A new leader comes in and cleans house!

Lower-income people are less likely to vote than higher-income people, across racial groups - and that gap has been growing. That’s a real problem for the future of US democracy. It’s not apathy or ignorance - for many, it’s a sense that politics is not for or about them. In a report out in Jan +

Today is the 70th anniversary of Rosa Parks' arrest. Six myths: 1) She wasn't old or tired. 42 years old that day, she had a "life history of being rebellious" & had spent two decades helping to turn the Montgomery NAACP into a more activist branch alongside ED Nixon and Johnnie Carr.

Looking forward to reading this new research. We need scholarship that continues to expose the disastrous effects of the Roberts’ Court’s assault on the Voting Rights Act. Thanks @kevintmorris.bsky.social and @michaelgmiller.bsky.social.

The NBER Race and Stratification Working Group will have its annual meeting on Friday, March 27, 2026. Francisca Antman, Bocar Ba, Robynn Cox and I are organizing the program. Submit your paper by the December 11, 2025 deadline! @nber.org #EconSky www.nber.org/conferences/...

Maine voters overwhelmingly rejected a measure with restrictions on voting, 64 to 36 percent. “It sends a strong message that Mainers agree: We should not be making it harder for people to have their voices heard,” the Maine secretary of state told Bolts.

JUST IN: Soren Stevenson, who lost an eye due to a projectile fired by the police during the BLM protests of 2020 in Minneapolis, has won a seat on city council. @pascalsabino.bsky.social reported on his candidacy last month in a must-read: boltsmag.org/minneapolis-...

I just solved Black Crossword's puzzle "Wednesday, October 29, 2025" in 1:42. Can you beat my time? Visit blackcrossword.com to play. crosshare.org/crosswords/c...

#OpenAccess from the latest issue of the Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics - Rage Against the Machine? Why System Justification Drives (Some) Asian Americans to Spurn Racial Solidarity - https://cup.org/4qoWJL1 - @efrenpolipsy.bsky.social#OpenAccess et al #JREP10

GEORGIA: VOTE EARLY NOW THROUGH OCTOBER 31 OR ON ELECTION DAY, NOVEMBER 4. Visit peachvote.com for more information 🗳

Happy birthday @jhppl.bsky.social! 🎉Our special issue celebrating 50 years of JHPPL and the past and future of health politics and policy just dropped. Start with our opening essay w/ @oberlanderunc.bsky.social and follow along for more. read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/articl...

Ed Luce watching democracy die in the United States of America

As predicted.

Drawing attention to Black Americans' persistent disapproval of the President.

Net job approval for Donald Trump at the start of his second term | now among... White Americans +17 | +1 Hispanic Americans -5 | -42 Black Americans -31 | -74

If anyone asks why research on Black politics is absent in the top political science journals, know that it’s not because we aren’t submitting it. It’s getting rejected!

I don't feel bad for Curtis Siwa standing in the middle of these two. A reminder: you can be in the center, but not the center of attention.

This is such a powerful piece from @reptroycarter.bsky.social and @repfields.bsky.social on the importance of the Voting Rights Act. As the Supreme Court hears arguments on this legislation, it is so vital that we all remember WHY it was enacted. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/o...

Since Sept 2, The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. Here's a gift article www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

and so it begins, requiring re-registration after being falsey purged initially is voter suppression. It also places great demands on community organizers to re-reregister previously purged voters

B2Z

The polarization we see in politics today is a racial polarization. It's rooted in anti-Blackness. It's meant to suppress on the basis of race. There's no other way to put it. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. trib.al/9Sxu9IN

Call for Applications: APSA Diversity Fellowship Program – Fall Cycle Applications are now open for the 2026-2027 APSA Diversity Fellowship Program! The fall application cycle provides financial support to undergraduate seniors, recent graduates, or other individuals who are currently in the…

Traveling while Black during Jim Crow was about survival as well as mobility. The Green Book Project website documents that story. Share your family’s Green Book memories and help us preserve this rich history: greenbookproject.org.ohio-state.edu #GreenBookProject #CommunityMap #EconSky

To mark the 20th anniversary of @politicsgenderj.bsky.social past and current journal editors were asked to identify some of their favorite articles - https://cup.org/4gbsfr7 Where not #OpenAccess these articles are free to read until the end of 2025.

So exhausting..

Announcing a good ol’ fashioned Teach-In in Washington, DC on Sunday, October 26th. We’ll convene for a series of lectures, stories, and conversations to celebrate and stand up for the work of history and museums. Shoutout to @natedimeo.bsky.social for bringing this idea to us. See you in DC!

Our article was selected by the editors as part of a Virtual Special Issue commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Politics and Gender journal - alongside others! Open access 👇 (@politicsgenderj.bsky.social).

Jimmy Kimmel and other late-night comedians have certainly said things about me that I found offensive, even outrageous. It never crossed my mind to call up the networks and say, "Hey, get rid of this guy." Because that's not how America works. play.prx.org/listen?ge=pr...

A short 🧵 so everyone can learn that political violence is nothing new in America. Of the 1,331 Black officials who served during Reconstruction, 158 (10.4%) were subjected to political violence. 1/7

“This isn’t the America I know” Black People:

“Kirk & I were on different sides of most political arguments. We were on the same side of the continued possibility of American politics.” So it’s personal? B/c if you were a Black woman or transgender, Kirk would not imagine you having any role in the future of American politics.

the maga constitution doesn’t allow any institution, public or private, to explicitly work to ameliorate racial inequality but allows the government to racially profile

This has got to be the best time in 60 years to be organizing labor and tenants. Got to be. Got. To. Be.

public sector employment has historically been a more reliable path to the middle class for Black workers, especially Black women, than the private sector where discrimination is rampant, and this is another important reason why the Right wants to destroy the federal government

RE Lisa Cook. It’s just so hard to tell why Trump is targeting these people. I guess we will never know what they had in common. A mystery for all time.

Dear journalists: The President has not fired Lisa Cook. The President is *trying* to illegally fire her. Your words shape people’s reality. Please be accurate in your reporting.

Black women are being used as test subjects for the limits of abuse of power. I want people to not ignore this since this always happens and then when the abuse arrives at people's doorstep, they're surprised. CALL IT OUT NOW.

As Virginia prepares for its next round of elections, harsh new restrictions put in place by Governor Glenn Youngkin in 2023 remain in place. Bolts reported at the time on the Virginians who cannot vote due to the state's new rules.

This is a historic affirmation for Black voters in Louisiana & sends a powerful msg: The VRA is still a vital safeguard against discrimination in our democracy. Grateful to our clients & incredibly proud of the @aclu.org team leading the case & co-counsel, incl ACLU LA, @legaldefensefund.bsky.social

Well, damn.

How to fix America's gerrymandering problem? @benschneer.bsky.social and I wrote in Time today about a solution we developed (with @cantstopkevin.bsky.social). time.com/7309565/amer...

You can always split Tiny Desk into two eras: before T-Pain and after T-Pain. A lot of people who know the history understand that once T-Pain did what he did, it changed everything. hammerandhope.org/article/t-pa...

See the man circled here? That's E.J. Antoni, Trump's Bureau of Labor Statistics nominee, walking through a crowd of Capitol rioters. #ICYMI, we've got an archive of 500+ Parler videos taken during Jan. 6. You can spot Antoni starting at around 1:41 here: projects.propublica.org/parler-capit...

Protesters gathered late Wednesday at a checkpoint set up by a combination of local and federal officers on a popular street in Washington, D.C., where U.S. President Donald Trump has taken over the police force and deployed around 800 National Guard members.

Any #PolySky folx headed to Vancouver with some wiggle room in their schedules! Seeking a discussant for the panel, "Innovations in Engagement and Mobilization of Political Minoirty Populations"

It is no coincidence that all the mayors of Democratic cities being targeted are Black. Racism and authoritarianism are going hand in hand, once again.

When Trump announced his law enforcement actions in D.C., he also singled out a slew of other Democratic cities. The mayors of Baltimore, LA, Oakland, Chicago and New York say crime is down.

This collection is a apart of an ongoing collaboration with Spelman and Morehouse College, lead by a Morehouse Alum, James Jeter. That's important, when we enter spaces, we bring our talents and heritage with us. This is exactly what the partnership does. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/s...