Anise K. Strong@anisekstrong.bsky.social · last wk.

I once again point out that Emma Thomas, the producer of Nolan's Odyssey and his 30-year partner, is the one who majored in ancient history. But sure, let's view this whole film as a one-man show, something Nolan definitely doesn't do! (Cutting Telemachus & Penelope's POVs would have been _easy._)

Matthew Jackson@awalrusdarkly.bsky.social · last wk.

Also: There's a disturbing number of people going around with an attitude of "If it weren't for Christopher Nolan people wouldn't know who Emily Wilson is!" and to that I say: 1. Her translation was a Big Deal in its field when it was published. 2. Lotta passive and active sexism in that idea!