Even as Jimmy Kimmel returns to the airwaves, TV networks remain more vulnerable to political pressure than ever before @us.theconversation.com Sage Meredith Goodwin @oscarwinberg.bsky.social theconversation.com/even-as-jimm...

As I show in the book, once women are pushed into stay-at-home motherhood, they become easy targets for conservative messaging that valorizes their unpaid labor--telling them they're better morally than other women and that their kids will be better off. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/697130...

“The State Department and Treasury Department make designations to the Foreign Terrorist Organizations list, but there is no equivalent government list for domestic terrorist organizations.”

Right-wing extremist violence is more frequent and more deadly than left-wing violence − what the data shows

Why are there so many protests? The US public is highly polarized, and that drives people to act @us.theconversation.com @sethers.bsky.social theconversation.com/why-are-ther...

To all who celebrate - SHANA TOVA! I hope everyone has a great New Year and may things get better around the world for everyone.

New in Crime, Media, Culture: in-depth interviews with co-victims reveal how true-crime fandom + algorithms can retraumatize families (rumors, doxxing, speculation). More rigor, less spectacle. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1... #criminology #truecrime #crime #psychology #research

The new and improved 2nd Edition of The Holocaust in Eastern Europe is out now, hot off the presses!!! If you're teaching about the Holocaust or just interested in the topic, please check it out!

Global Crisis and the Liberal International Order: Critical Nodes in a Totality Caio Gontijo The International Studies Review OPEN ACCESS! academic.oup.com/isr/article/...

🚨New book alert!

Attention, birders!

Being a High-Profile Comedian Right Now Is No Joke www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/a...

U.S. Military Buildup in Caribbean Signals Broader Campaign Against Venezuela www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/u...

With Ouster, Justice Dept. Independence Teeters as Trump Exerts Control www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/u...

MAGA themes pervade Virginia GOP as early voting starts www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

News outlets, lawmakers condemn new Pentagon restrictions on journalists www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Antisemitism on campus is a real problem − but headlines and government-proposed solutions don’t match the experience of most Jewish students Graham Wright @us.theconversation.com theconversation.com/antisemitism...

"More professors in the United States have been fired for controversial views in the past week than any other week in all of American history." www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...

University of Colorado Anschutz pediatrician Dr. David Higgins says this new policy, if approved, would “undo more than three decades of a prevention strategy that has nearly eliminated early childhood hepatitis B in the U.S.”

Right-wing extremist violence isn’t just more frequent—it’s more lethal. My new article with Paul Becker explains what the data truly reveals. theconversation.com/right-wing-e...

“If the bureau is not looking at domestic terrorism, nobody else is. We are now more susceptible to extremists because of these actions.” @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...

Trump administration is threatening liberal foundations and nonprofits after Kirk’s death – but proving wrongdoing by any of them would be very hard @us.theconversation.com Beth Gazley theconversation.com/trump-admini...

The role of pedagogical research in education-focused careers: Getting started in learning and teaching scholarship and why you should do it @alpsblog.bsky.social @profcathyelliott.bsky.social t.co/ue8GMSPdhs

Opinion | Trump tariffs hit Whirlpool, John Deere in protectionist mess - The Washington Post George F. Will www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Many news outlets still shy away from calling Trump an authoritarian — but scholars warn that failing to name it can help normalize it and speed democratic backsliding.

ABC’s decision was announced almost immediately after Nexstar, which owns dozens of ABC stations across the country, said it would no longer air Kimmel’s program. Nexstar is currently seeking approval from Trump’s FCC for a $6.2 billion merger with rival TEGNA. www.mediaite.com/media/tv/tru...

ABC Pulls Jimmy Kimmel Off Air for Charlie Kirk Comments www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/b...

Untapped Communication Opportunities @alpsblog.bsky.social Adam Irish activelearningps.com/2025/09/17/u...

Well that's not suspicious at all 🤦🏻‍♀️

Ben & Jerry's co-founder Jerry Greenfield is leaving the ice cream brand after 47 years, saying the freedom the company used to have to speak up on social issues has been stifled by corporate parent Unilever.

Trump Invokes Kirk’s Killing in Justifying Measures to Silence Opponents President Trump and his allies have laid out a broad plan to target liberal groups, monitor speech, revoke visas and designate certain groups as domestic terrorists www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/u...

After Charlie Kirk’s murder, the US might seem hopelessly divided – is there any way forward? @us.theconversation.com @beelzebebout.bsky.social theconversation.com/after-charli...

This is horrifying & devastating. Every single person that has said unhoused people are dangerous, that they are undeserving of support, that they need to just be cleared out & warehoused for forced treatment, contributed to this happening. Hating homeless people is a bipartisan policy position.

🚨Weeks after UF unveiled a ‘universal’ mRNA cancer vaccine that eliminated tumors in some mouse models and entered early trials, HHS Sec. RFK Jr., in the Trump administration, cut $500M from respiratory mRNA projects, alarming experts. open.substack.com/pub/theintel...

Science denial, whether it’s climate change or efficacy of vaccines, hurts us all.

All I want to do today is watch movies: All The President's Men The Way We Were The Natural The Sting Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid Sadly, I cannot.

Robert Redford, Screen Idol Turned Director and Activist, Dies at 89 www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/m...

Feeling pretty good about my statement that I would have been fired by now if I had stayed at TTU.

Texas Tech student’s arrest at Charlie Kirk vigil adds to free-speech debate www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

@dannagal.bsky.social @brendannyhan.bsky.social @victorasal.bsky.social Anybody have a stats boot camp syllabus or similar plan? Former student says he rusty & wants to get back up to speed on all things Bayesian. Please and thank you

Please watch Joanne Freeman.... youtu.be/wxHuT0f8dNA?...

When both of these sane, smart women, Heather Cox Richardson and Joanne Freeman converse, it gives me hope for the future. www.youtube.com/live/dPf4yQn...

If is indeed. Particularly now. 👇🏼