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Nate Kelly @natekelly.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Academic job! Rutgers is hiring in American political economy. It's a great department, wonderful colleagues, excellent graduate students, and wonderful undergraduates. And NJ is a great place to live. Link to ad: jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/281.... Hit me up with any questions.

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Assistant Professor in American Politics-Tenure-Track_Academic Year (AY)

The Political Science Department at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in American politics with a focus on political economy. We are open t...

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Ryan LaRochelle @rlarochelle.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

This is a cool idea and other fields/subfields should follow suit. I enjoyed the APD Reading Group that @davidkarol.bsky.social @chloethurston.bsky.social John Compton, Eileen McDonagh, Steve Skowronek, and Karen Orren organized. Anyone want to join me to try and spearhead a new version?

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Seth @sethjmeyer.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Hey y'all. Today (and maybe tomorrow) I will be making chocolates. I am going to try to document it on blusky through videos. So if you want to learn how to make filled chocolate bonbons at home follow me today. First time doing a recording of me making something step by step so lets see how it goes

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Wrote a piece for @slate.com on how our theories of partisan polarization gave the SCOTUS majority more intellectual cover to kill the VRA slate.com/news-and-pol...

The ruling also rests on a methodological error that would earn a failing grade in a graduate statistics course. The court treats race and party as competing explanations, as if controlling for one neutralizes the other. But for millions of American voters, race explains party affiliation.
The vast majority of Black Americans did not randomly sort into the Democratic Party.
Already trending blue since the New Deal, they were pushed fully into the Democratic Party by Barry Goldwater's opposition to the Civil Rights Act and Republicans' Southern Strategy over the decades since. To "control for partisanship" when assessing racial gerrymandering is to erase the very mechanism through which racism travels. Consider the analogy of a court ruling that a company didn't discriminate by gender in pay because, once you control for being a manager or executive-positions from which women were systematically excluded — the gap disappears. Or that if you exclude people with high blood pressure, then a high sodium diet appears to have no effect on your risk of stroke.

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Amanda Sahar d’Urso @asdurso.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

New paper on remote work with Beats Wožnaik-Jechorek, @chloethurston.bsky.social & Megha Patnaik out in The Journal of Strategic Information Systems today 🤓 We show employees evaluate remote work in concordance with other workplace amenities when trading off pay 👩‍💻 Full text: bit.ly/4eTl2gN

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Understanding employee trade-offs in remote work: toward more sustainable workplace design

Remote and hybrid work have become enduring features of digitally mediated organizations, yet questions remain about the conditions under which such a…

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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Coverage Denied: How Health Insurers Drive Inequality is finally out in the world! Combining nationwide survey evidence, state administrative data, and 111 interviews with patients, physicians & others, it tells the long-overdue story of coverage barriers and their deepening of burden an inequity.

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Sara Chatfield @poliscisara.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

The Rothermere American Institute at Oxford is recruiting for the Churchill Associate Professor of United States Politics, looking especially for a colleague with expertise in American political development. The application deadline is May 6. See the job listing here: www.rai.ox.ac.uk/vacancies

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Honestly I need historians to be the plaintiffs in every case I cover because if they make it to discovery you just KNOW those primary sources are going public. Exhibit A: The American Historical Association uploading video depos of the DOGE bros to YouTube. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkCz...

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Nathan Cavanaugh Deposition in ACLS-AHA-MLA Lawsuit About the NEH, Part 1 of 6

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 24/01/2026

Reminder: All it would take to end the murder of American citizens by an untrained government goon squad is 16 Republicans in Congress voting with Dems to defund ICE (or 23 to impeach and remove Trump — 3 in House & 20 in Senate). That’s it. 23 Americans can vote for the public and end all of this.

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

This law group led by @rickpildes.bsky.social had me write for their 100 Ideas series on US democracy My idea: the rule of law cannot coexist with this level of wealth concentration. Once Musk, Bezos, Zuck, & a few others bend the knee, the authoritarian consolidates too much power

"[Flor where some possess much, and the others nothing, there may arise an extreme democracy, or a pure oligarchy; or a tyranny may grow out of either extreme." It seems that American society has forgotten this wisdom of Aristotle over two thousand years ago: extreme wealth inequality destroys constitutions. It's time we remembered.
Aristotle was concerned with the extremes of both oligarchy and democracy. The Framers were well aware of Aristotle's concern as they designed the U.S.
Constitution, which would feature democratic elections as well as strong protections for civil liberties, checks and balances, and (probably too heavily weighted) legislative representation for geographic minorities.
But Aristotle could not have anticipated the particular level of top- heavy wealth inequality in 21st century America. It is not the kind of inequality easily captured in a Gini coefficient or in comparisons between the 1% and 99%. American wealth inequality is characterized by the very, very top of the distribution. The top 12 billionaires in the United States, most of them in the tech sector, hold a combined wealth of over $2 trillion. The pace of wealth accumulation at the top is only increasing. Elon Musk, the wealthiest individual in human history and likely to be the first trillionaire, doubled his net worth in just the calendar year of 2024.
It is this wealth inequality, combined with a particular technological moment, that has dismantled electoral democracy and the rule of law.

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Joseph Dov Bruch @josephdovbruch.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

New paper with @chloethurston.bsky.social Financial epidemiology: Linking financialization to population health authors.elsevier.com/a/1mQKm-CmV9...

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Universities should be subsidizing these kinds of visitors even more - contact theory but for elected officials whose understanding of elite higher ed is mostly drawn from the Fox News Cinematic Universe wapo.st/4aQQABT

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Opinion | I was a red state governor. What I saw at Harvard surprised me.

The spirit of association remains alive in unexpected places.

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Drew Engelhardt @amengel.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Me telling people to not circulate my working paper

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Kimberley Johnson @kimberleynyc.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Taking sage advice of @unlawfulentries.bsky.social I’m posting cover of forthcoming book Dark Concrete: Black Power Urbanism and the American Metropolis

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Mike Glass @m-r-glass.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

I've really appreciated people sending me pictures of my Book Baby out in the world. Please keep them coming!! 😊

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John Fabian Witt @johnfabianwitt.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Political violence, post-pandemic one-party rule, vast economic inequality, and immigration backlash? The 2020s are the 1920s all over again--and that may show us a way out. Adapted from my book, to be published next week. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/o...

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Opinion | How to Save the American Experiment

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Ray Pride @raypride.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Curtis Evans, of Evanston, carries a U.S. flag through gas deployed by federal officers as they clear protesters from the entrance of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview on Sept. 19, 2025. Evans said he was a Marine during Ronald Reagan’s term.

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Dan Nexon @dhnexon.net · 30/08/2025

🧵 Authoritarianism, Democratization, and Coalition Politics. The consensus around here is, more or less, that the United States is currently a consolidating authoritarian regime controlled by a mix of reactionary populists and fascists.

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Mallory SoRelle @profsorelle.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

I'll be returning to campus this fall as the inaugural Tony and Teddie Brown Associate Professor of Public Policy. I am excited to have earned tenure at Duke and humbled to receive this specific endowed chair (more on that later). I've been sitting on this news for a while now...

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Santa Fe Institute @sfiscience.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Applications are open for SFI's 2026 Complexity Postdoctoral Fellowships. SFI offers early-career scholars intellectual freedom, competitive benefits, research funds, and collaboration with leading scientists. Learn more: santafe.edu/news-center/news/join-sfi-as-a-complexity-postdoctoral-fellow

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Chloe Thurston @chloethurston.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

that said, yours provides much-needed context. thanks for writing!

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Linda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

I’m trying to figure out the right way to say this, because: Look, the CPB closing is devastating, and I don’t in any way want to blow even a wisp of smoke that it isn’t. But twice today, I’ve seen people express how sad they are that all of public television and radio is over. Not true! (1/3)

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Jae Yeon Kim @jaeyeonkim.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

New from me: I recently joined the Civic Café podcast (APSA’s Civic Engagement Section) to talk about my career path and research. The common thread is building a stronger democracy by helping both people and government strengthen their civic muscles. open.spotify.com/episode/5865...

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 16/06/2025

I don't know why this paper is open in my tabs, or who sent it to me, but it's important! It's about the Democrats' faith that good policy will yield political support, which appears, with some examination, to be wrong.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Just finished up at the Evanston No Kings rally. It was safe, peaceful, and a show of solidarity by *at least* 1,000 people. Go to your local protest. Don’t let this administration scare you. Stand with your community when our leaders won’t.

I’m standing between two people holding one of their protest signs which reads, “I POUR MY COCKTAILS SERVED UP — NO ICE!!!”

A man in a flannel shirt holds a sign with “8647” between his parents who are sitting in mobility aids. Their signs read “GRANDMA’S PISSED OFF!” and “DUE PROCESS FOR ALL!”

Ben and I talk to a man in a mobility aid with a sign reading “Cutting Medicare and Medicaid WILL KILL people like me!”

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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

As we say on the internet, "some personal news." After 39 years on the job I am retiring as an NYU professor. In this thread I will take a few moments to reflect on my academic career. Spoiler alert: I am not leaving the field, or the fight for a public service press. 1/

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Benjamin Braun @benbraun.social · 08/06/2025

Heading back from Providence reading the brilliant people I met over the past three days. Starting with this recent piece by @susglickman.bsky.social about the historical and ideological roots of Biden’s CHIPS Act, and the political economy baggage they come with.

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Chips on the Table

The Biden administration wanted to restore the domestic semiconductor industry. The results have disappointed.

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Benjamin Braun @benbraun.social · 05/06/2025

The Political Economy of Finance Summer School 2025 at the Watson Institute has been off to a great start. We had @thunen.bsky.social on the dollar empire (no pic sadly but fantastic talk, and shirt); now politics of debt and debt relief with @chloethurston.bsky.social.

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Data Bear 🏳️‍🌈 @dataandpolitics.net · 03/06/2025

(I would appreciate it if you shared this because it feels weird to write something like this and then have no one read it)

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Chloe Thurston @chloethurston.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Slightly larger wasps? Thankfully I never had to figure that part out - they seem to have gone away on their own?

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Chloe Thurston @chloethurston.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

These are the worst! We ended up releasing thousands of parasitic microwasps that attack pantry moth eggs. It worked really well - you can order trichogramma wasps online.

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Jacob Hacker @jacobhacker.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

So grateful to be joining a truly amazing set of fellow fellows at the American Academy in Berlin (@americanacademy.bsky.social)--including @oonahathaway.bsky.social. @cape-team.bsky.social is doubly represented with @chloethurston.bsky.social joining, too! www.americanacademy.de/announcing-t...

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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging." Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council. I wrote about my decision in TIME. time.com/7285045/resi...

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Why I’m Resigning from the NSF and Library of Congress

I cannot participate in systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging.

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Charley E. Willison @charleywillison.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

***Online First Special Issue Release of Urban Affairs Review – The Local Politics of Public Health*** Open Access coming soon! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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Sydney L. Carr-Glenn, PhD @slcarr.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

I’m excited to share that it’s my first official day on blue sky! I’m also thrilled to say that my first solo-authored article, “Race, Gender, and Public Opinion Toward Black Female Political Elites,” has been accepted for publication @thejop.bsky.social! www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...

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Race, Gender, and Public Opinion toward Black Female Political Elites | The Journal of Politics: Vol 0, No ja

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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

AI industry giants owe their existence to taxpayer-funded, open research, but many have abandoned this collaborative model. I spoke to The Atlantic about how US science and tech leadership was built on shared knowledge. When companies hoard research, innovation suffers and accountability declines.

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Mallory SoRelle @profsorelle.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Really enjoyed getting to engage with Emily and @chloethurston.bsky.social's excellent new book on debt relief. I shared my thoughts on what we can learn from their work about the current mobilization around debt relief--from student loans to medical debt.

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Chloe Thurston @chloethurston.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

I like the best maze, too, though they are all great. congrats!

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Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

that's right

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Consortium on the American Political Economy (CAPE) @cape-team.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Live on the APE blog: Book Symposium on The Political Development of American Debt Relief! Read reflections on Zackin & @chloethurston.bsky.social 's excellent recent book from David Bateman, @profsorelle.bsky.social, and Megan Ming Francis. www.americanpoliticaleconomy.org/blog

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