We are excited to welcome @emikracht.bsky.social (@ucsantabarbara.bsky.social) to the network! Her research focuses on pre-Colonial Caribbean archaeology, including understanding exchange & social organization in the past.
Learn more from Kracht's SSN member profile: scholars.org/scholar/emil...
On this @futurehindsight.com episode, host @milaatmos.bsky.social speaks with Brian Adams (San Diego State University) about the balance of influence between activists and majority rule in local politics. Adams offers practical advice on how to take civic action locally.
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I'm thrilled to have been asked to become the board chair of scholars.org, one of my favorite organizations, and also to appear on their podcast, No Jargon, to talk about the recent paper and conference on strengthening US political parties that we published at @polreformna.bsky.social
In this @slate.com op-ed, @drchikaokafor.bsky.social (Northwestern University) argues that the Supreme Court's reasoning behind the Louisiana v. Callais decision rests on the faulty premise that colorblind rules produce fairer outcomes.
Learn more: slate.com/news-and-pol...
"Compliance ceases to be a fixed legal threshold and becomes an ever-narrowing set of assumptions about political risk," write @jackiepedota.bsky.social (@umassboston.bsky.social), @garceslm.bsky.social (@alliancehighered.bsky.social), and Eliza Epstein in @insidehighered.com:
We discuss the balance of influence between activists and the majority in local politics and how we can reinvigorate democracy at the local level.
We are thrilled to welcome @dcollier74.bsky.social (@uofmemphis.bsky.social) to the network! Collier is a nationally recognized expert on student loan debt and repayment, tuition-free policy, and student basic needs.
Learn more from his SSN member profile: scholars.org/scholar/dani...
In this @theeduledger.bsky.social op-ed, @writer8818.bsky.social (@bostoncollege.bsky.social) explains how the silencing of academics blocks their professional advancement and keeps research from reaching the public, and urges institutions to revise evaluation metrics in response.
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"Rather than extend America’s historically harmful approach to child support enforcement, our government should do more to consider individual circumstances and invest in human potential," write Kenneth Braswell (Fathers Incorporated) and Tova Walsh (@uwsocialwork.bsky.social) in @thehill.com:
300 episodes of our No Jargon podcast! 🎉
To celebrate, we sat down with SSN's new board chair @mschmitt9.bsky.social (@newamerica.org) to talk about what's broken in American politics, why political parties still matter & what it would take to rebuild trust.
🎧 Listen: scholars.org/podcast/epis...
In this @latinonewsnetwork.bsky.social op-ed, @efrenpolipsy.bsky.social (@repslab.bsky.social) argues that an anti-Black racial hierarchy is driving the cruelty targeting Latinos and calls on the Latino community to begin dismantling it.
🔗 Read the piece: calatinonews.com/how-anti-bla...
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Calls for academics to conduct more public scholarship have been ongoing for years, and have only gained momentum as universities seek to demonstrate the utility of academic research to society writ l...
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The State Department has announced plans to revoke passports from Americans with child support debt, which will disproportionately affect fathers, and is being met with criticism that it is a count…
300 episodes of our No Jargon podcast! 🎉
To celebrate, we sat down with SSN's new board chair @mschmitt9.bsky.social (@newamerica.org) to talk about what's broken in American politics, why political parties still matter & what it would take to rebuild trust.
🎧 Listen: scholars.org/podcast/epis...
