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John Kuk @johnskuk.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Everyone assumes candidates like El-Sayed win affluent, educated professionals. Michigan's precinct data says otherwise: comparing equally-educated precincts, the LESS wealthy ones gave him a HIGHER share. I matched 2,864 precincts to census data + 3 presidential elections.🧵1/

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Nazita Lajevardi @nazita.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

"In fact, a review of the administrative record makes it difficult to conclude anything other than that Defendants used antisemitism as a smokescreen for a targeted, ideologically-motivated assault on this country’s premier universities ..."

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Nicole Yadon @nyadon.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Excited to share that my new book is now available for pre-order! This book has been a labor of love for the past decade & I am grateful to a whole community of people who supported this project. Get 30% off your purchase using code UCPNEW at UChicago Press! Link: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

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The Politics of Skin Tone

A nuanced examination of the salience of skin tone within African American politics. Research shows that skin tone is associated with significant differences in life experiences. On average, African A...

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Jean Hong 洪知延 홍지연 @jeanhong.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

I appeared in wbur radio show (also part of npr podcast) called “On Point” to discuss what happened in South Korea. The show describes the event, background, and the past quite well if you are curious about the bigger picture. @johnskuk.bsky.social was there too! www.npr.org/podcasts/510...

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On Point

Let's make sense of the world – together. From the economy and health care to politics and the environment – and so much more – On Point host Meghna Chakrabarti speaks with newsmakers and real people about the issues that matter most.

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Filipe Campante @filipecampante.bsky.social · 29/02/2024

Today is an excellent day to remind all of you Americans that the Brazilian electoral court banned Bolsonaro from running in the next election within six months from his attempted insurrection. By now, 14 months later, he’s had his passport confiscated so he won’t escape from punishment.

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Álvaro La Parra-Pérez @alvarolaparra.bsky.social · 06/11/2023

Althoff’s JMP blows my mind: they trace *each Black family’s* linked US census and administrative records in 1850-2000 and show that Black families with enslaved ancestors have less education, income, and wealth today than Black families with free ancestors lukasalthoff.github.io/jmp/althoff_...

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Hans Hassell @hjghassell.bsky.social · 26/09/2023

Polisky folks! 2nd Annual EPOVB conference will be in Tallahassee at FSU Feb. 29 through March 2 (an amazing time of year time to be in Tallahassee) See below for details. Funding available for grad student travel. Submissions here: fsu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

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Steve Rogers @steverogersinfo.bsky.social · 07/09/2023

New Publication: “What Americans know about Statehouse Democracy,” forthcoming at SPPQ. Americans answered questions about state v. federal politics, executive powers, descriptive representation, legislative institutions, the economy, and state policies. A 🧵 of results (1/11)

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