"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 ..."

“The old playbook will not yield the gains that we need to fight off this very, very serious threat to our democracy,” says @adambonica.bsky.social. wapo.st/3G1MNVy

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...

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...

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.

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_...

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_...

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)