The Blackness scale might be one of my favorite parts of the paper. People often talk about identity as continuous (“She’s Black, but she ain’t Black Black”), so we developed a way to capture that perception. We then estimate how much different traits predict those ratings.
Sad to report on 4/20 that GOP support for legal weed is plummeting, especially among young Republicans
Part of a pattern where the liberalizing trend in GOP opinions of marriage equality and gender roles has also sharply reversed
More at @goodauth.bsky.social:
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"Thug," "Classless," and the policing of Black womanhood in sports. (New article title in Communication & Sport
Excited to share my most recent co-authored publication! An article on Angel Reese and social media discourse, in Communication & Sport--led by two wonderful graduate students!
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It's gotten lost amidst everything else, but a sitting Vice President traveling overseas to speak at a campaign rally for a flailing authoritarian leader is such a massive violation of both norms and democratic values
Don't think I've ever been as terrified in all the Trump security crises. As @pkrugman.bsky.social said, "It’s the most astonishing, awful thing that I’ve ever seen, and we’ve all seen a lot of awful things." Mainly as cope, and to teach it, I keep asking why. 1/ open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
“AIPAC when Pontius Pilate wanted to spare Jesus”
Really don’t love that criticism of AIPAC is now just leading people into the most classical forms of antisemitism.
Doesn't mention Dawn Staley at all. This is dogshit. Geno is a petty bitch and not a leader. Doesn't have respect for anyone
This @goodauth.bsky.social piece shows lots of ambivalence in Republican views of Iran and Trump's foreign policy
Most are not strong supporters of the war or how Trump's handling it; and a majority of GOP voters still want the U.S. to be less involved overseas
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Veiled Power: How Rosenwald Teachers Quietly Shaped the Civil Rights Movement Omar Wasow∗ Jacob M. Grumbach∗ April 1, 2026 Abstract What precipitates the collapse of seemingly durable social orders like Jim Crow? During the 1920s, approximately 5,000 “Rosenwald Schools” were built across the rural South through a partnership between philanthropist Julius Rosenwald and Black communities who raised matching funds, donated land, and petitioned local governments. Local elites saw vocational training that would preserve the racial order. We argue Black educators used this accommodationist cover to build veiled capacity: organizational infrastructure for collective action behind a veil of compliance. Counties with more Rosenwald Schools show greater civil rights protest in the 1960s. Mediation analysis reveals that pre-existing social capital predicted protest through Rosenwald teacher placements, not enrollment. Instrumental variable models suggest the effect is not driven by community selection. Moving from no Rosenwald teachers to the 75th percentile predicts 45% more protest. The political effects of education may depend less on what elites intend than on what educators build where elites cannot see.
Excited to share new paper w/ @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social: "Veiled Power: How Rosenwald Teachers Quietly Shaped the Civil Rights Movement"
The puzzle: did ~5,000 segregated schools built in rural South emphasizing “manual labor” strengthen or weaken Jim Crow? 🧵 omarwasow.com/wasow_grumba...
Frederick Douglass: Error may be new or it may be old, since it is founded in a misapprehension of what truth is. It has its beginnings and has its endings. But not so with truth. Truth is eternal. Like the great God from whose throne it emanates, it is from everlasting unto everlasting, and can never pass away. Such a truth is man’s right to freedom. He was born with it. It was his before he comprehended it. The title deed to it is written by the Almighty on his heart, and the record of it is in the bosom of the eternal—and never can Stephen A. Douglas efface it unless he can tear from the great heart of God this truth. And this mighty government of ours will never be at peace with God until it shall, practically and universally, embrace this great truth as the foundation of all its institutions, and the rule of its entire administration.
Birthright citizenship argument happening on Passover is kind of wild/appropriate. Gd hates slavery, chag sameach.
I don't know about you but I, for one, am greatly relieved that a party of antisemites and Neo-n*zis stationed at all levels of government has made the decision to attack higher education in the name of protecting me and my fellow jews. this will go swimmingly thanks for the support
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/18/o...
Defunding ICE is even more popular than cutting foreign aid.
(@tesler.bsky.social @goodauth.bsky.social)
More, via Opinion Today:
opiniontoday.substack.com/p/260313-top...
I do not think that conflating the Jewish people and the Jewish state is responsible at this juncture.
Very excited to see this paper out in the world! Across 3 rounds of interviews with white Minnesotans, I show that white id varies and responds dynamically to shifts in context. Many whites have low id but vary in how they interpret whiteness—as providing them dis/advantages. 1/7
Excited to share that Cindy Kam’s and my article is published online! We examine item refusal pre- and post-Dobbs and find a significant increase in women’s refusal to disclose their pregnancy status after the decision, with concerning implications for research, policy, and women’s health.
Olympic highlight in this house.
BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide.
This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.
My open letter to LeBron James after he said at the weekend that he had heard “nothing but great things” about Israel.
We've got the numbers: Last year we published (in partnership with the @brennancenter.org and @umd-cdce.bsky.social) survey results showing that some 21.3 million Americans could be disenfranchised by the SAVE Act, which the House''ll vote on tomorrow.
Time to send this thing back to its grave.
For years, a cottage industry of political observers has contorted itself to obscure and occlude the obvious. That regardless of what others see in him, Trump’s entire political career — from his embrace of birtherism to his hatred of birthright citizenship — cannot be understood outside the context of his bitter, deep-seated racism. Trump is not profound. He has been the same person this whole time. The question is why so many others have refused to see what he has never bothered to hide.
This, from @jamellebouie.net is exactly right. And I think so many folks have refused to see or admit what Trump is because admitting implicates them, or their families, so denial is easier.
You can just say "yes, he is a racist" or "yes, obviously he is a racist" or "are you fucking kidding me, what kind of stupid question is that in 2026?"
Iowa closing the African American studies major during Black history month is diabolical.
This article is from 4 days ago, but it is now official. The minor will continue.
Our @jerrybrewer.bsky.social with some well-directed heat at a hiring cycle that fell short in many ways, especially for Black coaches:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/701...
Slide with a mural depicting Trump, Xi, and Putin reads: Foreign Policy under Trump 2.0 Presentation for the Great Decisions program St. Mark Presbyterian Church, Newport Beach January 26, 2026 Dr. Erin Lockwood University of California Irvine, Dept. of Political Science @erinkaylockwood.bsky.social
I was invited to give a talk in the community last night on Trump's second-term foreign policy. I thought I'd share my slides and bullet points here too.
Wild to for a jewish organization to be like "well if mamdani wasn't such a fucking rootless cosompolitan" bsky.app/profile/joel...
